I'm helping a friend sell his large S gauge collection. Attached is a list of items that he has available for sale.
About the sale process: The sale will be conducted as a whole-lot, open-book-bid auction from now until July 7th. As bids come in for the whole lot, I will notify the group of the bid amount (not the buyer, just the bid amount). Provided the lot doesn't sell, a piece-by-piece, closed-book-bid "silent" auction will follow. I'm trying to sell this as a lot first to expedite the sale. About bidding: Please send me an email with your name as the subject line. List the amount you would like to bid for the whole lot. The minimum bid is $8,300. This comes to just $48 per item for a lot that is mostly S-helper and has locomotives in it (including one SHS Consolidation with sound!). If you would like to bid over this amount, please do so in $50 increments. If I receive bids of equal amounts, the bid received first will be registered and I'll notify the subsequent bidders that their bid was not high enough. About shipping: The buyer will pay the actual shipping charges for the shipping service of the buyer's choice. Insurance is the buyer's option (but I'd think you'd want it). If no insurance is purchased, then I am not responsible for what the shipping service does to your item. If you do purchase insurance, I'll work with you to get payment from the postal service. All items will be packaged well for shipping. About the items: My friend is a high-scaler, meaning that he uses AF wheelsets with scale couplers (either Kadee 802 or SHS). That will be the arrangement you'll find on almost all of these cars. As I've inventoried the cars, I've tried to make note of any different arrangements with respect to wheelsets and couplers. For the cars listed as having "Both" wheels, I've only inspected a representative sample (20 or so) of the boxes to see if the scale wheelsets are still there. I haven't opened a box where all of the pieces are not there, but I'm not guaranteeing there won't be some missing scale wheelsets. I've also marked the stock number and road number of each car. As these cars have been run and some roadnames have multiple road numbers, I cannot guarantee that the road number in the box goes with the stock number on the box. I recorded all of the road numbers so you can verify that the item you're purchasing is not identical to something already in your collection. All of these cars are in very good condition. Happy bidding! Rhett Graves Madison, AL
