paloma91
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posted on July 24, 2007 02:04:10 PM new
I finally went through the last of my dad's stuff that I found in the garage (getting ready for the G.Sale, I did a pretty thorough clean up) He worked for ATSF railroad. Wrapped in brown paper I found railroad schedules, menus and more. Toss? G. Sale (It's a definite for this coming weekend) or ebay? I don't see anything on ebay like these. I need your expertise
Thanks ahead of time
Linda
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mamachia
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posted on July 24, 2007 02:09:06 PM new
Hi Linda,
I'd put them on Ebay. I have had great success with Railroad items. Depending on the research, you can group them or place individually on Ebay. I would group myself.
mama
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chathamsue
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posted on July 24, 2007 03:15:18 PM new
Hi-
I come from a family that had multiple members that were employed by diferent railroads & railroad organizations over teh years. This kind of thing is very collectible. You can get some very good money for the right item. Make sure you spell out the names of the railroad involved.
Sue
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pixiamom
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posted on July 24, 2007 03:33:38 PM new
On eBay>Collectibles>Transportation>Railroadiana, Trains
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sthoemke
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posted on July 24, 2007 05:54:26 PM new
There should be a good demand for older railroad items.
I'd list them under postcards and paper.
http://collectibles.search.ebay.com/train_Postcards-Paper_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfclZ3QQfcolZshipQ2doffQQfrppZ100QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsacatZ124
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mcjane
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posted on July 24, 2007 07:50:09 PM new
Linda, I would think the menus would bring a good price. Don't toss, list them.
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etexbill
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posted on July 24, 2007 08:21:48 PM new
Quite a market for railroad menus on eBay.
Do a search. Now if you had the railroad sterling silver menu holders up for auction, WOW.
One menu started at $24.99, closed at $283.00 on July 15.
[ edited by etexbill on Jul 24, 2007 08:37 PM ]
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LtRay
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posted on July 25, 2007 02:12:09 AM new
one from my home town
[url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320136796086]
1926 Illinois Central Railroad - Dawson Springs KY Map [/url]
Dawson was famous in the early 1900's for it's mineral water wells. Today the town is only about 2500 people so Dawson memorabilia brings some good money. 2 recent auctions for unique post card views went over $ 100 each.
[ edited by LtRay on Jul 25, 2007 02:17 AM ]
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aintrichyet
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posted on July 25, 2007 02:52:13 AM new
Here's some website that sells old atsf railroad menus, etc.
http://tinyurl.com/2c87m7
and here's some railroad 'paper' items, in order of high prices, on ebay:
http://tinyurl.com/3xmqgn
[ edited by aintrichyet on Jul 25, 2007 02:55 AM ]
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photosensitive
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posted on July 25, 2007 04:45:11 AM new
One of my first selling experiences on eBay (back in the good old days) was some railroad items that belonged to my father. There were several metal luggage tags and a metal badge from a porters hat. I expected a few dollars for them. The luggage tags from the big, existing railroads did well but the shocker to me was the porter's badge and luggage tag from a small, defunct railroad. They ended for hundreds of dollars each! Yikes! I wrote the winner and asked why. He told me that he and another collector were in fierce competition for items from this railroad. When I said I wished I had more of the same he said that they would only go for a few dollars. Once one of them had an example of an item there would be no competition. That was a good lesson to learn for a new seller.
Good luck with your auctions, Paloma.
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Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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neglus
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posted on July 25, 2007 07:45:57 AM new
Interesting Photo. Perhaps this is why Second Chance Offers are often declined? I always thought that the person should be happy to get the item at the lower price, but they know that a relist would go for a much lower price!
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on July 25, 2007 07:54:20 AM new
If they were mine - I would list them individually. Start at a low price like $9.99 and what doesn't sell - you can always group later. You could very well have an item or two that two collectors will fight over like photosensitive said. Things are often overlooked in lots.
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