On 12 Jun 2016 09:47:37 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:


No old Meccano set still stashed in loft ?


Never got my hands on it.

I have a stack of Lego and various types of glue......

Meccano is far too valuable to waste on this project!

Some of the more exotic pieces that the child of a well off family may
have got to extend their No 10 set may well have a value.
But there is stacks of the simpler components that those of us who
never got beyond a number 6 set and a few add ons have stacked away.
Like Hornby Trains both the 0 gauge and the later Hornby Dublo due to
internet and auction sites such things are now easy to get hold of at
reasonable cost and not as expensive as they were a decade or two
back. Those who have held on to them hoping for a windfall will be
disappointed unless they have a particularly rare item that a
collector may want such as a Dublo signal box with an original green
roof @ £150 instead of orange roof @ £3 to £10 .
There is a glut of such things around as many grandads and dads who
kept them in the loft hoping for the day that a child or grandchild
may become interested are dying and the children and grandchildren are
clearing thier houses and putting loads of collections on sale.

G.Harman