APPRAISER: So, Ginger, you brought a big suitcase here, and you said you had a train.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: Where did you get it?
GUEST: A very dear friend gave it to me.
APPRAISER: Did he ever tell you what, what this was, or how old it was, or anything like that?
GUEST: No, well, he, he had a huge collection.
APPRAISER: Uh-huh.
GUEST: So he told me about a lot of the trains. But it's hard to retain all the information he tells you, 'cause he was so knowledgeable.
APPRAISER: Marklin is considered one of the great trains, and Carette is, like, number two. This is Carette, it's also made in Germany. Made by Georges Carette. And it is probably one of their best locomotives.
GUEST: Hm.
APPRAISER: This is the 2350. It's clockwork, it winds up, it's amazing. It has all the great looks of a classic American locomotive. It's one of the most popular of their locomotives among collectors today.
GUEST: It's beautiful.
APPRAISER: The German makers made mostly European-style locomotives.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: When they wanted to make an American version, they would put a cowcatcher on it.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: The Carette 2350 that we sold four years ago, uh, brought $17,600.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: This one has a couple of problems. It's got a little dent here. This is something that could be easily fixed. I think, I would say they're in pretty comparable condition. So I think your friend was a very good friend.
GUEST: (laughs) I wish he'd come back to life.
APPRAISER & GUEST: (both laugh)
APPRAISER: (murmurs)
