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Spot the gem
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:06 pm
by DrJeep
A very cheap lot. I think there's only one good one here.
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I have flipped the image over for you!
Ghosthunter.
And I've put the original image back, because that's how it was on eBay and that's part of the fun of this!
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:27 pm
by Idris
High-pin 42c Iron Fairy Crane.
Definitely an HTF. Well done!
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:51 pm
by Sebastian10
How cheap is very cheap? - my last high pin was circa £50 and I was glad to get it at this price and yours looks to be in much better condition!
Great find - congratulations
Sebastian
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:07 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
You don't see many purple and yellow 24c's either... 
Ghosty.
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:21 pm
by DrJeep
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:You don't see many purple and yellow 24c's either...
Ghosty.
it's yours if you want it! Fortunately it's nothing special, I think.
Sebastian10 wrote:How cheap is very cheap? - my last high pin was circa £50 and I was glad to get it at this price and yours looks to be in much better condition!
I don't know if I dare tell you - under £12 including postage. I don't think it's really better than yours.
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I've spotted some casting differences beyond the obvious pin location - I'll put them in the missing variations section tomorrow.
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:36 pm
by Idris
DrJeep wrote:I don't know if I dare tell you - under £12 including postage. I don't think it's really better than yours.
Call that cheap? Pah! Mine was £2 from a stall at Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival one year!
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:14 am
by Sebastian10
Idris
My best ever bargain - Lone Star Roadmaster Dodge Dart in very good condition with good box - 99p with free postage!
Not sure if the seller made much of a profit!
Sebastian
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:59 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
#24c looks to have hubs with seperate tyres and all parts of the tow guide so will be a late issue. The only detail that would make this a worthwhile addition to a collection is if it had the larger diameter tyres, something diffcult to see on a single model and in a condition well past the 'Best Before' date.
I suggest you keep it until further notice
Ghosty.
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:57 am
by MOKOSEX
Very good find,one i haven,t got yet lol
dave
Re: Spot the gem
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:47 pm
by DrJeep
Idris wrote:Call that cheap? Pah! Mine was £2 from a stall at Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival one year!
oh, very good find, but I bet you didn't get a black Corsair, purple Mercedes and rainbow Rolls Royce thrown in free!
I have no doubt that these turn up unnoticed at toy fairs from time to time. Many dealers spot the obvious rarities but miss the less well-known, and there really aren't very many of these around, though Reg found
two in the same lot!