RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2015 It's the eagerly awaited Birdcage stock. Hat and coat on...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I thought it might be one of those Automata that used to introduce the "Antiques Roadshow" , but sadly not - I have to say that it is rather nice though- I wonder if my haggises would like it for a new home - but I suspect the addition of a plastic "budgie-ladder" to get them up to the perch would rather spoil the ambience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I do not understand this Finescale category that Ebay has. It has no subclasses for 2mm ^N^ ^OO^ ^0^ etc etc. To me it is pretty meaningless and useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jivebunny Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) "In perfect condition".I think you'll find there's a bit missing. JB Edited February 23, 2015 by jivebunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 just can not put my finger on whats wrong with it....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseRambler Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Bachmann 97403 IXION in RTC livery (Ebay ref - 171685006826) Currently at £560 with about 15 minutes to go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Bachmann 97403 IXION in RTC livery (Ebay ref - 171685006826) Currently at £560 with about 15 minutes to go!!! Link to item to save effort: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171685006826?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_udlo%3D%26_udhi%3D%26_ftrt%3D901%26_ftrv%3D1%26_sabdlo%3D%26_sabdhi%3D%26_samilow%3D%26_samihi%3D%26_sadis%3D15%26_stpos%3D%26_sop%3D12%26_dmd%3D1%26_ipg%3D50%26_nkw%3D171685006826%26_rdc%3D1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austrag Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Jivebunny speaks with forked tongue I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 712 A bidding war with two people who wanted it. The one who didn't bid a round figure won it. Well over priced, but this? Why? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argos-Additions-catalogue-spring-summer-2000/171690172791?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D444000%26algo%3DSOI.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140221143856%26meid%3Dff9b24c1fe544c1791248dbc655686ca%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D171685006826 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2015 These have been listed again in Finescale:- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/set-of-5-scale-railway-model-trains-/261789670971?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf3e15e3b But this one takes the biscuit:- Listed in Collectables>Trains/ Railway Models>Finescale http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bird-cage-wooden-brass-on-plith-with-removable-tre-/271784802998?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f47a2fab6 Looks like it is 12ins/1ft scale to me. Going cheep? Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jivebunny Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Well over priced, but this? Why? It's what every time-traveller needs to ensure they're getting "low prices guaranteed". Someone has actually bid on it. Why am I picturing someone in their home surrounded by bookshelves full of Argos catalogues? "Right then, tonight I think I'll read the 1994 Christmas one". JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2015 It's what every time-traveller needs to ensure they're getting "low prices guaranteed". Someone has actually bid on it. Why am I picturing someone in their home surrounded by bookshelves full of Argos catalogues? "Right then, tonight I think I'll read the 1994 Christmas one". JB But doubtless there are quite a few people here who collect old Tri-ang catalogues. Is there really any difference? Should we judge others choice of hobby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cctransuk Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2015 But doubtless there are quite a few people here who collect old Tri-ang catalogues. Is there really any difference? Should we judge others choice of hobby? I know that it's a controversial subject, and I hesitate to mention matters of such dubious taste, but there is a rumour that some people collect ................... TOY TRAINS !!!!!!!! There - I've said it now !!!! Regards, John Isherwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jivebunny Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 But doubtless there are quite a few people here who collect old Tri-ang catalogues. Is there really any difference? Should we judge others choice of hobby? I wasn't mocking catalogue collectors at all, I was questioning the interest (and storage logistics) in this particular case. Fifty Argos catalogues would take up an entire bookcase and would weigh in the region of 100Kg... You could collect a hundred model railway catalogues and they'd only take up a small shelf. I've kept a couple of Hornby and Jouef catalogues myself, one of which I used just yesterday to check the length of a piece of discontinued rolling stock - far quicker than asking this newfangled internet thingy to give me the answer! That said, whilst I think the average person can understand the attraction of collecting catalogues or other promotional material showcasing a specific brand or product over the years (be they model trains, real cars, electronic goods etc), I'm struggling to see why you'd want a collection of very heavy catalogues containing completely-non specific lists of products which are essentially the same from year to year. At what point in life are you going to need to know the price or dimensions of a specific pack of underpants that was available fourteen years ago? Now where's my 1982 Yellow Pages? I need to count the entries to see if there were more or fewer than in the 1983 edition JB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 ....At what point in life are you going to need to know the price or dimensions of a specific pack of underpants that was available fourteen years ago?... I happen to think that information could turn out to be ESSENTIAL......... When I get my time machine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That said, whilst I think the average person can understand the attraction of collecting catalogues or other promotional material showcasing a specific brand or product over the years (be they model trains, real cars, electronic goods etc), I'm struggling to see why you'd want a collection of very heavy catalogues containing completely-non specific lists of products which are essentially the same from year to year. At what point in life are you going to need to know the price or dimensions of a specific pack of underpants that was available fourteen years ago? Social history. An Argos catalogue from 1900 would make for fascinating reading. Somebody has to save some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2015 I used to live in a flat above an antique/memorabilia shop owned by a friend. He had a collection of Army & Navy Store catalogues from the 1890s to the 1920s. Not only fascinating but also a good resource, not only for ID-ing things but for social history. They would ship just about anything to anywhere. There must have been 2 or 3 pages of hedging tools (billhooks etc) alone, featuring regional styles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171688954658?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT How much!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austrag Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Far too much for me but for others, the sky is the limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 1245 Re old catalogues - Gamages https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gamages+catalogue&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=FtrsVIuiJ8ut7gaazYDQDQ&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1258&bih=736 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2015 Going cheep? Mike. Groan button please! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171688954658?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT How much!!? Link doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) Link doesn't work. Copied and pasted into a new tab, then re-copied and pasted on here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171688954658?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Edited February 24, 2015 by TheSoutherner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Copied and pasted into a new tab, then re-copied and pasted on here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171688954658?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Its not even boxed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2015 Copied and pasted into a new tab, then re-copied and pasted on here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171688954658?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT The seller is a dismantler! If you look at his completed listings, he's already sold what was in the box - in separate pieces of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2015 I wasn't mocking catalogue collectors at all, I was questioning the interest (and storage logistics) in this particular case. Fifty Argos catalogues would take up an entire bookcase and would weigh in the region of 100Kg... You could collect a hundred model railway catalogues and they'd only take up a small shelf. I've kept a couple of Hornby and Jouef catalogues myself, one of which I used just yesterday to check the length of a piece of discontinued rolling stock - far quicker than asking this newfangled internet thingy to give me the answer! That said, whilst I think the average person can understand the attraction of collecting catalogues or other promotional material showcasing a specific brand or product over the years (be they model trains, real cars, electronic goods etc), I'm struggling to see why you'd want a collection of very heavy catalogues containing completely-non specific lists of products which are essentially the same from year to year. At what point in life are you going to need to know the price or dimensions of a specific pack of underpants that was available fourteen years ago? Now where's my 1982 Yellow Pages? I need to count the entries to see if there were more or fewer than in the 1983 edition JB Well I confess that I have no idea on how large an Argus catalogue is, but is it relevant? Its not even boxed! But it is superdetailed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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