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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | NP 4-8-4 whistle on eBay |
Apparently off the last 4-8-4 NP bought. Lots of photos and interesting writeup if you're not collecting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1 |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NP 4-8-4 whistle on eBay |
According to my steam whistle collecting friends, the eBay record for a steam whistle fell THREE TIMES in the same week. The idiocy started with a former NP brass/bronze short-bell six-chime that sold for $5,100: http://cgi.ebay.com/np-northern-pacific ... dZViewItem followed shortly by that ex-NP long-bell Hancock for $5,200 (note: it's gold-painted iron, not brass, and certainly not unique to NP); and finally: http://cgi.ebay.com/Southern-Railroad-3 ... dZViewItem for a Southern Railway top-levered short-bell three-chime, with some subsequent rebuild work on it. Furthermore, the apparent eBay record for an air horn has also just been set: a Nathan M5 for $3,001: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1 There have been one-offs, ship whistles, and exceedingly-rare H5 and N3 horn sets that have sold for more privately that we know of, but these are records for things you may have a prayer of actually seeing--or needing, for that matter. As my friend, one of the top whistle collectors/authorities in the world, said to me, "The world has gone mad." |
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