BTW...Guys...when I get around to unpacking one of the Garage boxes I will post a picture of My 2 - 6 - 2 Flyer engine ( Made from an Atlantic, Pacific nose, Etc...Looks nice ) I have also seen A 4 - 6 - 0 made from an Atlantic....Its fun to cut up this stuff....At least it was back in the late 80'3 when Atlantics and Pacifics were less than 10.00...I even have A Bakers Choc. tank car somewhere with broken steps and A tender....i was going to cut both up to make A SP Oil tender....Did some cutting....its somewhere yet too...Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ritter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 3:08 PM Subject: [S-Trains] Re: 0-6-0 READING ENGINE & 24733 Pikes Peak
> 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/ > > > 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/
