Re: New variation SF19 F1 Lotus
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:35 pm
£400 plus commission!
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That is very cheap for what they are - hopefully its somebody from here that has won them!motorman wrote:£400 plus commission!
I agree - dirt cheap.SMS88 wrote:That is very cheap for what they are - hopefully its somebody from here that has won them!motorman wrote:£400 plus commission!
I’ve been trying to work out what the true market value of this variation might be. There are a number of points to take into consideration:SMS88 wrote:...we may see them on Vectis which may just fix their true market value...........
...except I have been given to understand that they first surfaced at a provincial auction house on the English/Welsh border!SMS88 wrote:I believe 4 cars turning up in the UK away from London but not that far away means they came from an ex employee of whoever made whatever YUM YUM promoted way back in 1971-72...
Pure, unadulerated supposition.SMS88 wrote:The fact that one showed in Denmark in an F1/Le Mans small scale racer collection makes it most likely a souvenir of a business trip to the UK by a Dane...
It all depends on who spotted them and the models' subsequent history. It is quite possible that the original owner merely dabbled in collecting, moved on to another hobby and then let his grandchildren play with the modern racing cars which he had four of anyway. Alternatively, the original owner may have died and his heirs, not realising what they had (perhaps because there were four of them), let their children play with them.SMS88 wrote:The fact that 4 turned up in the UK together ,3 boxed ,at least 2 of which show signs of having been played with, does suggest that these spent a short time being handled by kids yet remained together - the most obvious reason for 4 to stay together and not all being played with would be if they were showroom or office gifts that were never given away but pulled out for kids to play with while their parent(s) were being sold whatever was being sold.I dont accept idris´s idea that some canny collector spotted them as odd back in the early 1970s -if that had been true then they wouldnt be sold the way they were in a small town auction house (they would be on ebay)+ only mint ones would have survived with others given permenantly to kids to keep - cars arent given to kids if they need to be kept by whoever has them for other kids that may need to be distracted & collectors want swaps with other collectors with kids just getting easily replaced toys to trash!
No first hand facts actually idris !Idris wrote:SMS88 wrote:Pure, unadulerated supposition.SMS88 wrote:The fact that one showed in Denmark in an F1/Le Mans small scale racer collection makes it most likely a souvenir of a business trip to the UK by a Dane...