There is a Ak-Sar-Ben plate on eBay right now. Current bid is $1500. Open
Railroad collectibles.
BRAD
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Martin
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 02/02/2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Ak-sar-ben plate
Eric,
I didn't see the raodshow, but have seen two Ak-Sar-Ben plates sell on
ebay and while they were in four figures I don't believe they went for
$5000. There is a picture of one at the Gaithersburg show last year at:
http://www.railroadiana.org/pgShows_Gburg04b.shtml
Ken Martin
Eric Mumper wrote:
> List,
> Since a thread has started about collectibles, here is my feeble
little
> contribution since I am really not into this side of things. Did anyone
> see the Antiques Roadshow episode on PBS set in Nebraska? They took a
> tour of a private car and the appraiser showed a plate with Ak-sar-ben
> on it and the Q logo and made a comment about it being the "Holy Grail"
> of plate collecting and that there were only about 6 known to be in
> existance. (He also went on to claim it was valued at $5000.) If this
> is the case, try to find the episode so that us Q folks can at least
> know what one is supposed to look like.
>
>
> Eric Mumper
>
>
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