What is the most valuable set?

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Originally Posted by kx250rider

There's no answer to this question, because it's all up to the tycoon who may decide for him/herself to spend wild on whatever set takes their fancy. True in all collectibles categories.

With that said, I'd have to bet on early color prototypes. Zenith 43M20 plexiglass, RCA Model I thru V, etc. Exotic prewar sets are indeed in orbit, but I've sold a few of them on eBay (A Fada 5" factory-built 1F5, a Meissner 5" kit, built and in factory optional wood cabinet, and a TRK-12 in decent shape & working), and they didn't go near what I know of as being legitimate standing offers for some color sets.

Charles

Charles,
Those are by far the most common pre-war sets so it's probably not a good comparison to prototype color sets of of which for the most part, none are known to exist. It would probably be better to compare production B&W to production color sets, and prototype B&W to prototype color sets with mechanical sets falling somewhere in between. Of course with any item like these, they're worth what the buyer and seller agree on with little to no precedence to fall back on.

Darryl

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I have a reoccurring dream of finding that exact set.