Opinions on Valuation of Potential Sale Items

Bruce, is that the Hafner engine that you put the Marx motor in?

Yes

Bruce, the Hafner set I bought at York this spring and posted pictures of on the recent Hafner thread here,

https://ogrforum.com/topic/hafner-trains

I paid $200 for, which might help give some kind of a base line.  You know as well as anyone that once a piece is modified it may decrease the value to "collectors" but may actually increase the value to someone who really likes the idea as much as you did.

On the 124 station, by restored do you mean repainted?  If it is a repaint, I would guess it will sell for $40 to $60.  If restored means you cleaned and fixed up a station with good original paint, I would guess $130 to $170.  Good luck.

just as with Marx or Flyer, not all Hafner are created equal.  the blue 1110 Hafner freight train you purchased is much less common than the late 2000-type yellow shell.  just from the pictures you posted, by the way, $200 was a great deal in my opinion.  i've seen fairly nice R. G. or B. #1110's alone sell for more than that.

have to say that i'm not a big fan of electrically modified Hafner, but it will probably appeal to some tinplaters who like the design, but shy away from clockwork drives (they are generally more operator attention dependent).

by the way, here's something i just realized a few weeks ago.  if you want to point to a certain response within a string, first open that string by clicking on the "permalink" icon that is in the header of all responses.  you'll then notice that the same string opens, but auto-scrolls to the specific response you're interested in pointing to...

like this

not so much with this case, but really helps when the string goes to multiple pages.

cheers...gary

I might be one of these.  Either that, or set up a little two-rail windup layout where i can reach all the track easily and there isn't that center rail to get in the way.  There's a tab on the bottom of the Hafner engine that hangs down and snags on the center rail.  Bell ringer mechanism made to bump along the ties of 2 rail track?

To All

I really appreciate the guidance on valuating these items, otherwise I would still be going in circles about this. I'll be posting these in the For Sale forum on Monday. I think $150.00 is a fair price for the Hafner set and $100.00 for the station The station needs inside roof cleats but thats the only flaw. Ill post pictures if anyone might be interested over there.

Bruce,

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