"The rich are different to you and me....."

Horsetan · Post by **Horsetan** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:08 am

Read this and weep....

2002EarlMarischal · Post by **2002EarlMarischal** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:18 am

Nah, no LNER mate!

(Sorry still thinking in Ossie accent having posted with Steve05)!

manna · Post by **manna** » 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

Horsetan · Post by **Horsetan** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:17 pm

Start salivating, lads....

Blink Bonny · Post by **Blink Bonny** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:23 pm

Ay up!

Wouldn't mind the Scot. Pass the tweezers!

giner · Post by **giner** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:10 pm

Pass the Kleenex!

PinzaC55 · Post by **PinzaC55** » 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?

61070 · Post by **61070** » 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!

2002EarlMarischal · Post by **2002EarlMarischal** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:58 am

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!

Wow! Serious bucks!

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.

60800 · Post by **60800** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:01 am

£170k!?!

and the thing is probably well over due for restoration

Horsetan · Post by **Horsetan** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:18 pm

blackout60800 wrote:£170k!?! and the thing is probably well over due for restoration

Actually, no. It's in pristine condition, and seems to have been well cared-for even long after Mr. Salem's death.

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?

60800 · Post by **60800** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:27 pm

When I said restoration, I meant rubber parts etc that degrade over time, regardless of use.

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