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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Vintage LIONEL Train Locomotive & Coal Car Salt & Pepper Shakers Vintage LIONEL Train Locomotive & Coal Car Salt & Pepper Shakers… |
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The Complete RCA Victor Recordings $10.82 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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Exciting Hong Kong $8.99 … |
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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 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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The Commodores – Logo (Flashy) – AUTHENTIC VINTAGE RETRO 1980′S – 1 1/4 Button / Pin $1.49 It is also great to help make your luggage or backpacks more unique and easy to identify. Collect all your favorite bands & funny sayings!… |
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Lionel Coca-Cola 125Th Anniversary Vintage Steam O-Gauge Train Set $250.00 6-30166 Features: -Lionel celebrates the 125th Anniversary of Coca-Cola with a vintage steam set reminiscent of the company’s 19th century beginnings.-Transformer controlled forward, neutral, and reverse operation.-TrainSounds sound system in tender with steam chuffing, whistle, bell, and squealing brakes.-Operating headlight and puffing smoke unit in locomotive.-Operating couplers on rear of ten… |
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Life-Like Trains HO Scale Thundering Rails Electric Train Set $100.39 Santa Fe, F7 w/Light, 6 Cars, Caboose, 74 x 38″ Power-Loc(TM) Oval, Power Pack HO scale Horn-hook couplers Experience the fun of rolling freight in this exciting set with over 175 pieces! Leading the train is a powered F7 diesel with working light, painted in the classic Santa Fe red and silver scheme. Six colorful freight cars are next, followed by a red Santa Fe caboose. Adding to fun is a com… |
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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…. |