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I live in Boise and I would be willing to facilitate in some way. I would work for Lego. I'm curious if this guy would let me see the lot in person. I'd like to get a better idea of what he has. Rose Christopher Weeks wrote in message ... (...) me (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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r2 <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:G89EBB.LKH@lugnet.com... (...) Just e-mail him! To quote the auction page: "Contact me at Shawnbouy@webtv.net If you get no response within 12 hours, please email Shawnbouy@yahoo.com" Regards, ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) If you do get with him, let us know what you find. Chris (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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I had previously emailed him at his Webtv address, but I have not gotten a response. I just emailed him at his second address. I will try to get more information about this lot. I am skeptical, his pictures don't seem to show enough stuff for what (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Likewise. I'd be good for a share. best LFB (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Yeah, I'd probably be interested in throwing in $500-1000 IF the lot is truly as big as advertised, and isn't mainly plain bricks. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | iPlanet Support - (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) as (...) I would be in for 1000 or 2000..... But I'm interested in older sets too... Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (iirc) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Ok, he emailed me. I will try to get together with him ASAP so there is time to process what I find. Rose r2 wrote in message ... (...) would (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Ya know, I always wondered about what it would be like to put up my entire collection up for auction. 650-700K pieces (100K from before 1980). But then what would anyone want with all that old crap?? ;-) Gary Istok (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Yeah, it's virtually useless. Why don't you ship it to me, and I'll give you $50 plus shipping costs. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | iPlanet Support - (URL) A division of AOL Time Warner | (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Gary, (...) you $50 (...) Indeed. Completely worthless. But you won't even need to ship it if you sell it to me, I have my Suburban, I'll raise it to $100.00, since you're such a great guy! ; ) Scott S. -- Want LEGO Elements at Great Prices? Visit (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) yeah, and i'll give you a penny each for those 10,000 lousy classic windows. the blue ones are especially worthless. (junior) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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r2 wrote in message ... (...) time (...) I am still waiting for him to call me. I am becoming more skeptical, but maybe he will prove me right. Rose (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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"r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:G8CFAK.LAA@lugnet.com... (...) I looked at those pictures and thought to myself "ugh", I can't imagine sorting it. I have picked up unsorted used LEGO on a couple of occasions and the process of sorting (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I've been there too. I usually pick through the unsorted box and remove stickered and fragile elements, wash and dry the collection and then start doing a rough sort...then fine sort...and then start building the sets...I don't know of a more (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I am slowly becomming convinced that it isn't worth trying to reconstruct sets unless you know a particular set is in a collection, and you really want to build it. I haven't decided yet what the best way to document a collection for insurance (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) There's been a couple of people mentioning this, but no one has specifically asked the question yet: what are some good ways of determining the value of your LEGO collection, for insurance purposes or otherwise. It seems to me that even a list (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I'm not big on "me too" posts but I really have to say how much I agree with this one. I have bought 2 different large collections, and been part of a consortium on another. None of them are anywhere near completely put back together and I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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"David Schilling" <davidNO@SPAMsunteleia.com> wrote in message news:G8Cuyu.Hw1@lugnet.com... (...) specifically (...) of (...) than (...) It has been a while since this was discussed on LUGNET. A while ago I asked my insureance agent what would be (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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r2 wrote in message ... (...) Well forget it. He emailed me and told me the amount of money he was wanting, it is way high. I don't think it is worth my time to go look at the Lego and you guys would never raise enough money for this lot, given the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Somewhere in the "high 5 figures" is what he put in the auction notes. I'd guess, since he called the 'minimum value' 50 grand if he broke it up, that he's looking for 80 or 90 grand. Based on what his claims are about his collection, it might (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) For those who have such collections which they are looking to sell much of, one way to deal with it could be to occasionally invite folks over to browse the collection and make bids on things their interested in. If they discover something you (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Interesting that you mention fire. I was talking with a fire-fighter friend of mine one night. I said something about all my Legos and that they were made from ABS. He kinda cringed and said that ABS had some nasty toxic properties when (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I've been there too... I've never fully sorted all of 20000 pieces I took on. A lesson like that might teach you not to do it again, but, there's nothing quite like the first plunge, especially if it's sets from your dark ages. (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) This could backfire on the seller, then, if the only reason for the auction is to get a value for insurance purposes. If people know there's no way they'll ever match the reserve, they won't bid on it. Since it's not honest to get a valuation (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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In the real world, if the buyer wants a valuation only, then they instruct the auctioneer to that effect, and the auctioneer bids for them. They win, but still pay a buyer's fee. (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) If Frank F. moves out to California, I can probably retire early. (Unfortunately Uncle Dan does not know how to post to this site yet.) Hoepfully someone will teach me. (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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David Schilling wrote in message ... (...) honest (...) anyway. I think he may have gotten closer to his asking price if he had spent more time documenting his collection. I'm sure this would have taken a lot of time, but people expect a lot if (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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The same kinda thing works on eBay - you'll need an accomplice to watch the bidding & make sure they win the auction. You still pay the listing fee. Or you can set an un-realistic reserve, but then the listing fee will be higher, and you still have (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Unless the lot was almost purely rare sets, I wouldn't pay over $20,000 for 2,000 pounds. I refuse to pay over $10/lb unless there are TONS of rare pieces/sets in a lot that I want. I rarely pay over $5/lb anymore (which of course means I am outbid (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) He has upadted his auction listing, so I will quote it here: "My reserve is a very reasonable 95,000 dollars, that includes delivery, storage containers, filing system, et all! " Also, A little detective work shows he may be a Lugnet Member (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Oh my. My goodness. I was prepared for ~25,000 but not that. It's obvious that he doesn't want to sell unless he gets right about what the value is, parted-out, or perhaps a bit less without the hassle of shipping it. I wonder how many of the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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I've been following the discussion here a bit, and I just wanted to put in my $0.02... I have to agree with some of what others have already been said. This whole auction seems very ill-planned. Over the course of the week, while the auction is (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Chris Busse wrote in message ... (...) alais)... Let's see, do a member search by country, look under Idaho and there are 6 members. Four live under my roof so that leaves two. Now you know why we don't have a Lego group, but maybe that will (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Sorting out by set REALLY isn't worth it. Trust me. Now it is true that one could sort into related parts and sell those off, and in fact, if the collection is at all sorted, this can be very easy. (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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<snipped bones good summary> (...) With a lot the size of this one, you can probably do everything. If it were all mine I would sell off the sealed sets first and make some room that way. Then try to complete as many of the sets as possible, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Me feeling is that there are only a handfull of sets (if even that) that sell for more (or even close to) what their parts sell for. Of course some of the early sets with no specialty pieces will sell for much more than their parts would, but (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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FIFTY DOLLARS A POUND is reasonable?!? On what planet? (...) Corp | iPlanet Support - (URL) A division of AOL Time Warner | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) ... And what about an earthquake ??? (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Speaking of an E55, I saw one at night at a shopping mall sitting on the concrete - *without* its AMG wheels... Bryan (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I guess it would depend on how complete the destruction of your home is. For most residential homes, I suspect most of the collection would be salvageable, the rest would be extractable to show just how much was smashed. Of course if you live (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I'd bet so--unless of course they're CA bricks that are still in OK condition, the connoisseurs might notice that distinction. But I'm totally with Frank on this one. For purposes of sale, breaking up the sets into parts will, 99 times out of (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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