Hornby Dublo and other trains
Discussion
My Mum still has all my Dad's model railway stuff. I don't have the details of what there actually is, but there's a three door wardrobe full (top to bottom, front to back) of the stuff. Older three rail Dublo, engines, rolling stock,track and buildings and more modern stuff as well. The majority of it is all still boxed. There are also a load of "Zero One" controllers and chips.
I wouldn't say the Dublo stuff is all mint, but not far from it. Most of the newer stuff (particularly the engines) hasn't ever been out of the boxes so I would say is mint condition.
My Mum is on the point of wanting to ge rid of it. But where's best to sell it and get a reasonable price? There's always eBay, but would it be better going through an auction house, and if so, any recommendations? I'm guessing a specialist railway/toy one would be best. Sell it all as a job lot, or as individual bits?
I don't hav a full listing or any photos, but I can get more details if its any use.
I wouldn't say the Dublo stuff is all mint, but not far from it. Most of the newer stuff (particularly the engines) hasn't ever been out of the boxes so I would say is mint condition.
My Mum is on the point of wanting to ge rid of it. But where's best to sell it and get a reasonable price? There's always eBay, but would it be better going through an auction house, and if so, any recommendations? I'm guessing a specialist railway/toy one would be best. Sell it all as a job lot, or as individual bits?
I don't hav a full listing or any photos, but I can get more details if its any use.
Wacky Racer said:
Cheers. Bizarrely, I think my Dad may have bought stuff there when visiting his brother in Liverpool!
Alftupper, I'll bear you in mind.
I've no idea of the value/worth of what's there, or even what's actually there. I don't want my Mum to get ripped off (and I'm not suggesting you would) and she's not actually decided for definite whether or not she wants to sell. I can understand her emotional attachment to it, but neither me nor any of my sisters, their husbands or children have any interest in it. My Dad died in 1994, and my Mum is only now moving from a three storey five bed Victorian pile with cellars and lofts to something a bit more manageable for her.
My Mum is WWII vintage so she's always recycled stuff/bought "spare/extra" and is terrible at throwing stuff out (a trait I've unfortunately inherited). My Dad collected railway stuff all his adult life, and it was usually an engine at Christmas and his birthday, with him buying bits in between, so there's a good 30 years of stuff he'd collected.
I'll see if I can get any details of what's there and any photos.
I've no idea of the value/worth of what's there, or even what's actually there. I don't want my Mum to get ripped off (and I'm not suggesting you would) and she's not actually decided for definite whether or not she wants to sell. I can understand her emotional attachment to it, but neither me nor any of my sisters, their husbands or children have any interest in it. My Dad died in 1994, and my Mum is only now moving from a three storey five bed Victorian pile with cellars and lofts to something a bit more manageable for her.
My Mum is WWII vintage so she's always recycled stuff/bought "spare/extra" and is terrible at throwing stuff out (a trait I've unfortunately inherited). My Dad collected railway stuff all his adult life, and it was usually an engine at Christmas and his birthday, with him buying bits in between, so there's a good 30 years of stuff he'd collected.
I'll see if I can get any details of what's there and any photos.
Dibble said:
Wacky Racer said:
Cheers. Bizarrely, I think my Dad may have bought stuff there when visiting his brother in Liverpool!
It would be worth an email/phone conversation with these guys www.vectis.co.uk/
Vectis are just down the road from me so would be my first port of call, they're also the biggest toy only auctioneers in the UK and have a huge reach.
There will be an auction house with a toy/train specialist nearer to where you're based.
The thing about selling via auction is that they'll do their best to get the best prices they can as the more you make the more they make.
There will be an auction house with a toy/train specialist nearer to where you're based.
The thing about selling via auction is that they'll do their best to get the best prices they can as the more you make the more they make.
Not sure where you are but Hartleys in Ilkley do a pretty big toy and collectors auction, which seems to get some pretty good prices. My father-in-law and I have been to the last two and some of the prices people pay are ludicrous! 
http://andrewhartleyfinearts.co.uk/
Their next toy and collectors auction is in mid-April.
http://andrewhartleyfinearts.co.uk/
Their next toy and collectors auction is in mid-April.
I have just given my collection to my grandson. I don't think my daughter will let him play with the lead station staff set nor the lead passenger set though! I also looked down the route of selling, but unless the stuff is mint it doesn't fetch that much even boxed, so I just passed it on. Oh my lovely boxed "Duchess of Montrose" set! And I wonder if the original 12v transformers are now safe?
A slight update. These boxes are full of railway stuff, some Dublo, some more modern. A quick Google shows some of the mint boxed Dublo stuff is worth north of £100 per truck... My Mum has decided she wants to sell most of it, so I need to catalogue it for starters...
Alftupper, if you drop me a pm through my profile, once I've got a list together I'll let you know what there is if your'e interested in any of it.
Alftupper, if you drop me a pm through my profile, once I've got a list together I'll let you know what there is if your'e interested in any of it.
So father is getting on a little, cancer of the lung and numerous other things that don't give me much time with the man I see as the greatest man alive.
I have always showed an interest in his model railway that he started collected when he was a young man in former East Germany, indeed when I was working away I use to get the latest Fleischmann or Trix sent home as a little reminder that I still loved him.
So what do I do with it all?. I'm not talking about a couple of Hornby here, I'm saying possibly 500 engines and 2000 carriages, all boxed and hardly used.
I remember watching an 'Antiques Roadshow' when someone turned up with a model train and was informed that it been boxed it would be worth thousands, father disappeared and 10 minutes later came back with three in perfect condition and still boxed, never opened.
What the hell do I do with them?.
I'm currently looking at Liliput, Roco, Fleischmann, Trix, Kato, Lima, Brawa, Bachmann, Marklin, Piko, Rivarossi and that doesn't even get me started on the Lehmann Gartenbahn trains.
I don't want to spend my days visiting the post office with yet another Ebay parcel and yet more packaging.
Any advice gratefully received, I'm thinking a lot could go to a museum but also that it could get me that 911 I've always wanted.
HELP!!.
I have always showed an interest in his model railway that he started collected when he was a young man in former East Germany, indeed when I was working away I use to get the latest Fleischmann or Trix sent home as a little reminder that I still loved him.
So what do I do with it all?. I'm not talking about a couple of Hornby here, I'm saying possibly 500 engines and 2000 carriages, all boxed and hardly used.
I remember watching an 'Antiques Roadshow' when someone turned up with a model train and was informed that it been boxed it would be worth thousands, father disappeared and 10 minutes later came back with three in perfect condition and still boxed, never opened.
What the hell do I do with them?.
I'm currently looking at Liliput, Roco, Fleischmann, Trix, Kato, Lima, Brawa, Bachmann, Marklin, Piko, Rivarossi and that doesn't even get me started on the Lehmann Gartenbahn trains.
I don't want to spend my days visiting the post office with yet another Ebay parcel and yet more packaging.
Any advice gratefully received, I'm thinking a lot could go to a museum but also that it could get me that 911 I've always wanted.
HELP!!.
What a lovely problem to have! I feel the only way to deal with such a quantity of trains and associated material would be by auction. If, as you say, some are still BNIB (brand new in box) then there is a big collectors market for such quality, especially the makes you have mentioned. I'm not sure which auction house you would choose but a quick Google came up with a few specialists and this one caught my eye:-
http://www.specialauctionservices.com/annual_train...
May I wish you the best in your quest and please do keep us updated.
http://www.specialauctionservices.com/annual_train...
May I wish you the best in your quest and please do keep us updated.
Konigespoke,
speaking from a position where one of my friends had at least 500k of full size railwayana.
I would advise to put them on in dribs and drabs. Better for the buyer and yourself. If you flood the market some of the stuff may go for peanuts. do it little and oftern and if the auction house is a good one they wil;l rally give it a boost, plus ther could be a lot of bidders for a few bits rather than the other way round
speaking from a position where one of my friends had at least 500k of full size railwayana.
I would advise to put them on in dribs and drabs. Better for the buyer and yourself. If you flood the market some of the stuff may go for peanuts. do it little and oftern and if the auction house is a good one they wil;l rally give it a boost, plus ther could be a lot of bidders for a few bits rather than the other way round
silverfoxcc said:
Konigespoke,
speaking from a position where one of my friends had at least 500k of full size railwayana.
I would advise to put them on in dribs and drabs. Better for the buyer and yourself. If you flood the market some of the stuff may go for peanuts. do it little and oftern and if the auction house is a good one they wil;l rally give it a boost, plus ther could be a lot of bidders for a few bits rather than the other way round
Many thanks, currently filling a garage with all the trains and trying to catalogue them all.speaking from a position where one of my friends had at least 500k of full size railwayana.
I would advise to put them on in dribs and drabs. Better for the buyer and yourself. If you flood the market some of the stuff may go for peanuts. do it little and oftern and if the auction house is a good one they wil;l rally give it a boost, plus ther could be a lot of bidders for a few bits rather than the other way round
Op I didn't mean to highjack your thread, not sure how it happened in all honesty. I had started my own post but somehow it ended up on here.
If it is Zero one stuff then the Locos will have id chips in them meaning they are only activated when the controller instructs them, my dad has a good size Zero one set up in the loft and IIRC the controllers etc are now obsolete but have value to people with big set ups as the cost of rewiring and removing the chips is a deal breaker.
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