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Model Forum / General / Railroads / March 2007Estate Evaluation
You may remember my father, Brad Haugen, who used to post to this newsgroup in the mid to late 90s. He was an avid railfan and built many setups for himself and for me. Unfortunately, my dad passed away in January of 2007. I would like to ask the members of this newgroup for some help in doing an estate evaluation of his model railroad collection. Please note they are not for sale. I would just like some help to put a value to the them for the estate. If you think you can help me, please write to me at ahaugen.05@gmail.com . I have a list of items in an excel spread sheet that I can forward when I reply to your letter. Thank you so much, Aaron Haugen > You may remember my father, Brad Haugen, who used to post to this > newsgroup in the mid to late 90s. He was an avid railfan and built many [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Aaron Haugen The people here will rip you off. This group is full of thieves. Your best bet it to hire a pro if the collection is large. If not put it on ebay starting at $5 each. The market will fairly price it. But stay away from posters here they will tell you the stuff is worthless when it is not. -- "In 1964 Barry Goldwater declared: 'Elect me president, and I will bomb the cities of Vietnam, defoliate the jungles, herd the population into concentration camps and turn the country into a wasteland.' But Lyndon Johnson said: 'No! No! No! Don't you dare do that. Let ME do it.'" - Characterization (paraphrased) of the 1964 Goldwater/Johnson presidential race by Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost Authority." >>You may remember my father, Brad Haugen, who used to post to this >>newsgroup in the mid to late 90s. ?He was an avid railfan and built many [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > presidential race by Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost > Authority." Did you miss the part where he said "Please note they are not for sale." He just needs help for estate evaluation. I do agree with you that he should hire a pro to evaluate the collection. Even if it is a small one. I did this a few years ago for insurance purpose and was shocked at how much my collection was worth. In fact I had a second one done because I thought the first was way to high. The second one came in even higher by about $500. Chris > Did you miss the part where he said "Please note they are not for sale." He just > needs help for estate evaluation. CGW (your favorite railroad, perhaps?): He neither missed it nor caught it. This is one of the multiple alt- IDs of a person who is trying to imitate other posters in order to cause trouble. Look up his posting history and this will be more than clear. Cordially yours: Gerard P. President, a box of track and some grids. > You may remember my father, Brad Haugen, who used to post to this > newsgroup in the mid to late 90s. He was an avid railfan and built many [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Aaron Haugen Don't hire an appraisal for probate, just put down "Electric Train Set" or "Christmas Train", and like $125.00 or such. You want this figure as low as possible if you are closing in on the estate tax threshold(this is by the way, completely dishonest & most likely highly illegal). For family valuation purposes you need a pro, & not a dealer. A 100% disinterested party. If the decedent was a TCA member, there are devices in place in that organization for just such purposes. Rob I pray your father was saved so he is in heaven now. Don't let Steve Caple ruin your memories he will try. > You may remember my father, Brad Haugen, who used to post to this > newsgroup in the mid to late 90s. He was an avid railfan and built many [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Aaron Haugen > I pray your father was saved so he is in heaven now. > Don't let Steve Caple ruin your memories he will try. Uh-oh - the fanatic is back. Maybe we could get him together with the Muslim fanatic who keeps posting intros to Islam :-). Speaking of fanatics, there was an article in todays paper about a private "Christian" school where the kids were celebrating Easter by, among other things, dropping bits of paper into a red liquid to represent the blood o Christ. While I might not share their beliefs, my feeling was that it was their business. Then I read the next paragraph. This was in science lab! Can you imagine how ill-prepared those poor kids are going to be for living and working in the real world?  SignatureIt's turtles, all the way down > curtmch...@aim.com wrote: > > I pray your father was saved so he is in heaven now. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > It's turtles, all the way down And the public schools are producing any better? Define 'real'? Who sets those rules you? |
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