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[YYS4BOB]

Still looking for the Y15 Rolls. Have seen a few, but always been outbid

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Very nice additions to anybody's 'Yesteryear' collection. I don't have any of them as they never turn up at the toy fairs I go to (or if they do, somebody has beeten me to it, haven't they Bob!!), and I am simply not an Ebayer, don't want to start, thank you very much.

Have we had a listing of what models were treated in this way, do you know if Mick's listing is a complete one Bob?

Ghosty.

[YYS4BOB]

For plated models in lighter blocks I have seen the Y6 Bugatti and the Y15 Rolls in addition to those shown.
For plated models in paperweight blocks I have on record Y1 Allchin, Y2 Renault, Y6 Bugatti, Y7 Mercer, Y11 Packard, & Y14 Maxwell minus roof.
For painted models in lighter blocks I have Y2 Renault, Y6 Bugatti (blue), Y7 Mercer (lilac) & Y15 Rolls. Recently a Y10-1 Mercedes GP in a lighter block sold for over £330.
I was out bid on this one. A Y16 Spyker is also known, but has not been seen for many years.
For painted models in paperweight blocks I have on record Y1 Allchin & Y9 Fowler.
There may well be others, but these are the one's known to me.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Thank you Bob, as always very prompt with your answers.

Ghosty.

[YYS4BOB]

I should qualify the above by saying my records only concern YY's.
Several 1-75's were also so encased, in circular or rectangular paper weights.

This one was in a Vectis Auction in 2006. Price realised £190 + commission + VAT
I have no idea which models can be found.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Fascinating stuff really, because for many Years collectors had no idea this other stuff was around or had even been made, There is a another thread running relating to the '1-75 series' being treated in this way with the possibility of 'Plated' versions of those models becoming 'Embedded'.

Ghosty.

[matchboxkiwi]

I have a white Mercedes GP in a lighter block. I bought it for ten pounds at Fareham Maltings one year. I would have never bought it if it had been much more than that as it's not in my collecting sphere. I think at the time the MICA magazine was going on about them which is the only reason I took any notice of it.
I have never seen another one.

Cheers, Steve
Matchboxkiwi

[matchboxmarcel]

Superb you could win this model this time Bob !
As you know I only have the plated Mercer in a lighter.
I like the group photo you posted.

marcel