[Closed] I noticed a $250 reserve on an Ertl car on the auctions. Are there some that are worth money?

The long term collectable value of an ERTL is suspect at best. Several years ago

I tried to buy a "Vanishing Point" Challenger at a car show flea market. It was a discontinued issue, so it was selling for $120. I bought the $20 purple one instead. Last week I bought the reissued 'Vanishing Point" Challenger at K-Mart for $19.99. I'm sure that that early issue never was, is not, and will never be, worth $120. I would even be surprised if a Highway 61 or a Precision 100 ever sold for $250 in our lifetimes. I'm sure that the $250 price represents only an emotional connection for the buyer or seller, but not a practical value for the actual diecast.

Thanks Tom, I couldn't believe an Ertl would be worth that much. Twenty years from now might be another story.:">

They are worth what someone is willing to pay.....

"PeggySue" '57 Chevy's sell for approx $700-$800; 1st Beckman High car- black '57 $ 350, purple Mopar Nats Cuda $400-$500. There are several early edition ERTL LE's that regularly sell for hundreds of dollars. The hard part is finding them for sale.
Worth is all relative.........is a '71 HemiCuda convertible worth 1/4 - 1/2 million dollars? Probably not, but that's what they sell for when one of the 11 owners are willing to part with theirs. Even cloned versions sell for $100K........

KenJ
You can't have everything.........where would you put it?

Ken, is there a site or location that shows values for older or special Ertl cars?

Wonder why they call a 57 Chevy the "Peggy Sue." The movie "Peggy Sue got married" with Nicholas Cage and Kathleen Turner had a blue '58 Chevy Convert.

A blue '57 was used in "Eddie and the Cruisers".... I have a Yat-ming that is a dead ringer.

Thanks for the info.:O

I'm not sure why it's called "PeggySue" but

I think some of the cars when originally sold came with a booklet detailing the restoration of the 1:1 PeggySue the diecast was modeled from. I'll try to find a link to more info about it.

For values of ERTL cars there is the print version CastCar Price guide, available at alot of on-line dealers. The 3rd version is due in Jan/03 I think. You may still be able to versions 1 & 2 from your favorite on-line dealer, my favorite is http://www.supercar1.com but I don't know if he has any left. It has pictures of most every car made, but the 3rd version will only have pix of the new releases after the printing of version 2.

KenJ
You can't have everything.........where would you put it?

"Peggy Sue"

About 4 or 5 years ago Cars & Parts magazine did a restoration on a blue 1957 Chevy convertible. The magazine made a long story out of finding and restoring the car. It took about a year to cover the story in great detail. The car was then given away in a contest to readers of the magazine, the chevy was called Peggy Sue".

George, did the "Peggy Sue" '57 Chevy convertible have the continental kit like the Yat-Ming model and do you remember if it had skirts or not?

Thanks for clearing up the Peggy Sue question. Now we have both '57 and '58 light blue Chevy convertibles associated with Peggy Sue.

I noticed a medium blue '59 Impala convertible in "Gone in 60-seconds" with continental kit, just like the Yat-Ming model. 😉

"Peggy Sue" question

I have stored my old Cars & Parts magazines in boxes in the garage, so I don't have them in front of me to check on the skirts and outside spare tire. As I remember there were no skirts but I'm not sure about the spare tire. I'm leaving on a one week vacation tomorrow morning so I can't look up the answer now. I will check the old issues when I get back.

George, Have a nice vacation.

B-)

Bottom line...he who makes the offer sets the price!