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Greenberg's Guides Lionel Trains Pocket Price Guide: 1901-2008 (Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains)

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When it comes to concise and easy to use price guides to Lionel Trains I have always found Greenberg's Guides to be invaluable. It breaks the catalogue numbers down into eras or distinct ranges of years of production and lists price ranges based on condition in a very orderly fashion. If you sell or buy on eBay this is a valuable tool. Greenberg's Lionel Trains Guides and publications are all first rate and come highly recommended.

If you purchased a train set already you may not want to see what it shows as the value of your set! If you are considering buying an individual item or a whole set this is a must have book so that you don't pay too much. The guide typically lists two prices, Good & Excellent for the older items and Excellent & New for things that are more recent or still being made. There are 317 pages and the guide is divided into sections and there is markings on the edge to quickly go to a particular section. The first 3 sections are the main part of the guide, Section 1: Preware 1901-1942 begins on page 23, Section 2: Postwar 1945-1969 begins on page 58, and Section 3: Modern Era 1970-2008 begins on page 93 and ends on page 293. There are not any pictures, just the basic information about an item which will be listed with the following information: Number, Description Condition Good Excellent (price) Cond/$, for example "18131 NP F-3 AB Set, "2390A", "2390C", 97 295 360 _____"; this was an entry taken from page 192. The 295 in the line was the Good price and the 360 was for the Excellent. The 18131 is the Catalog Number. The guide has nearly 3 pages of abbreviation descriptions, that you will need to become familiar with them to understand the Description field.

Greenberg's Guides Lionel Trains Pocket Price Guide 2008 (Greenberg's Pocket Price Guide Lionel Trains)

This is the ultimate guide for pricing Lionel trains.

yOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD UPDATED PRICE LIST FOR PURCHASE OR EVALUATION OF YOUR COLLECTION. THIS BOOK IS WELL WRITTEN AND USEFUL

If you're into Lionel, you need Greenberg. It's as simple as that. Claudia Newcorn - author of the award-winning fantasy, Crossover Crossover: Krisálys Chronicles of Féyree

An excellent publication. I've used this book over the years and always get the latest update for the information it contains.

Very happy with the quick delivery, I paid for that! But disappointed in the binding of the guide. The first 57 pages were cut that you could not read the entire page. Prices were cut or model numbers.

i'VE BEEN GETTING THIS BOOK FOR YEARS, AND IT STILL LACKS SOME LIONEL ITEM NUMBERS, AND FOR NEW ITEMS SHOWS "CP" INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT RETAIL PRICE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM LIONEL.
IT'S AN OK BOOK. THERE'S NO OTHER BOOK I HAVE SEEN THAT HAS MORE LIONEL ITEMS SO IT'S THIS BOOK OR NOTHING AT ALL.

The item was a gift and the receiver found it very useful for his train collection.