Valuing a model collection

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I'm new to these parts so please be gentle!

My late father left me his model bus collection when he died in 2005. The collection is, substantial shall we say and is 95% fully boxed, unopened examples of bus models by Corgi, EFE and Dinky from when he was a lad (he died at 63 and some of the models are 50 years old) up to the early part of the 2000's. He always said I could 'do as you see fit with it Robert' with the collection but it means too much to part with.

So, I now think it needs insuring and to do that needs valuing and to be honest I am unsure how to approach this. Any help or advice appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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I am overlooking the sentimental value for the purposes of an insurance valuation. Yes, there is a sentimental value, but this will not cause me to think "It's worth more than that because it was my Dad's". I am being totally realistic over this.

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motormania said:

any serious (replace that with stupid IMHO) collectors

Yep, this was my Dad - he would scour the country for some models and when he had them never opened the boxes and many remain shrink wrapped if this was how they came.

I'll buy a copy of Model Collector and investigate further getting it all valued.

Thanks for the replies.