'Value' is in the eye of the beholder. A guy who wants to see real nice original standard gauge trains go around his track most likely won't care about the sticker. I am in this camp. If I pay, say $100 for a nice piece, I enjoy it till I'm drooling on my Wheaties, and sell it for $80 because it doesn't have the sticker, have I lost anything? I think I have have gained. Another point is, if a nice 90 year old piece is worth $100 now, can't it be logical, (assumed - need the right word), that it will be worth more when it is 110 years old? Your sense of 'value' seems to be a short term outlook. I'm keeping my guys for twenty more years. The 'value' is built in.
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