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Long ago, when I was a more avid brass collector, I used to get a newsletter for a fellow who ran a company called Balls of Brass. One newsletter had a letter from a subscriber relating how he bought brass locomotives and let his dog play with the boxes after he removed the locomotives. I imagine hundreds of dollars were lost in the resale value of the locomotives without boxes. Sometimes my wife wonders why I have boxes of boxes in storage. one day, I think it will prove worthwhile. Like Charlie, I have been involved with widows and children of model railroaders who had terribly disorganized collections without boxes, and it is sheer hell trying to sort it all out, and find new boxes in which to put the models. Although most of our models are probably never going to appreciate in value, good records, such as an Excel spreadsheet and original boxes will make life easier for those who survive us.
Jerry
P. S., the seller with the scale test cars had more than one. I decided Bush, Illinois, needed one to test all the coal mine scales. Now I need number for the scale test cars. Anyone know of a 1950s era photo?
