BusTalk

Q65A · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:26 am Post subject:

This eBay seller is a good guy from Staten Island.
He has this STS Old Look from Corgi:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395558863653?itmmeta=01JNGW51WMHS24MA8HSEQPJWW3&hash=item5c19254325:g:oDkAAOSwSUBmnCEH

Q65A · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:26 am Post subject:

This eBay seller is a good guy from Staten Island.
He has this STS Old Look from Corgi:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395558863653?itmmeta=01JNGW51WMHS24MA8HSEQPJWW3&hash=item5c19254325:g:oDkAAOSwSUBmnCEH

Q65A · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:28 am Post subject:

I agree with you guys: transit memorabilia has gotten like rare sports memorabilia.
This ebay seller often lists transit collectibles and his prices are generally more reasonable than many of his competitors.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395558863653?itmmeta=01JNGW51WMHS24MA8HSEQPJWW3&hash=item5c19254325:g:oDkAAOSwSUBmnCEH

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 2:52 pm Post subject:

Any wonder why roller curtains are particularly rare and costly nowadays?

Just look at the many hundreds of photos (books, online, etc) showing buses, streetcars, and rapid transit cars being scrapped, with their sign boxes and roller curtains still intact.

Small wonder why these signs.....that is.....WHEN you can find them for sale.....are going for a king's ransom, far out-of-reach of the average collector...... Sad

"NYO"

["17 SUMMIT-HUDSON PL"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 12:54 am Post subject:

Not to mention countless photos depicting rapid transit cars and streetcars being scrapped, with not only sign boxes still intact, but also, headlights, whistles, markers, etc.

Again, small wonder why transit collectibles are as costly as they are these days (in addition, greedy,money-hungry dealers are constant problems unto themselves)......... Sad

"NYO"

["EXPRESS"]

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 10:52 pm Post subject:

.......another aspect of transit collecting today in 2026 is that far too many dealers sell sections of roller curtains for prices that are totally unrealistic, and, again, mostly out of the reach of "average" collectors.

40-odd years ago, I can recall purchasing side sign boxes (from "Arnines") for as little as $15.00, and, $35.00 for a set of ("Arnines") bulkhead route/destination sign boxes (again WITH curtains)

Roller curtain segments (bus/subway), way back then, were still inexpensive and, also, still easy to obtain.......sadly, those days are now long, long gone........... Sad

"NYO"

["HH FULTON ST. LOCAL"]

W.B. Fishbowl · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 8:30 am Post subject:

And again, that's SECTIONS of roll signs. If sections are "out of reach" to the average collector, imagine how entire roll signs would fetch - one would have to take out an entire mortgage to pay for it. Frankly, I think cutting up roll signs in this way constitute a desecration and sacrilege.

Didn't entire, uncut roll signs also fetch for double-digit figures back when the Transit "Mew-seem" sell them?

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:13 am Post subject:

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 12:47 am Post subject:

Back around 1982, one of the older fellows who worked the gift shop counter at the NYCTM whom I got to know, during one visit, showed me a VERY old voltage meter which he had been "holding back" for me.

He only knew it was from one of the substations; I could have it for $5.00 if I wanted it (guess who didn't hesitate to open up his wallet and pull out a "fiver"!) Wink

This meter looked ANCIENT even way back then! Shocked

Now it is proudly displayed in my transit archives, a historic reminder of the the NYCTM as I once knew it.......... Very Happy

"NYO"

["RELIANCE INSTRUMENT COMPANY, CHICAGO USA"]