Hi Chris, I would like to read your article about the A & P set but CTT is not published in April of any year. I agree with Firewood, Reading never made such an engine and I doubt that the A.C Gilbert Company did either. A.C. was dead when that "thing" was built. At $16.50 you have an Atlantic Shell, a Pacific Chassis and no tender.
About the 24733 Pikes Peak. It is currently worth, according to Greenberg, over $400 in excellent condition so $800 isn't much if you have the money. Glenn ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 00:02:55 -0500 From: Chris Zizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: re: Reading 0-6-0 ??? Ol' Firewood has seen a hybrid on E-Bay and it upset him: >Someone has messed with the natural order....it ain't >right I tell ya..... > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3111025770&category=487 Well, this here engine was part of a set marketed by a supermarket chain in the '60's. It was uncatalogued and included three extremely rare store imprinted cars, the Ann Page reefer, the Bocar boxcar and the Eight O'Clock Coffee hopper. The company was A&P, also known as The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company of New York. They were once a giant national chain but have since gone out of business. The engine was a specially built hybrid, for this set, by Gilbert. Even in this shape, it's a rarity of the first magnitude. I wrote an article two years ago about this set for the April issue of CTT. Check it out. Chris Zizzo __________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 23:23:53 -0600 From: Roy Inman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Help me to understand... Chris: I certainly don't have all the answers, and the older I get I think maybe I have none of the answers. But in trying to answer YOUR question: sounds to me like a case of a seller and a buyer agreeing on the value of two items. The definition of the value of an item is: What a seller is willing to accept and what a buyer is willing to pay. Period and end of story. And IMHO, what you are missing is the frenzy of the auction place. Happens all the time at live auctions. I remember seeing a guy pay $20 at auction for used metal shelves, when he could have gotten the same thing, only new, for $8 at the local Wal-Mart. And I have to tell you, if I had lots more money, I would advertise in the train magazines for new, in the box items, pay whatever the seller wanted, and go home happy. It's all relative, and only money. If you've got it, spend it. Respectfully, Roy Inman :) Please help me to understand this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=480&item=3111384190 This is a Pike's Peak coach in red, 5 digit, currently bid up to $811.00. No, not Lira. Not Yen. DOLLARS! What am I missing here? The Grand Canyon business car is up to $350. Gee, for only $1161.00 plus shipping, I can own two old plastic S-gauge toy passenger cars. Or, I could by two complete 7 car sets with engine from AM and get change. The guy who buys this will never get his money back for it. That has got to be the peak price any piker ever paid. Chris Zizzo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
