I came across an old train set from my grandfather's house. I want to sell it, but have no clue what a reasonable price is. It's a Bachmann "King of the Road" HO scale. It's all in the box, never set up. It comes complete with track and diesel engine with lights. I also found N scale individual boxes. One says "Penn Central"; another says "Sea Board Coast Line"; and "Norfolk and Western". Any help with pricing would be greatly appreciated.
Not very much, probably. Maybe between $30 and $50, unless you have something very collectible. From what little you describe, it's impossible to give you a better estimate than that.
Timothy
The HO set is nothing special, the loco included is probably not a very good runner, especially if it is from before the late 1980's (no offense Mr. Bachamnn), I would appraise it at $15 +/-$5. If the N scale individual boxes are rolling stock, I'd say $3 if MIB and newer (1990's-present), if older $1.50 tops. If they are locomotives...if they are post 1990...I'd say $7-15 depending on what it is (top end for larger steam engines, bottom end for diesels), if older $4, unless it is a larger steam engine then up to $10.
Source...spending too much time on ebay ;D
As an experienced vendor of model trains, I would say Simkon's advice/pricing is accurate. Most older train set quality pieces garner little public interest or revenue.
Ray