$850.20 on eBay for a DUPLICATE slide!
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 01-27-2010 - 07:16
There was a nice duplicate slide of an SP semi-Daylight scheme 4-8-2 at the head end of #51 and I tracked it. Was very surprised at first to see it go for the unheard of price of $850.20. This for a duplicate, not an original. Then I realized that the two high bidders were not really going after the slide itself, but the image, which can be improved digitally and used for publication.
The image itself was actually pretty decent with good lighting and the train in the older classic wedgie angle.