bigkid posted:Just from what I have seen, but at the shows the prices often seem to be unrealistic, I agree that especially on postwar, the prices being asked are too high, and it looks like the guys don't sell a lot. The last greenberg show I went to, I heard two of the guys with tables talking, and they were complaining about how people didn't want to pay a 'fair' price, both were selling postwar...
Many of the post-war dealers simply haven't changed with the times. They're stuck in the mindset that folks think there's VALUE in a rare postwar Jersey Central FM with a maroon vs. gray roof. Variations like that are part of the "collector's mentality" that has fallen off dramatically as many enthusiasts have evolved into operators who don't give a hoot about variations -- at least not in a sense that they're willing to pay a premium for them.
As for the post-war trains in average to poor condition... I'm not sure there was ever a sizable market for those.
David
