mwb posted:ChiloquinRuss posted:Selling a friends collection is always hard emotionally as well. Russ
I know. I sold off my father-in-law's stuff. Some went easy and some not easy, but it all did go away.
And, that's another variable here - need to realistically balance max. sale price vs. and objective of making it all go away. Sadly, reality does intrude and all that "valuable" stuff generally really isn't.
Thus why knowledgeable assistance is good with items of varying value. Like O scale brass trains.
Why give away a high value Pacific Limited car that can sell for $400 just because most all the other older brass cars are are worth $25 to $50?
Even plastic cars. Yep many are worth $20 or less but just what if he has that Natty Boh Atlas reefer that's worth a few hundred bucks? A peek at Stout auctions shows what is seemingly junky Lionel 64xx boxcars (the Pillsbury one) with peeling decals that went for over a grand.
Being knowledgeable is more important than being realistic in price expectations. You have many chances to lower prices if you're unrealistic and they don't sell. None to raise them if you get ripped off.
