Reply to "So, what are our trains worth?"

Bill DeBrookeOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I collect things. Trains, Cameras, Art & Buildings. Other than the Art, I try to explain to people that mostly I am collecting industrial design. I suppose I should add that there are a lot of TV's, Radios, Electric Shavers and Kitchen related items.

I have never run any of the trains I have acquired in the last 40 years or so. For the most part they sit on shelves. Williams, Weaver and Mike's make up 95% of what I have. I measure everything against Postwar Lionel. Using that basis for comparison I consider all of the engines as 'art pieces'. I agree the early Williams does not really hold up well against a newer MTH but if you measure it against Postwar Lionel, it is a piece of art. The quality of that 'art' continued to improve through Weaver into the present.

Value? Don't care. Not going to sell anything. The real value is in the enjoyment.

8/10/227:45 PM

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