I only paid attention to the Lionel standard gauge items at this auction, because that is what I mainly collect.
While the top of the line, super rare or super condition pieces brought big money, there were also some very affordable buys-especially for beginning collectors. There were some extremely clean #8, #10 , #318, #33 etc complete sets that sold for well under 500.00 and some of those even had original boxes. There were also some good deals on the freight/passenger car lots and other accessory items. Even some of the top shelf pieces like the 400E Blue Comet and 381E State sets sold for what I considered to be fair prices considering what similar examples have sold for in the past. I feel this auction had something for everyone's budget and everyone's collecting level.
An auction is like a day at the races: you never know who will finish first or last. That's why they are exciting to be a part of.
