Two Auctions Close and Great Deals were had! — Diecast News Roundup, October 22

The new Auction software is a hit, and two Diecast Zone auctions have closed, and whoever was watching them did well. A mint Danbury Mint split-window Corvette went for $65 and a brand new Mint in Box Danbury Mint Deuce highboy for $25.

Two new auctions just closed, and they were bargains

Two of the lots the Club put up to promote the new auction software have now ended.

1963 Corvette, 1:24, Danbury Mint — the black split-window coupe, new and never displayed. Opened at $25, drew seven bids from three bidders, and closed on 21 October at $65.
1932 Ford Deuce Highboy, 1:24, Danbury Mint — never displayed and mint in box. One bid, and it closed in the early hours of 22 October at $25.

Both went for well under what either model fetches anywhere else, and the Deuce went at the opening bid to the only person who put a bid on it. That is the lesson of a new auction house: the early lots are where the deals are, because hardly anyone is looking yet. Shipping was a flat $9.95 on both.

More great deals are there to be had. An ACME 1969 Camaro ZL-1 Drag Outlaws in 1:18, a Minichamps 2024 BMW M5 in 1:18, the Ferrari 499P that won Le Mans in 2025, a GT Spirit Shelby Super Snake, a Danbury Mint 1940 Gendron Pioneer Roadster and 1955 Nomad, and a 1:64 Smokey and the Bandit Kenworth W900 with trailer. Several 1:43 TSM and IXO cars are listed at $1 with no reserve!, which is exactly the kind of lot that collectors love!

Members are listing more and more — there are two West Coast Precision Diecast 1959 Impalas on the board that are closing soon. If you want to sell, the commision fee is better than eBay, at only 10 per cent of the item price and you keep your shipping charge. Register on the forums, then apply through the Seller Application page; the Auction Instructions cover the rest. Everything is at diecast.org/shop.

More News, Top Marques: the Ferrari 330 P3 in 1:12

Ferrari built the 330 P3 to answer the Ford GT40 in 1966, and only three were made. Top Marques has it in 1:12 in four versions, including both Le Mans entries and the car that won the Monza 1000 km.

TMR12-65A — #20 SEFAC Ferrari, Le Mans 1966, Ludovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes
TMR12-65B — #21 SEFAC Ferrari, Le Mans 1966, Lorenzo Bandini and Jean Guichet
TMR12-65C — #14, winner, Monza 1000 km 1966, Mike Parkes and John Surtees
TMR12-65D — the street version

Alongside them, three 275P spiders in 1:18 and two Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti from the 1993 DTM.

TOP153AD — Ferrari 275P #20, Le Mans 1964 winner, dirty version after the race, Nino Vaccarella and Jean Guichet
TOP153B — 275P #22, Le Mans 1964, Giancarlo Baghetti and Umberto Maglioli
TOP153C — 275P street version
TOP151A — Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti #0, 1993 DTM presentation car; TOP151D — #15, Giorgio Francia

BBR: three Antonelli wins in luxury packs

These are Minichamps models of the Mercedes-AMG W17 in packaging BBR designs and registers itself — a fabric-covered base and a one-piece injection-moulded plexiglass case, with the two winner sets getting a carbon-fibre replica case as well. All three are limited and numbered.

BBRMIN312 — Andrea Kimi Antonelli, winner, Japanese GP 2026, 96 pieces. The Suzuka car carried the wing and livery Yohji Yamamoto designed for the race, with a wolf on the front wing.
BBRMIN212 — Antonelli, winner, Chinese GP 2026, 96 pieces. Shanghai was a hat-trick weekend: pole, win and fastest lap.
BBRMIN022 — Antonelli, pole position, Chinese GP 2026, 54 pieces, the smallest run of the three.

Schuco: thirty-six in 1:64 and 1:87

A big small-scale batch for the fourth quarter. Eleven are 1:64 and the rest 1:87, and the 1:87 half leans heavily military.

In 1:64 — 64U00091 and 64U00120 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing 1954; 64U00119 Porsche 911 (930) Turbo 1980; 64U00121 Porsche 911 (993) GT2 1995; 64U00118 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 1964; 64U00103 Nissan R34 GT-R Nismo Z-Tune; 64U00098 Volkswagen Beetle Lowrider 1965; 64U00122 and 64U00124 Volkswagen T1 Samba 1966; 64U00117 Mercedes-Benz 200/8 (W115) 1970; 64U00123 Citroën 2CV 1975
In 1:87 — 87U00134 is Herbie, the number 53 Beetle; 87U00133 is the Audi Quattro rally car in its night version; 87U00137 a 997 GT3 RS, 87U00138 a Carrera 3.2 Targa, 87U00139 an Opel Manta
Also in 1:87 — a Tiger I, a Gepard, an M113, a Puma SPz, a Bell UH-1D in search-and-rescue colours and an Airbus NH90, plus Dutra and Hürlimann tractors and a Tatra T148 fire truck

IXO: the new Lancia Gamma, and Mustangs from Le Mans

CLC705N.22 and CLC706N.22 — Lancia Gamma 2026, 1:43, two versions, first quarter of 2027
LEGT43MUS-LM24044 and LEGT43MUS-LM24077 — Ford Mustang GT3, Proton Competition, numbers 44 and 77 from Le Mans 2024, 1:43, from 30 October
LEGT18-55NUR25 — Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R #55, Hankook Competition, Nürburgring 24 Hours 2025, 1:18, from 30 October
CLC660N.22 — Suzuki Samurai SJ 1992, 1:43; TR257.22 — MAN F2000 three-axle tractor unit 1994, 1:43

Sun Star: four Audis in 1:64

All listed for the first quarter of 2027: 60241 and 60242, the Audi 100 S Coupé of 1973 in two finishes, and 60301 and 60302, the 2008 Q5.

Quick hits

LookSmart has LSRC217, the Ferrari 296 GT3 #37 of Winhere Motorsports from the Macau GT Cup and FIA GT World Cup 2025, driven by Deng Yi, in 1:43 — available now.
Ignition Model has the Toyota Alphard Z (H40W) in 1:18 in three finishes: IG4082 black, IG4087 gold and IG4080 pearl white.
Minichamps has opened pre-orders on 640260387, Oliver Bearman’s TGR Haas VF-26 from the Japanese Grand Prix this year, in 1:64.