Well, I have only looked at the web site, and was quite surprised at how
prices in general seem to have dropped.
Interestingly, there was a plate I sold there last year for 1000 pounds,
that only made 750...Someone will be pissed off !

Re, the interest side of things, I have mainly collected smaller items, like
builders plates and whistles, from locos I have been associated with, i.e..
Industrial / Army ( W.D.) locomotives, and Beyer Garratts.
I would love a Bulleid nameplate, but I can't afford one. Interestingly, I
could not afford one when they were first being sold off in the 1960's for
15 pounds either !
It is all relative to how much you are earning at the time...5 pounds a week
as an apprentice then......
Ah well, back to polishing the brass....

Cheers.

Andy.
New Zealand



>I found the results interesting - shed plates seem to have halted the
> ever upward moves and wagon plates didn't shine - the ROF Woolwich was
> cheap, and so many early steam builders plates at bargain prices, but
> totems seemed firm, as did nameplates. Interesting that ex BR diesel
> builders plates generally seem to command more than steam plates -
> unless with a positive rarity value.
> There still seems to be money out there, but I must admit that the
> catalogue seems to contain a little more hype than before and
> certainly contained some significant errors.
> So where are we going? We need new blood coming into the hobby, but I
> would be wary of splashing big money on things when I had no real idea
> of their rarity or collectability.
> How do we help newcomers understand that aspect? For example I am no
> expert on single line tokens so I have no idea of the relative rarity
> of say a Cambrian main line section versus say one from the Cruckmeol
> branch (I could imagine from my professional knowledge that there were
> many more of the former than the latter - but that is only a guess)
> But if one were offered how does the newcomer gauge the relative value
> and how much to spend, (I have seen people buying big into common
> stamps only to find that a dealer will offer them 20% of face 5 years
> on, whereas if they had invested the same into the top value stamps
> they might have turned a dollar), and if a newcomer experiences the
> same in railwayana will he want to continue, after all we expect to
> recover our investments - don't we?
> Comments welcomed!
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