Uploaded September 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The valuations apply to the sets - which would have been in the photo if there were a way to fit them all onto the layout (and into the shot).
Prosperity boxed set with set box 100,000
Boucher 4 car set (best set of cars known) 100,000
Marklin freight set 75,000
1930 Olympian boxed set with set box 125,000
(one of two best sets known)
Mayflower boxed set with set box 150,000
(one of two best sets known)
Lionel 408E Green boxed set with set box 200,000
(one of two known ivory trim locos - only ivory trim loco set with boxes)
IVES White 1132 set (only white loco, only white 184 series cars) 200,000
Dorfan set 50,000
(only known red trim Florida loco and red trim Florida cars)
IVES Milk Car 15,000
TOTAL 1,015,000
Several of the numbers above are actually less than what John has been offered over the years ( White IVES, 408E, Boucher), but they're what John considers real figures. We at TM agree.
The valuations apply to the sets - which would have been in the photo if there were a way to fit them all onto the layout (and into the shot).
Prosperity boxed set with set box 100,000
Boucher 4 car set (best set of cars known) 100,000
Marklin freight set 75,000
1930 Olympian boxed set with set box 125,000
(one of two best sets known)
Mayflower boxed set with set box 150,000
(one of two best sets known)
Lionel 408E Green boxed set with set box 200,000
(one of two known ivory trim locos - only ivory trim loco set with boxes)
IVES White 1132 set (only white loco, only white 184 series cars) 200,000
Dorfan set 50,000
(only known red trim Florida loco and red trim Florida cars)
IVES Milk Car 15,000
TOTAL 1,015,000
Several of the numbers above are actually less than what John has been offered over the years ( White IVES, 408E, Boucher), but they're what John considers real figures. We at TM agree.
