What am I missing here............

[herronpeter]

..........with 7 bids up to $154.--???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Brass-SP- ... Sw6KVZgJwe

An Ichen, maybe??

Peter

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Another rust bucket from this seller...........

[bob turner]

He started a Lobaugh "lost wax" 0-6-0 at $80, and as of right now it is half the price of a not rusty one. I bet that rust comes right off.

These things have been selling between $350 and $400 for the last four decades, which means their true value is dropping with inflation. If I did not already have enough Lobaugh, I would bid right up to $200.

[bob turner]

By the way, never a pply power to an older motor without first freeing it up by hand. Hopefully the seller has not applied power.

[E7]

..........with 7 bids up to $154.--???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Brass-SP- ... Sw6KVZgJwe

An Ichen, maybe??

Peter

Missing? Your spectacles perhaps, because it is plain to see it is a piece of trash.

Rich

PS: I wonder what those bidders have been snorting?

[Jay Criswell]

I'd pay $200. A little cleanup and it would be fine. Shoot, I've got extra drivers.

Jay

[E7]

I'd pay $200. A little cleanup and it would be fine. Shoot, I've got extra drivers.

Jay

Didn't realize your middle name was "Mandrake"!

Rich

PS: At least it wouldn't need weathered!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

......it is plain to see it is a piece of trash.

It's currently a $154.49 piece of trash,

[Jay Criswell]

Yeah, but I didn't define, a little cleanup.

Jay

[bob turner]

I do not need any more Lobaugh, but I strongly disagree - you won't find these very often at $150, even with that kind of rust. This one will go for over $200.

[E7]

I do not need any more Lobaugh, but I strongly disagree - you won't find these very often at $150, even with that kind of rust. This one will go for over $200.

OK, lets approach this from another angle: IF I were to bid and win this item, how much would YOU charge me to restore it?

[bob turner]

A thousand bucks.

But if you do win it, I might be persuaded to clean the rust off, check the motor, bead blast it and hit it with some nice black paint for you. This is a hobby, and this prize is for someone who enjoys resurrecting old models.

[Carey Williams]

Wow some folks cannot see a diamond in the rough ... it's a Lobaugh ...

blame poor storage ... a flood , high humidity, leaky roof ....

some one dies ...and the layout / collection sits in the basement /attic / garage for 10-20 years ...

hopefully we all perfectly climate controlled collections so nothing like this happens .... even Jim Seacrest had a flood or something as several of his pieces had experienced higher degrees of humidity then manufactures specs suggests ... reality happens ...

As Bob says .... some carefully applied love and the little 060 will be ready for another 70 + years of shunting cars .

Cheers Carey

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[E7]

A thousand bucks.

But if you do win it, I might be persuaded to clean the rust off, check the motor, bead blast it and hit it with some nice black paint for you. This is a hobby, and this prize is for someone who enjoys resurrecting old models.

Bob, I appreciate the offer, but I won't be bidding. I was just looking for a sort of way to compare it to other models. I don't do "OLDE" trains, but I do indulge in a couple other hobbies where that term comes into play. Most of the value antique/vintage stuff is derived from how much of the piece is original and after this one is restored, I think that answer is "precious little". Where is the point when you just toss some of this stuff into the trash?

Rich

[herronpeter]

E7 if I was missing my spectacles I would not have posted it as the bids did not seem to match what I was looking at. Without them it would have looked like a Glacier Park SP 0-6-0!!!!!!

So I was sort of right, a Lobaugh instead of an Ichen but being more into "modern" brass, I cannot believe what they bring................

To each his own...

Peter