Vintage Lionel
Saturday, March 18th, 2000
I NEED TO FIND THE VALUE OF LOTS OF LIONEL VINTAGE TRAINS. CAN ANYONE HELP?
The best thing you can do is buy yourself a copy of “Greenburg’s Pocket Price Guide to Lionel Trains.” These are readily available online or in a book store, and are relatively inexpensive.
Next, open the book, find the section on grading in the front, and read and study it carefully.
Look at each piece carefully, and decide how it grades. Be conservative-many people trying to sell want to badly overestimate the grade.
And, no, “mint condition for its age” is not a legitimate grade. Mint means “Brand New all original, unused and unblemished.” A piece which is mint should be clean, shiny, and have no rust, paint chips, or handling marks.
Now, look up the pieces in the guide by the number marked on the side of them. Find the listed price.
Take this price and subtract 30% from it, as Greenburg’s prices are inflated. This will give you a realistic idea of what everything is worth.
vintage Lionel O gauge layout
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The Complete RCA Victor Recordings $11.54 These two Diz discs bookend two-years’-worth of late-’40s Gillespie orchestra recordings with some earlier Teddy Hill Orchestra and Lionel Hampton Orchestra sides. Actually, the ’40s Gillespie-helmed recordings of “Manteca” and “Anthropology” begin the first disc, but that’s kind of a sequencing quirk. Also included here are later Metronome All-Stars baubles. Here’s a generous and savory taste of … |
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL [CD] [Audio CD] by PDQ Audioworks; Orson Welles $12.95 A Christmas Carol, Narrated by Orson Welles. Featuring Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge. Running Time: 60 Minutes The original cast recording of the Campbell Playhouse production of “A Christmas Carol” Narrated by Orson Welles and featuring Lionel Barrymore in the role of Scrooge. Originally broadcast on NBC, Christmas Eve, 1939. Digitally Remastered…. |
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Vintage Hampton $2.84 … |
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Special Edition) $15.69 This 1968 kiddie-car caper is flawed but solid family fare. It retains a quaint charm while some of the songs–including the title tune–are quite hummable. A huge plus is Dick Van Dyke, who is extremely appealing as an eccentric inventor around the turn of the century. With nimble fingers and a unique way of looking at the world, he invents for his children a magic car that floats and flies. Or … |
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Enchanted Journey $9.97 … |
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Vintage Apollo Theater Rhythm and Blues Revue – Starrring Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Herb Jeffries, Sarah Vaughan, Nipsey Russell, Big Joe Turner, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Cab Calloway and More $14.95 1955 Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City featuring a cast of popular African-American performers: Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Amos Milburn, Sarah Vaughan, Nipsey Russell, Big Joe Turner, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Mantan Moreland, Cab Calloway and Ruth Brown…. |
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VINTAGE Lionel Train Type 1043 — 50 Watts Transformer with Remote Control Switch #96-C and Remote Control Track Section — as shown VINTAGE Lionel Train Type 1043 — 50 Watts Transformer with Remote Control Switch #96-C and Remote Control Track Section — as shown… |
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Lionel Richie – Body Shot (Lean) – AUTHENTIC 1980’s RETRO VINTAGE 1.50 Button / Pin $1.49 It is a great way to help make your luggage or backpacks more unique and easy to identify…. |
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Bachmann Trains Santa Fe Flyer Ready-to-Run HO Scale Train Set $60.97 Hauling freight across the deserts, mountains, and cities of the American landscape is the Santa Fe Flyer. Powered by a mighty Santa Fe FT diesel locomotive with its distinctive war bonnet paint scheme, this sleek and powerful train deftly handles the ever-changing terrain of the Southwest United States.Features include: •EMD FT diesel locomotive with operating headlight•2 Freight cars a… |
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Streamline Train Wind Up $12.95 This chrome streamline wind-up train is exactly like the tin toys you remember from yesteryear. When this sleek train came to town everyone stopped to see it. Now everyone can have their own chrome plated wind-up version. This streamline wind-up train measures 13″ long. Ages 3 years and up…. |