Just a observation between 1986 and 2019 Lionel trains with the Greenberg’s price guide.
Found my 1986 Greenberg’s price guide to Lionel trains and compared it to Greenberg’s 2019 Price guide.
From 1901 thru 1986 gives 85 years of Lionel trains being manufactured and a total of 64 pages.
With about 60 line items per page.
From 1901 to 2017 gives 106 years of Lionel trains being manufactured. and a total of 239 pages.
With about 50 line items per page.
Basically looking at the items produced from 1987 thru 2019 in the past 32 years is an unbelievable amount of items.
As long as Lionel and other manufacture keep pushing items out, it looks like our hobby is not in that bad of shape.
The best thing I like (as I cannot afford to buy new) is the secondary market and the amount of new/used items being introduced. Prewar/Postwar/MPC only to products available. So the new train collector may getting involved with the newer items second hand. Looking at the books (if you agree with Greenbergs pricing really have not change that much (stayed almost flat with some items rising and others falling).
I m sure that there is a lot of folks out there that may disagree on what I said, but I would like to listen to their view point and I may learn something. The new pocket guide help me in a basic price guide as I do not completely follow it as people who are selling used sell for different reasons with different prices.
Hust remember we can not take it with us we are just caretakers for our future hobbyist
Price Old $5.95 New $21.99
Thickness?
Total pages 64 pages compare to 239?
