It is very difficult to advise on a selling price for a model like this. As always, it will only be worth what somebody is willing to pay. Your best route for a sale is via an auction house with experience of selling model ships as this is where potentially interested collectors will be looking. At the moment the only specialist auction house for maritime items is Charles Miller **LINK**/ This firm does offer free appraisals but you will need to check the terms and conditions before placing your model with them, or indeed any other auctioneers. Commission and expenses can take a significant bite out of the realised price.

Generally the market for model boats is not a strong one at the moment and decent prices usually attach to models with either a historical provenance or interest or those which traditionally command high prices such as top class builder's models. The fact that the model is a working one may not attract an additional premium in this sort of market which usually caters more for static exhibition models. Nor is the weathering likely to help in this respect.

My guess is that you could be lucky to recoup the money you have spent on her and of course your 'amateur' work time will count for nothing in terms of monetary value.

It does of course depend on who is in the market on the day but, to be honest, I wouldn't get your hopes up too much. Just out of interest, the models of the late Brian King were auctioned earlier this year. Brian was acknowledged as one of the best amateur model ship builders in the UK with countless awards to his credit and the auctioneers put a lot of effort into publicising the sale yet the models only realised relatively moderate prices which in no way reflected the time and effort that went into constructing them. You can see the results here: **LINK**

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop, Website Editor on 28/08/2016 22:09:21

Very, Very Nice Model..