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My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 11:52 pm
by maldat
I got this in the late 70's Might have been 1980?..
A gift from lesney .. 40 years on I'm still trying to find anther
Thought I'd share it , might be anther out their?.
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Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 12:59 am
by nickjones
Wow that's pretty stunning, How did you come by it?.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 1:07 am
by maldat
nickjones wrote:Wow that's pretty stunning, How did you come by it?.
Welcome to the forum by the way.
Hi, I used to buy Matchbox cars from the same shop since I was about 3 (1968) . The shop got it as a Gift. and I nagged and nagged the shop owner to sell it to me...
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 5:18 am
by matchboxkiwi
there was one of these for sale on Trade Me in New Zealand.
Cheers Steve
Matchboxkiwi
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 7:12 am
by Moyboy
I remember one for sale on Ebay as well.
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 11:14 pm
by maldat
Moyboy wrote:I remember one for sale on Ebay as well.
About 10 years ago?....same one .. I stopped collecting 1:75's sold them all off.. didn't sell this,,, Last year I came across 250 MIB 1:75's for a bargin , so I'm collecting again, getting close to 400 MIB now..
Quite glad I still have this as a centre point.
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 11:46 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Hello Maldat, I saw your 'Holy Grail' posting so I presume you will continue to post pictures of your collection, we all want to see some and welcome to the forum.
Thank's for re-sizing the rest of your pictures.
GHOSTHUNTER.
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:09 am
by maldat
Yes , sorry have done, I have 387 cars with box's , Happy to upload the lot, but must are over 4mb , big pic shows more detail than old man eyes... LOL . some have marks I have never seen...if you know what I mean\
Yes I also had this on
www.trademe.co.nz check it out . this site sells matchbox cars for loads more than a book value..some people ref from over priced german sellers ,
Vetius (spelling) will not price this as they have never seen one. emstate (spelling) from them was 80 - 100 pounds..i'd rather keep it.
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:54 pm
by mike
Hello Maldat.
Welcome to the forum.
Very nice holy grail. Congrats.
In my collection this matchbox image.
Perhaps also a holy grail.
I think a single piece.
Re: My 'Holy Grail'
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 10:59 pm
by maldat
Hi That's pretty cool.. Does it have any markings or labels on the back?.