Comments on: Resale Value Of Trains https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/12/resale-value-of-trains.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resale-value-of-trains Model railroads and model trains Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Anderson https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/12/resale-value-of-trains.html#comment-1166 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:44:58 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2011/12/resale-value-of-trains.html#comment-1166 Mick,

People can put different values on things, but they are really only calculated guesses at what they think someone might pay on a given day for the item.

An item might be worth $100 to one person and $20 to everyone else. So in that scenario, the item is really only worth $20 unless you can find the elusive person who is willing to to pay you $100.

It is only worth what someone is prepared to pay.

]]> By: mick from mel aust https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/12/resale-value-of-trains.html#comment-1165 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:41:14 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2011/12/resale-value-of-trains.html#comment-1165 I find it difficult to get a straight answer on this subject also. I have been a HO man for 30-years and have a lot of engines, carriages and rolling stock still in their boxes when not being used. I took one engine (circa 1980’s) boxed and in pristine condition, running like a charm, to a public show to get an idea in valuation and had a $AUD300 variation in quotes for value by 3 different people! I wish there was someway to get some consistency in value, other than eBay of course, which ends up being a war of attrition where he with the most funds wins!

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