I will admit to looking at what hits the auction site. I have picked up a few things there over the years. Ok, more than I want to admit to, but this auction this week really amazes me. A Golden Gate Depot PRR 10-6 Pullman Factory painted sold for $1731.00.

Someone REALLY WANTED this one. I hope they don’t change their modeling focus in a year or two and try to sell it for this price.

We have all watched auctions that the seller set too high a starting price for something and then it sits on the auction site for months while everyone waits for the seller to lower the price. We all also know folks that have no patience and go after some of that overpriced stuff just because they think they may never see another one and they have to have THAT one.

This one started at a reasonable price of $100. I know I watched it with the thought of turning it into something other than PRR if it stayed low enough. It didn’t.

To put this into context, the new B&O 10-6 Pullmans that Golden Gate Depot has on their website currently are priced at $349 each.

This was not an accident. There were 29 bids on this car. I don’t get it. It’s not a set of cars. It was ONE car!

I’m happy for the seller, we all know the background in the images. Here are some of the images of the car from the auction.