Now here is a collector's collection. Rather amazing.
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Wow! Imagine the layout you could put in that basement!

What this guy doesn't realize is that we have a swap meet forum here where he could have listed his stuff for no charge. A lot less than he'll be paying Sothbey's. I know quite a few of our members has that kind of space and would be glad to have his collection, but the Sotheby's buyer's premium just would put thing's a tad out of reach. I know if would for me, but, if I had the room at home, I'd be glad to trade him straight across for my N scale stuff, including my layout.

ezdays Wrote:What this guy doesn't realize is that we have a swap meet forum here where he could have listed his stuff for no charge. A lot less than he'll be paying Sothbey's. I know quite a few of our members has that kind of space and would be glad to have his collection, but the Sotheby's buyer's premium just would put thing's a tad out of reach. I know if would for me, but, if I had the room at home, I'd be glad to trade him straight across for my N scale stuff, including my layout.

Probably quite true, but the prices at the "swap meet" aren't going to come even remotely close to what will be realized by auction at Sothbys'. I wonder who the big buyers will be? Rod Stewart? 8-)

MountainMan Wrote:

ezdays Wrote:What this guy doesn't realize is that we have a swap meet forum here where he could have listed his stuff for no charge. A lot less than he'll be paying Sothbey's. I know quite a few of our members has that kind of space and would be glad to have his collection, but the Sotheby's buyer's premium just would put thing's a tad out of reach. I know if would for me, but, if I had the room at home, I'd be glad to trade him straight across for my N scale stuff, including my layout.

Probably quite true, but the prices at the "swap meet" aren't going to come even remotely close to what will be realized by auction at Sothbys'. I wonder who the big buyers will be? Rod Stewart? 8-)

Ya mean none of our members are in that exclusive club where they have 10-20 million they can use as pocket money? Assuming of course, that this guy wouldn't take the amount that most of us could afford.

To have "every piece" that a company ever produced........yeah, that is a rare collection.