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March 2005 eBay Model Railroad Barometer
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 April 26, 2005 - eBay has compiled several "top ten" lists - an eBay Barometer to track trends. Shown below are the lists for the Model Railroad section of eBay:
Top 10 Hot Categories
1. HO Scale Marklin
2. G Scale Bachmann
3. S Scale American Flyer
4. O Scale Lionel 1945-69
5. N Scale Micro-Trains Line
6. N Scale Kato
7. O Scale Lionel 1901-42
8. G Scale LGB
9. O Scale Marx
10. O Scale American Flyer
The "hot categories" are the categories which had the highest conversion rates, meaning the categories which had the most successful listings (completed auctions) from the total number of listings.
Top 10 Buyer Searches
1. lionel
2. marx
3. trains
4. american flyer
5. brass
6. mth
7. lgb
8. train
9. marklin
10. jouef
Top 10 Individual Items Sold (based on price)
Listing Title -- Price
- 1955 American Flyer 401 Dealer Display 8 x 8 Layout -- $10,145
- 1.5 Scale Live Steam Little Engines Union Pacific Train -- $7,600
- Huge HO Model RR Collection -- $6,600
- lionel train set collection 57 58 59 56 42 53 51 41 69 -- $5,760
- LIONEL - 763 E NYC HUDSON IN GUNMETAL -- $4,600
- Marklin Scale Z 81510 Great Solar Briefcase Layout, New -- $4,580
- Entire Life Long Lionel 0 Gauge Collection 1948-1995 -- $4,200
- ASTER G-1 Hudson N.Y.C. Live Steam Locomotive Like new -- $4,050
- COMPLETE POSTWAR LIONEL TRAIN SET 1958 W/ORIGINAL BOXES -- $3,900
- Live Steam Locomotive 4 3/4 gauge 0-6-0 with H2O Tender -- $3,800
  
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