Wow, realistic values. I would like to see the Basset Lowke loco restored and running. Mind you every model railway shop will have middle aged men bringing their toys down from their loft demanding the shop buys them thinking they have a fortune when in reality most of it will be worthless. Having had Mr Angry Bloke and his mates shout at me "But they had the same thing on the Antiques Roadshow"....they don't believe you when you say no "Yours is a mass produced plastic Tri-ang model of the 1960s not a pre war Basset Lowke model." As they wave a very battered Princess Elizabeth with no tender in your face.
@@MartynCann , no, less. Many of the collectors of these trains have died in the last 24 years, and younger people on the whole are not interested. So demand has declined, and so has value. A good example is the black 4-4-2 tank loco at the start, that actually was more like £300 then, now it would be £150. Factor in inflation, and it is a serious decline in value.
The most interesting item is the Metropolitan Electric locomotive, solely because it’s the High Voltage version ( powered direct from mains via a variable resistance and 2 lightbulbs) as they were so dangerous to operate, at that voltage, they weren’t around too long in the U.K. the British Govt legislated against mains powered toy trains in the UK( they were still sold in France and mainland Europe, it didn’t matter too much to the British Govt if French children got electrocuted)
The comment about the power unit being letahl rings true. I believe the early eletrical transformer unit was, to say the least, dodgy. Some earlier ones, made in Germany, were even worse, being fed directly from the mains, with a large, red bulb to act as a votage reducer!
If you read the full title you will see this is 24 years old. At that time £1k was probably realistic but time has moved on with costs as has the rarity
Me blinking Hornbee has done nutin but let me down. Saturday nights is train night in me neck of the Vile, when she smoked up, melted down taking half of Plasticville with she. As for a bloke like me, I`d gut mine out and replace the motor with a Marx single reduction. Hi Chuck! it`s Me.
Prices have gone drastically down, due to the death of many older collectors, and not many new collectors interested in these old trains. The Pullman cars quoted at £100 each is a good example, I brought 4 of those Pullman cars from Vectis auctions, who advertise themselves as "Vectis the world's leading toy and collectables specialist", earlier this year, for £127 for the 4.
Anyone else cringing at how roughly she’s handling those? I mean, she seems to know what she’s doing, but yikes. I would be a bit more gentle with them.
@@Samstrainsofficially Yes they were made to withstand fairly rough handling (as shown by the battered and scratched steam loco!) - even so it would have been nice if she'd been somewhat more respectful in her handling of them 😂
That metropolitan set cost £5 back in 1925, this was a whole weeks average earnings back then. Now you can shut the kids up with a basic train set for oh £150? Bit less or a bit more depending on how much pestering the kids do for a specific one. That's about 1/4 of the average weekly wage. Good old days were alright but we definitely have it a bit better now.
Sorry antiques roadshow. Typical antiques roadshow valuations I'm afraid, completely unrealistic probably about a half of what she said, even on a good day.
This woman strikes me as something of an imposter. I believe the voice to be affected rather than gained from one of our grand, old schools. Which is possibly understandable as an antiques dealer in the early noughts (?). I suppose it could’ve been filmed this week because the AR never changes and everyone has always looked the same throughout the ages. Though I do miss the chap who looked like a butler that had been allowed to grow out the hair in his upper lip. Eric somebodyorother… I wanna say “Pickles” but I know dat ain’t really his fuggen surname, like.
Ah memories of the metropolitan loco. When I was a kid a nice driver let me in the cab for a ride from Liverpool street to Baker street.
I remember them too Barry, you knew when the train was about to go, because all the light bulbs dimmed as they sapped the power!😆
Wow, realistic values. I would like to see the Basset Lowke loco restored and running.
Mind you every model railway shop will have middle aged men bringing their toys down from their loft demanding the shop buys them thinking they have a fortune when in reality most of it will be worthless. Having had Mr Angry Bloke and his mates shout at me "But they had the same thing on the Antiques Roadshow"....they don't believe you when you say no "Yours is a mass produced plastic Tri-ang model of the 1960s not a pre war Basset Lowke model." As they wave a very battered Princess Elizabeth with no tender in your face.
Trains are my generation. We're passing on soon. No one is taking our place! End of an era.
Yep, it's over.
The price points said here are way too low
>This clip was filmed in Blackpool in 2000.
This was 24 years ago, probably even more now
@@MartynCann , no, less. Many of the collectors of these trains have died in the last 24 years, and younger people on the whole are not interested. So demand has declined, and so has value. A good example is the black 4-4-2 tank loco at the start, that actually was more like £300 then, now it would be £150. Factor in inflation, and it is a serious decline in value.
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The most interesting item is the Metropolitan Electric locomotive, solely because it’s the High Voltage version ( powered direct from mains via a variable resistance and 2 lightbulbs) as they were so dangerous to operate, at that voltage, they weren’t around too long in the U.K. the British Govt legislated against mains powered toy trains in the UK( they were still sold in France and mainland Europe, it didn’t matter too much to the British Govt if French children got electrocuted)
I bet he's chuffed 🤣
lol
Agreed!
The comment about the power unit being letahl rings true. I believe the early eletrical transformer unit was, to say the least, dodgy. Some earlier ones, made in Germany, were even worse, being fed directly from the mains, with a large, red bulb to act as a votage reducer!
If you read the full title you will see this is 24 years old. At that time £1k was probably realistic but time has moved on with costs as has the rarity
Moved on it certainly has, in a downward direction. I brought a Metropolitan loco from Vectis auctions earlier this year for £76.....
Me blinking Hornbee has done nutin but let me down. Saturday nights is train night in me neck of the Vile, when she smoked up, melted down taking half of Plasticville with she. As for a bloke like me, I`d gut mine out and replace the motor with a Marx single reduction. Hi Chuck! it`s Me.
Fair Dinkum....Me Hornby XPT me got is Bonza Mate.....🇦🇺
How many years ago was made this video?
Probably now the prices of the models are between 10 and 100 times
Prices have gone drastically down, due to the death of many older collectors, and not many new collectors interested in these old trains. The Pullman cars quoted at £100 each is a good example, I brought 4 of those Pullman cars from Vectis auctions, who advertise themselves as "Vectis the world's leading toy and collectables specialist", earlier this year, for £127 for the 4.
Anyone else cringing at how roughly she’s handling those? I mean, she seems to know what she’s doing, but yikes. I would be a bit more gentle with them.
No, she is handling them fine. With total respect. The table is felt. And she never banged any of them together.
They're fine. They're not delicate things
@@Samstrainsofficially Yes they were made to withstand fairly rough handling (as shown by the battered and scratched steam loco!) - even so it would have been nice if she'd been somewhat more respectful in her handling of them 😂
That's modern locomotives that a fragile
@@damiendye6623 Absolutely! These were toys, designed to withstand fairly rough handling. The models we get today are very fragile by comparison.
These days we know from Flog It that the valuers are nearly always wrong.
Way under=appraised. Worth about £3,000.
If you read the description it was filmed in 2000
Brand new Hornby trains cost about the same to buy
That metropolitan set cost £5 back in 1925, this was a whole weeks average earnings back then.
Now you can shut the kids up with a basic train set for oh £150? Bit less or a bit more depending on how much pestering the kids do for a specific one. That's about 1/4 of the average weekly wage.
Good old days were alright but we definitely have it a bit better now.
Sorry antiques roadshow. Typical antiques roadshow valuations I'm afraid, completely unrealistic probably about a half of what she said, even on a good day.
This valuation was in 2000 🙂
This woman strikes me as something of an imposter. I believe the voice to be affected rather than gained from one of our grand, old schools. Which is possibly understandable as an antiques dealer in the early noughts (?). I suppose it could’ve been filmed this week because the AR never changes and everyone has always looked the same throughout the ages. Though I do miss the chap who looked like a butler that had been allowed to grow out the hair in his upper lip. Eric somebodyorother… I wanna say “Pickles” but I know dat ain’t really his fuggen surname, like.
It was filmed in the year 2000 🙂