dkdkrd posted:Rule292 posted:Slight qualification needed...
Some brass may be losing value but quality brass is not..
So, what is "quality" brass?
What are the metrics by which brass would be judged to be...quality...in comparing one item to another?
There aren't any other than the marketplace and time. That's part of it being a high risk investment - there are no metrics, no grading systems, etc. That's also why it's a poor investment. Combine that with the propensity for O scaler modelers to be painfully cheap and needing a crowbar to open their wallets always looking for a bargain (think about bottom feeders at train meets...
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Back to that Overland poultry car - only time it's been imported, an unusual car, and done well; same story for the coffin pickle car and the vinegar. They have held and increased in selling price - some of the Pac Lmt. cars, many of the Yoder cars now, etc. are in this category.
