"The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:08 am
(Sorry still thinking in Ossie accent having posted with Steve05)! 
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Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:18 am
Nah, no LNER mate! (Sorry still thinking in Ossie accent having posted with Steve05)!
(Sorry still thinking in Ossie accent having posted with Steve05)! Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:16 am
G'Day Gents
I may have the LNER in my blood, but I wouldn't mind taking one of them for a belt around my very own garden railway......if I had one
manna
I may have the LNER in my blood, but I wouldn't mind taking one of them for a belt around my very own garden railway......if I had one
manna
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:17 pm
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:23 pm
Ay up!
Wouldn't mind the Scot. Pass the tweezers!
Wouldn't mind the Scot. Pass the tweezers!
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:10 pm
Pass the Kleenex!
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:19 pm
Its interesting to speculate "what if" he had spent the money the models cost to commission on buying actual examples of LNER locomotives which no longer exist, such as a V3?
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:56 am
Prices are now listed. £140k for the Duchess (£170k including the auctioneers' premium) - on a rough calculation about the new-build cost of 10 (12) of the class in the 1930s!
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:58 am
Wow! Serious bucks!61070 wrote:Prices are now listed. £140k for the Duchess (£170k including the auctioneers' premium) - on a rough calculation about the new-build cost of 10 (12) of the class in the 1930s!
Auctioneer's premium is pretty steep too. My own silly fault, but I once, and it won't happen again, got caught out when I bought at a Vectis auction.
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:01 am
£170k!?! and the thing is probably well over due for restoration
and the thing is probably well over due for restorationRe: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:18 pm
Actually, no. It's in pristine condition, and seems to have been well cared-for even long after Mr. Salem's death.blackout60800 wrote:£170k!?!
I wonder if any of the bidders had any thoughts about trying to keep the entire collection in one piece. If nothing else, it demonstrates that the money is out there.
Now, here's a thought: were any of the bidders members of this Forum or any other railway modelling forum that we know of?
Re: "The rich are different to you and me....."
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:27 pm
When I said restoration, I meant rubber parts etc that degrade over time, regardless of use.