Glass model steam engine - video

[Jon]

Turns out this is quite the build! Has its own website: Glass Steam Engine - steamglass.com . This piece sold on eBay for $1,525.

[mklotz]

Turns out this is quite the build! Has its own website: Glass Steam Engine - steamglass.com . This piece sold on eBay for $1,525.

$1525 is way too little. Now you know why model engine builders seldom build to sell. At, say, 80 hours to build (a conservative estimate), that's $19 an hour for highly skilled labor.

Last night, on Antiques Roadshow, I saw an unremarkable 8 x 12" landscape painted on a cigar box lid appraised for $100,000. There's no justice.