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Post by calzephyr on Nov 3, 2015 12:46:02 GMT -8
Model railroader sent out a flier on a model train auction for this week. It will be interesting to see how the older brass will sell. I believe the collection is 1987 and prior. Larry www.stoutauctions.com/ |
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Post by valenciajim on Nov 5, 2015 8:03:35 GMT -8
Wasn't there an earlier auction trying to sell off this collection. This link has an aura of deja vu to me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2015 19:59:13 GMT -8
The stuff in this auction is also listed on ebay. However you can't bid on anything yet as it is a live auction. So you have to separately sign up to bid on them and their payment terms are sketchy. They seem to have a lot of negative and neutral reviews although the majority of their feedback is positive. They also use their own rating system instead of the standard one every other company and website uses. So it sounds like things may come broken or not working. There is one item I want, but I really don't trust the seller.
Also, on their site it says they have some bids on some items already. So there's a group of people who can bid before the auction? That also seems sketchy to me, but I don't know much about actual auctions outside of ebay. I guess it's one of those "participate at your own risk" kind of deals.
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Post by markfj on Nov 6, 2015 4:49:29 GMT -8
Monolith: Thanks for posting the information about the bidding process. When I reviewed some of the listings and a brass camelback locomotive caught my attention, but it already had a couple bids. That seemed strange, since like you said, the auction wasn’t officially open.
As much as I would like to win that model (I’m probably one of the few who thinks camelbacks are actually cool), finding out it doesn’t run would be a big disappointment. That and I don’t want to pay an outrageous price because the auction house is using ghost bidders or some other sneaky tactic.
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Post by emd16645 on Nov 6, 2015 6:51:28 GMT -8
I have seen some auctions allow absentee bids, which are submitted prior to the auction start. During the auction proper I've seen them use the absentee bids as both a starting point, or have a designated company rep bidding on their behalf.
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Post by calzephyr on Nov 7, 2015 17:28:48 GMT -8
I have seen some auctions allow absentee bids, which are submitted prior to the auction start. During the auction proper I've seen them use the absentee bids as both a starting point, or have a designated company rep bidding on their behalf. I signed up and yes, you could bid your maximum any time all week long. You can still go on line for their past auctions since it is over now, and see the prices for the items. Item 267 a Reading Camel Back went for $170. I noticed the O scale USH models sold for less than most of the HO models. It is my thought that most of the models were extremely cheap for brass, but most were not painted and all prior to 1987. They have the models labeled verified and unverified which means some have not been picked up yet or did not sell. If you really wanted one of the listed models, it could be purchased about half price. Larry |
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