Ya ever donate something of real value?

[427 Kid]

I had one HUGE wall of shelves in the garage full of model rail road stuff.
LGB and many other big name rolling stock, transformers, endless amounts of track, gadgets like crossing gates, a station that loaded/unloaded milk bottles onto refrigerator cars, the Disneyland RR Locomotive and cars, the Knotts Berry Farm Ghost Town RR replica ,, etc etc.

The kids lost interest years ago, so I told them sell it on e Bay, or I'm giving it all away.

No response from them,,,, so last week I contacted the Simi Valley Historical train station and model Rail Road club..
They seem legit.
They will either use the stuff, or they are hep on getting the right amount of $$ for it from the right place for their cause.

They restored a classic rail road station here in Simi, and have a terrific, gigantic walk-thru model rail road lay out you can visit on weekends at the station off Kuehner Dr near Smith rd.

They jumped at the chance to get the stuff and were over here in hours.

They told me all the trains and track etc were worth a lot, the catalogs and boxes made it all even worth more. Evidently a hell of a lot more.
We loaded it all in their mini vans. Covered with years, hell decades of dust.

I started to clean the boxes, but they asked me not too for I may damage the boxes.

I kept the boxes over the decades because I remember when my sister broke the glass ball on my dads antique gum ball machine.
It was an excellent, thick leaded crystal globe with scrambled eggs kinds etchings all over it.

My mom and I went to the library, and went through volumes of California Yellow Pages (no internet then) to find a place that sold glass globes for antique gumball machines.
We found an old Jasper on 6th st in Downtown Los Angeles.
We called, he said bring the broken one in and he could probably match it.

Amazing, the crystal globe was only $16, even cheap back then,, but the guy kept the really cool box it came in because it was worth far, far more than the globe at that time and I held that thought.

Ya ever part with something for a good cause?

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[PowerPro01]

How about some "sweat equity" that's turned into about half a MILLION $?

[stillcrazy]

Originally Posted by 427 Kid

I had one HUGE wall of shelves in the garage full of model rail road stuff.
LGB and many other big name rolling stock, transformers, endless amounts of track, gadgets like crossing gates, a station that loaded/unloaded milk bottles onto refrigerator cars, the Disneyland RR Locomotive and cars, the Knotts Berry Farm Ghost Town RR replica ,, etc etc.

The kids lost interest years ago, so I told them sell it on e Bay, or I'm giving it all away.

No response from them,,,, so last week I contacted the Simi Valley Historical train station and model Rail Road club..
They seem legit.
They will either use the stuff, or they are hep on getting the right amount of $$ for it from the right place for their cause.

They restored a classic rail road station here in Simi, and have a terrific, gigantic walk-thru model rail road lay out you can visit on weekends at the station off Kuehner Dr near Smith rd.

They jumped at the chance to get the stuff and were over here in hours.

They told me all the trains and track etc were worth a lot, the catalogs and boxes made it all even worth more. Evidently a hell of a lot more.
We loaded it all in their mini vans. Covered with years, hell decades of dust.

I started to clean the boxes, but they asked me not too for I may damage the boxes.

I kept the boxes over the decades because I remember when my sister broke the glass ball on my dads antique gum ball machine.
It was an excellent, thick leaded crystal globe with scrambled eggs kinds etchings all over it.

My mom and I went to the library, and went through volumes of California Yellow Pages (no internet then) to find a place that sold glass globes for antique gumball machines.
We found an old Jasper on 6th st in Downtown Los Angeles.
We called, he said bring the broken one in and he could probably match it.

Amazing, the crystal globe was only $16, even cheap back then,, but the guy kept the really cool box it came in because it was worth far, far more than the globe at that time and I held that thought.

Ya ever part with something for a good cause?

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I use to own my own antique watch and clock shop. Sometimes elderly people came in with their wathes or clocks to be repaired. I told them there was only a minor problem when infact I did a complete overhaul which in some cases amounted to hundreds of dollars. Also gave free overhauls to local charities. FEELS GOOD.

[MSiska]

How about donating time? I spent four hours last saturday as kitchen help for a homeless shelter. It was invigorating!

[wvphoto]

hell.. i saw siska at the sperm bank waiting in line to make a donation..

[Z06Pat]

My Eagle Scout project...but that was years ago. My grandmother donated a ton of WWII items from my grandfather after he passed away in 1988. He had a lot of gear left over and it went to the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea Girt, NJ. I remember there being a lot of field radio type stuff and uniforms. He was in the 112th Field Artillery Association.

One of my coworkers donated one of his kidneys to his 18 yr old son after both of his kid's kidneys failed.

[STORMAIR]

Originally Posted by 427 Kid

I had one HUGE wall of shelves in the garage full of model rail road stuff.
LGB and many other big name rolling stock, transformers, endless amounts of track, gadgets like crossing gates, a station that loaded/unloaded milk bottles onto refrigerator cars, the Disneyland RR Locomotive and cars, the Knotts Berry Farm Ghost Town RR replica ,, etc etc.

The kids lost interest years ago, so I told them sell it on e Bay, or I'm giving it all away.

No response from them,,,, so last week I contacted the Simi Valley Historical train station and model Rail Road club..
They seem legit.
They will either use the stuff, or they are hep on getting the right amount of $$ for it from the right place for their cause.

They restored a classic rail road station here in Simi, and have a terrific, gigantic walk-thru model rail road lay out you can visit on weekends at the station off Kuehner Dr near Smith rd.

They jumped at the chance to get the stuff and were over here in hours.

They told me all the trains and track etc were worth a lot, the catalogs and boxes made it all even worth more. Evidently a hell of a lot more.
We loaded it all in their mini vans. Covered with years, hell decades of dust.

I started to clean the boxes, but they asked me not too for I may damage the boxes.

I kept the boxes over the decades because I remember when my sister broke the glass ball on my dads antique gum ball machine.
It was an excellent, thick leaded crystal globe with scrambled eggs kinds etchings all over it.

My mom and I went to the library, and went through volumes of California Yellow Pages (no internet then) to find a place that sold glass globes for antique gumball machines.
We found an old Jasper on 6th st in Downtown Los Angeles.
We called, he said bring the broken one in and he could probably match it.

Amazing, the crystal globe was only $16, even cheap back then,, but the guy kept the really cool box it came in because it was worth far, far more than the globe at that time and I held that thought.

Ya ever part with something for a good cause?

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Parted with ex-wife for current wife