I have a soft spot for the Marx deluxe plastic trains as I had these along with my Lionel trains as a child.The Plastic Marx E7's usually bring high prices if they have all their steps and are in C8 or better condition. The Penn Central's are the toughest to find. Followed by the Grey/Yellow Western Pacific and the Orange Allstate's. The Rock Island, NYC,UP and Green/Yellow Western Pacific's are somewhat easier to find. The Santa Fe and New Haven E7's are the easiest to acquire. All the Marx E7's are fragile and hard to find with all the steps intact. The William Crooks locomotive has a lot of fragile trim and is very hard to find with all the trim unbroken. The Rock Island and Allstate 8 wheeled S2's are tough to find also. Boxed sets always bring a premium as they do in the Lionel world. The smoking version 333 4-6-2 steam locomotive is highly prized in C8 or better. As for the high prices paid for beat up items, I'm also left scratching my head too.
