If you're a fan of the TV show "Auction Kings" on the Discovery Channel, or even if your not, you may want to take a peak at it on Sunday, Feb. 13 starting at 11am EST. They will be auctioning off a model train set built in the 70s. Here's the whole story:
"This train set was built in the 1970's by Georgia Pacific at a cost of $75,000 for the exhibition at Atlanta's Festival of Trees, a yearly celebration of Christmas that benefits the local Children's hospital. This set was exhibited and played with every year at the Festival for nearly three decades. It has been in storage for several years in a warehouse north of the city and now, for the first time ever it will be placed on the open market."
"The set depicts an American town and includes a quarry, farmhouses, depots, tunnels, stations and various lumber yards. It is, quite simply, the best train set on the market anywhere. It has also been technologically updated to a digital platform that is capable of running a number of trains simultaneously. 21' x 12'
$75k seems like a lot of money to spend building a train display back in the 70s. Damn, I bought a brand new house for $50k in 1978. It should be interesting to see what it actually goes for. I doubt they expect to get anywhere near the original cost.
Check out Trains O Scale to find out how to build your own layout for a lot, lot less.
"This train set was built in the 1970's by Georgia Pacific at a cost of $75,000 for the exhibition at Atlanta's Festival of Trees, a yearly celebration of Christmas that benefits the local Children's hospital. This set was exhibited and played with every year at the Festival for nearly three decades. It has been in storage for several years in a warehouse north of the city and now, for the first time ever it will be placed on the open market."
"The set depicts an American town and includes a quarry, farmhouses, depots, tunnels, stations and various lumber yards. It is, quite simply, the best train set on the market anywhere. It has also been technologically updated to a digital platform that is capable of running a number of trains simultaneously. 21' x 12'
$75k seems like a lot of money to spend building a train display back in the 70s. Damn, I bought a brand new house for $50k in 1978. It should be interesting to see what it actually goes for. I doubt they expect to get anywhere near the original cost.
Check out Trains O Scale to find out how to build your own layout for a lot, lot less.
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