Estate Sale at Cleveland Show

A question about the display of trains next to the advertisement for the show. I see a lot of UP passenger car bodies on display. The top row looks like bodies from the latest GGD UP finish set, but on a lower row I see additional coaches and a baggage car. Does anyone know whose display that is or who manufactured the car bodies? Interested in some of the cars.

Butch 

Would have been nice to have advertised that show just a bit somewhere....

Butch,

Those are not GGD car bodies.

Amy wife and my wallet are not going to like this...

A similar question was asked on this forum at about the time of the 2012 Cleveland meet, and after that show I replied that, to the best of my knowledge:

-  the photo was taken at a 2011 or earlier meet

-  the table belonged to George "0 Scale Supermarket" Peckman

-  "all" of the passenger car bodies were MTH.

Hope that helps.

Best, SZ

yes, the photo is definitely of George Peckman's display. I've helped George with his products numerous times at the Cherry Valley meet.

Any idea where this went? 

I surely didn't see it at the Cleveland show today.

Other than Steve Grabowski's table there probably wasn't more than 20 pieces total of any brass other than older KTM stuff from the 60's.

This was my first trip to the Cleveland show, but I thought it was kind of light. I didn't see any big collection. Although one piece I was looking at was apparently from the widow of a collector.

In the near future, the vast majority of the items at these meets will have that same label....

Cleveland was great. I bought lots of items from what had to be two different collections. Protocal decals for less than $2 ea in quantity, Berkshire valley kits at a fraction of recent pricing, a nicely built lobaugh 0-6-0 for $100, a PSC heavyweight postal car brand new in its box for less than $200, a custom built hopper for less than $100, plus the usual kits, odds & ends and photos from Jay Williams (the trunk of my full sized sedan was full at the end of the day).

At the end of the show several of the Weaver steamers mentioned above were left, with a $475 ea price tag on them.

Thanks Sam, I look forward to next year.

Glad that you found the things you wanted.  I was not so fortunate. 

The PSC heavyweight car was one of the few PSC brass items at the show (other than the items on the surrounding tables with Steve G).. I think there were perhaps two Overland brass pieces also.  No "premium" brass sans a few Rich Yoder locos.    One of the few PSC freight cars was an N6b cabin that was "factory painted" for $350. 

Perhaps what we need is to find a way of rating the contents of the shows we attend since we're all looking for many different things.   Some want expensive things, some want flea market items... though we all want bargains! 

And for some of us it's a long haul to attend a show, though for me I made a mini vacation out of it. 

All in all thanks for everyone who showed up!

Wish we could have attended this show, have to catch the next one in Indy.  I try to keep a positive view with shows.  For one it gets me, someone that is autistic and prefers to stay at home, out of the house.  I get to see old friends and many that I do not get to talk to much except at shows.  And, normaly I do find atleast one item to purchase if not more than my wallet will handle that day.  Its a rare day that I go home empty handed.  We also take the time to visit any local hobby shops in the area of the show.  We make a day out of it with a nice dinner on the way home.  Glad a few found some treasures to add to thier layout/collection.   Maybe next year we can make the road trip there.  Might have to plan a weekend with my wife's folks in Erie, PA, much closer drive to and from thier place!   Mike and Michele T

Be interesting to hear what they were!

Simon

Don't recall seeing them... do you recall what they were?

I believe Frank Sniecinsky in island letter C in front had the Hudsons not sure where the others were. BTW you never saw an Yoder premium locomotives because he never imported any.

Thanks for the update.

And sorry for any "offense" in the nomenclature.  I certainly place the two Yoder locomotives I saw at the show as "modern" runs of brass as opposed to the KTM/MG stuff from the 70's and earlier.   To each his own.

Still wondering where the massive collection that described in the original posting.

Anyway, while I found the show light on later run brass I enjoyed the show in the non-brass arena - there were lots of things not often seen at shows including the O scale track and structures.    AND the social aspect is the best part of any 2 rail show.

If a Lobaugh 0-6-0 in good condition brings $100 at a show, no wonder sellers are using eBay!

I thought this show was light and that they have progressively gotten lighter over

several years of addendance.  I came away with little and left to attend a "trainshow"

further south, with a large building filled with HO and N....and some, but, nowhere

near as many boxes as I was still orange-eyed from in the Blue Hall, at York.  So...what can you do?  You HAVE to go to the O scale shows.

I agree that Cleveland O scale show was a little light on attendance.    This particular weekend may have contributed to keeping people home for domestic duty with Halloween.   I know one fellow who left early to go do grandfather duty.    Also I know one dealer who did not come because he had a high school reunion to attend.

On the up side, there were some real nice deals.    One guy had some US Hobbies brass steamers at very good prices.    Unfortunately when I went back to get the one I wanted it was sold.   He sold most of his stuff, I think.    There were other good deals too.    There were lots of parts and detail items also.   i picked up a couple of nice freight cars.

And I sold two of the major items I took to the show, so for me it was a good show.    I always enjoy this show.   It does not cost much to attend, and Sam Shumaker always has an urn of coffee for the table holders early in the morning.

I didn't know if I could get off until late or I would have tried to get a table.  O scale shows are few and far between and I enjoy going... though sometimes I get lucky and come out without a major wallet lightening.

I am guessing many do not share your enthusiasm for stuff whose heyday was the 40's and 50's.   Opinion!

Simon

I think Halloween was a part of it.  This was the second year in a row [ last year's show was Nov 1 ] it impacted the show, and for that reason my Faithful [ well, more or less ] Boon Companion was unable to attend either one -- and he has been known to fill up my car trunk by himself at Cleveland.

I've also wondered if the Strasburg show is abstracting some dealers and attendees from the east / northeast  [ I say this of course without any ill feeling towards the Strasburg folks, of course.]  compared with N years ago.

Best, SZ

A $100 steam engine and folks will complain that O scale is too expensive........

Think that the Rutgers show was that weekend, too.  But maybe the spacing on the calendar is part of the apparent attendance? 

I did not go having 2 weekends back to back of model RR'ing activity that included the Strasburg meet just 2 weeks ahead of this meet.  We arranged for OST to be represented, but there are limits to what distances and time I can spend on the road. 

A good Lobaugh model locomotive will sell for $300-$400.  EBay has tripled that on a number of recent occasions, with a Challenger making it to $2600, and several Berks going over $800.  A switcher at $100 is currently a steal.

I do agree - there are not all that many Lobaugh collectors.  But freight cars are going for over a hundred bucks, so there are more than a handful.

Sometimes at the end of a meet table holders do not want to take models back home and they will take an offer just to move pieces, condition of any kit built model is in the eye of the beholder, one persons good is anothers fair. Just saying!