The Jim Seacrest Auction

Dan,

it should be interesting to see how strong interest is.

Interest looks real high. 

Dick

I want to know who won the atsf stock cars.     That was a really high bid.

A few of us were looking at each other in disbelief of some of the higher biding but then other items went way below what I though so it was a typical auction. Maybe 15 people there bought maybe 30% of the items. Of course the few things I wanted went way high ...

I am sure Norm went back to Maine with a full load, thought the Sofue model would have went higher  and the PRB cars for the most part went lower. JMO

If you add the nearly 20% sellers premium to the PRB cars that brings many of them to near the market rate of $500 or more. I thought some of the Key diesels went very low. They are`nt making those again.    

Key 2001 run E7 custom paint Rock Island Lot 852

Hey guys a missed bid on this guy.. whomever bought this E7 could you please contact us? We would like to buy it. The original painter of it was unable to bid and really wants to own it. Thank you 

Hmmm... I got one car at about what the regular eBay price would be (factoring in the buyers premium).    Some of the locos were dirt cheap and some of the cars ridiculous. 

I bid on a caboose but didn't win it. Found it for less money elsewhere after buyers premium so I'm not sorry

I drove to the auction this morning and had a fantastic time.

This collection is incredible.  Seeing all those high end brass items in one place is a memory maker in its self!

I scored an item and I'm happy.  As always, it's exactly as described by Stout's. 

Erik, I looked at that model you posted in depth and what struck me at the time was how beautiful the paint  was on it.  It really stood out and that's saying something with the caliber of models in that collection.  Hope the painter gets it back.  Good luck!

hibar posted:

I am sure Norm went back to Maine with a full load, thought the Sofue model would have went higher  and the PRB cars for the most part went lower. JMO

Anything northeast related Norm bought     The Sofue was painted and that held the price down.

Bill and Norm bidding on the same lot

Interesting experience.  I was happy to score one of the items I wanted.  Sad to have missed out on many other wonderful models.  I have a pretty long horizon in this hobby.  I expect I'll see similar items come up again over the next few decades.  

It was my first Stout auction activity.  The on-line experience was quick but very straightforward.  I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to pre-bid, observe, and use the bidding system from my smart phone. 

A question for those who have done online/absentee bidding before:  How long should one expect the process to take for invoicing, payment processing, shipping etc.?  Just curious...

It was fun, but some nice pieces got away....... 

railroad-guy posted:

Bill and Norm bidding on the same lot

Thanks for posting, pretty small group of live bidders. just saying!

WITZ 41 posted:

A question for those who have done online/absentee bidding before:  How long should one expect the process to take for invoicing, payment processing, shipping etc.?  Just curious...

 

Just depends where you are in the que.  Maybe two weeks to get an invoice. Once they receive payment, shipping happens quickly. UPS ground.  If you have special needs you can call and they will try to take care of you. Biggest hazard is shipping damage. They usually wrap in bubble wrap, then styrofoam peanuts.  But UPS is hard on things. I have tried to get them to ship Fedex as I have less damage with them, but Stout's is stuck on UPS.  

I went thru the process to get authorized to bid on ebay, would place bids and the screen would say you bid x  dollars then nothing would show up on the auction.........I wonder how many other people had this problem.

How much did that Sofue model go for?

$4700

Thanks Matt

Plus the 16% (was it, in fact, 16%) plus shipping?