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Hello to the Forum!

I was back in a train from Cologne and had a little time "Surfing" through the Internet.... and so I saw that Vectis Auctions has their 25th anniversary this year and that they are looking for good collections ...

In the past years it was very difficult for me to find new models for my collection ( you will know soon why....)

Back home I contacted vectis and send them my lists and they were very interested to sell my collection. From one day to another I said yes and at the day I write this Topic the collection is still at Vectis Auctions....

I had a few weeks time for accurate checking my lists and I made a lot of photos and short Video Clips for myself.

BUT WHY NOT LET YOU KNOW EARLY ABOUT THE SALE and my collection - here is a link of the first part of my regular wheel collection at YouTube

Have fun and enjoy ! - I was nearby to stop the sale to Vectis in the moment I had my rare models in my hand the last time!!!!

Anyway - I will be a collector also in the future time and so I reserve about 100 models with only slight box variations for a new start! Now I will slow down collecting and I also have hold around 200 Dinky and Corgi - so my home Displays are not fully empty!

here is the link to the first part of my RW collection at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xQ_wJaHhNQ

sorry for the bad English - the people who knows me know that I was grow up in East Germany and only had a little English lessons at School....

collecting greetings yours Ralph from Germany (better known as matchboxgrizzly....)

Ralph your English is good your models are stunning, and the choice of music is sublime one of the best tracks by the best band ever 11min 48sec of heven and still 4min of that track to go could you not have found a few more to show
Put it on a large screen turn the volume up the lighting down smoke some herb and have a beer
Super film

Ralph, Many thanks for sharing your story and your video. And I couldn't agree more that the combination of music and that seemingly endless train of one vintage treasure after another was simply stunning.
As a vintage regular wheel variation hunter myself I had certainly heard the legendary stories of the "Matchbox Grizzly" and his twin tan Magirus-Deutz crane trucks. To have the Grizzly wander out of the woods, tell his story and take us on a video tour of that legendary assembly of pristine Lesney history was a genuine pleasure. Thank you!
It is going to be both fun and somewhat sad watching this Vectis sale approach and pass. Please keep us in the loop if a new youtube posting is available with the type D, E and F boxed models.

Top music of Pink Floyd, to Ralph's models.
My models hear live music by AC/DC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmgZpqyQLFU

Very well summed up by Greg. A fantastic display Ralph and a delight to see such a collection (or part of it!) let's hope the models go to good homes and give different collectors lots of joy.

A pitty to see these go Ralph.
Will you atend the weekend meeting of the german Matchbox Collectors Club june 6-7 here in Amersfoort>
More information in german here:

http://www.moyshop.de/images/pdf/clubtreffen2014.pdf

Hope to see you there.

marcel

always makes me sad to see someone selling off their collection...good luck i hope you make loads of money!

Ralph
very nice collection. Models are like new. I am looking forward to September in Vectis.
Antonin

Wonderful video Ralph. Such a shame to see that collection split up.

All I can say is wow. What a labor of love, and no doubt the time involved is as much as the monetary expense. Must be painful to break it, but sometimes it is just time to move on. I am sure Vectis was more than happy to take this on.

Really cool seeing all of the box varieties beside each other, too.