R871 Hornby Coronation?

People keep boxes????

I take the loco, or rolling stock, out of the box, at a bare minimum, weather it and toss the box away.

In addition, they usually get a bit of kitbashing done to them before they get to the layout.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

Hi Roger

people collect boxes, believe it or not. Locos and rolling stock that are sold as boxed items fetch substantially more than their unboxed counterparts. I store my stuff in the boxes until I can use it all, which won't be for some time as I don't have the space for a layout as yet. This of course has nothing to do with my question

:)))))

Steve

I normally kitbash the box to match as I have way too many items of rolling stock for my layout!

Regards, Greg.P.

"mindesign"

The mind boggles. :-)

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

"mindesign"

The mind boggles. :-)

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

"Greg Procter"

Greg, you can never have "too many items of rolling stock...."

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

Check out the prices that boxed items fetch on Ebay, when compared with unboxed. The price difference is huge. Not just railway items, but any kind of model. Sometimes sellers give more info about the condition of the box than about the actual contents.

John

"mindesign" wrote

The seller is correct, the lower box and yellow plastic insert were covered in a plain, thin, brown cardboard sleeve. Some were unmarked (from memory) others were printed on.

I wouldn't regard an item from this era as fully boxed if it didn't have the outer sleeve, and they do survive, I've got an M7 0-4-4T in front of me with just such an arrangement.

John.

And people even sell reproduction boxes...

Hot Wheels toys are worth more in _unopened_ boxes. So are Barbies. Etc. :-)

Has anybody thought of displaying all these boxes in an art gallery, such as Tate Modern?

On 14/10/2005 08:59, John Rampling wrote,

I've started to do this as well, although I tend to make mildly cutting comments about box collectors on my listings! It is true though that a pretty box will make the model price substantially higher than with no box, and if that's what it takes to sell for more, well, I'm not proud!!!

My theory is that when these people open their darkened cupboards, it is only the boxes they see, so they want them to look good :-)

Thanks all

esp. JT who actually answered the question

:)))))))))

Steve

The message from Jane Sullivan contains these words:

They don't look very good painted white though!

Weathering the box might reduce its resale value of course

Not for those who are users and not collectors. :-)

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

I'm testing that very theory! So far you are shown to be absolutely right.

Who would want an opened Barbie, or a kitbashed one for that matter?

Er... what was the question again?