Get your wallets ready YY fans.

[YYS4BOB]

The Ricardo Cortes-Monroy collection part 1. Y1-Y26 prepros, colour trials and rare issues.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

This is an important collection that will surely realise important money. There is likely some rolls-royce I would like to secure from this but I will have to be satisfied with the catalogue and even that will leave me short

Ghosty.

[YYS4BOB]

750 lots.

[matchboxmarcel]

Here you can see how it was displayed before it went to Vectis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkKoRDP8Eg

marcel

[YYS4BOB]

Now on line.

[YYS4BOB]

After a whole day checking out the lots on offer, the next day was spent trying to win some of them. 65 lots bid on, 31 lots won so not too bad. Some long desired pieces have made it into the collection, including prepros, trials and standard models.

Prototype for Y7




Interim bodied Dusie


Pure white Coleman's (not cream like the Coke bodies)


Sunbeam trial for the proposed 25th anniversary model (became the Y12 Model T)


The very rare black chassis Packard


And a similarly rare transitional Lagonda

[petethesweet]

Hi Bob, you done well, some very high prices, has he got another auction in January . Was there many in the room Pete.

[YYS4BOB]

The Matchbox and YY sales in Jan. are a mash up of several vendors (including me!). There were only 4 room bidders including my self, and two of those only bought a few models. The other big buyer was the father and son team of Charlie French and his boy. Some of their purchases are already on E-Bay a 3x what they paid for them. Part 2 of RCM's sale will be March or April.

[petethesweet]

Hi Bob,thats interesting they have another matchbox sale in Jan, hope theres something in Jan for me.Pete.

[YYS4BOB]

Thursday 30th for 1-75's, Kings etc. Friday 31st for YY's, including some of the filthiest giftware items I wouldn't touch without gloves!