Found 2 boxes of Hornby Dublo!

[Silvs]

I have just been up in the attic of our new house where I have located 2 boxes of Hornby Dublo lurking behind the cold water tank. Briefly checked with the old occupants who stated it wasn't theirs.

There is quite a bit of it and some decent engines & locomotives in good condition. I plugged it in a gave it ago and it works well for a 50 year old toy.

I am wondering what will be the best way to sell it. My old man popped up to have a look and thought there was close to £500 worth of stuff there if I can sell it to the right people.

Any one have any ideas on where to look in order to sell it?

Thanks!

[silverfoxcc]

Before you do anthing look on ebay and the various Hornby 'fan sites' As a lot of it appears to be boxed, it could be worth quite a bit. Let us know how you get on, and what you have

[silverfoxcc]

hrca.com and dubloauctions spring to mind, although you have to join the hrca

[RichB]

I would take your time with that and not just stick it on ebay and... if you do then sell it as individual items not as a job lot. There are some quite interesting items in that picture, the Hornby Co-Bo, The Lord of The Isles and the Triang Wild West loco may be quite specialist.

[951TSE]

These guys have got an Auction of model trains including Hornby coming up on the 19th. You could look after the sale to see what prices they went for.

http://www.vectis.co.uk/Page/ViewAuction.aspx?Auct...

They should also be able to help you with pricing and selling your stuff if you wish. They regularly feature in the antiques press and have live online sales at their auctions so can reach a worldwide audience.

[Chrisw666]

Where in the UK are you? Vectis is good but there are several other specialist toy auctioneers around the country.

I know next to nothing about trains but I do know that if you're trying to sell toys auctions are about the best place to get top money for them with little effort.

[Kneetrembler]

Buy "Railway Modeller Magazine" next issue was out either on the 8th Nov or 15th Nov which has all the information that you will need.

The Hornby models are the ones that people are into,not so much Triang.

Also look up www.gaugemaster.com

Have fun