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24/11/2021 9:25 am
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz & Seville - Danbury Mint
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
24/11/2021 10:54 am
Wow thanks for these gorgeous photos of these DM gems!! IMO Both are up there with the finest in 1:24 diecast. When I look back that these models were about $140-150+ towards the end and back then I thought “wow these are nice but quite costly” I now realize for what we got it was a steal !!!!!! Hindsight usually hurts and definitely does since our scale has dried up in “precision models”.
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24/11/2021 10:54 am
I have the convertible and it's a beauty. I'm kinda sorry now I didn't spring for the hardtop.
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24/11/2021 9:05 pm
Excellent photos John! I wish I had gotten the green hardtop as well...
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24/11/2021 10:15 pm
WOW! WOW! WOW! Your photos pop these two Danbury Mint babies! I have both, love both, and have the BLUE hardtop too! All three are WOW!
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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25/11/2021 7:39 am
I have the Convertible, but passed on the Coupes.
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25/11/2021 7:44 am
I'm glad to say that I have all three of these beauties. I agree with Phil's thoughts completely.
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25/11/2021 1:44 pm
Beautiful pics, Mr. Carnutz. I have both of these. I got the Biarritz from DM but passed on the Seville, which I ended up purchasing years later on that other auction site for significantly more than the issue price. Oh, well. Still worth it, imo.
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