@dorfj2 posted:I think we all know that there still is demand for truly L/N to Mint super clean postwar Lionel - yesterday’s auction prices for mint stuff didn’t surprise me
What I have noticed is the prices for excellent condition - just a tick off like-new seem to be pretty strong also ???
I posted some postwar rolling stock for sale a little while back and everything sold INSTANTLY - everything was clean and boxed but again a tick off of truly L/N mint
Also no one questioned price etc - just the opposite - most of the people who purchased from me continue to get back asking if I have more to sell 😳
Guys still like Prewar / Postwar trains
Joe, You and I have been running on parallel tracks for 40 years with this stuff! I remember times when there were train shows every weekend and I was buying tons of postwar trains. Then sometime in the 1990's we started to see some genuinely minty items come out for sale at pretty hefty prices. There were a few collectors/sellers we knew that we felt comfortable buying from. So, having been accruing for a while, we turned around and sold lesser quality stuff and turned maybe 3 excellent steam locomotives into one minty boxed postwar set. The size of the collection went down, but the quality went up. You and I used to say we had a successful York if we were able to add one really nice piece to the collection, and condition became everything.
As much as I'm now into modern era Lionel and the Scale Legacy side of the hobby, I sometimes can't resist a minty post war piece.
