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29/07/2015 4:37 pm
What one model "got away" that you would like to have in your collection?
I bought a 1 of 1 resin prototype of Brooklin's first model, a Pierce Arrow, for a ton of money. Thinking I shouldn't have that much tied up in a Brooklin, I traded/sold for a good bit more than I paid and regretted it right after it went. I'd love to have it back. It was an historically significant piece.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
29/07/2015 7:43 pm
I think the first one that comes to mind was the '58 Bonneville convertible...
... with the Continental Kit. I really loved that model and have kicked myself that I didn't buy it. However, I'm sure I reasoned then as I do now that I have to restrict my impulses. I cannot have them all and my wish list is much bigger than my available space and more importantly, my wallet.
30/07/2015 2:06 am
A CMC 1/18 Ferrari 250GT SWB Berlinetta in yellow.. @ the original issue $
30/07/2015 2:33 am
1966 Precision Miniatures Ambulance and Hearse. Since the company went under, the prices have skyrocketed.
30/07/2015 3:01 am
1948 Saoutchik Cadillac #'d LE 450
I purchased and received three of these.
Two were lower numbered and the third was laess than two hundred.
Two years later I sold all three that almost doubled what they cost me.
I dearly regret not keeping one of them.
This Legacy pic is all that's left.
photo no longer available
30/07/2015 6:29 am
Ertl's '57 T-Birds in Dusk Rose (P-100) and in Black (Authentics). I'm a '57 TB fan.
30/07/2015 6:43 am
They surely were John.
While I wish that I had kept one of my three, I also am kicking myself for not buying ten when I could.
There were three gentlemen having a bidding war on mine and one of the buyers called to tell me that he would buy all I had for his winning bid price.
Dang!
30/07/2015 7:59 am
The Motor City 1/24th Talbot-Lagos. I had all three of them:
burgundy, blue/silver, and the LE in black (mine was #16 of 50). I sold all of them at decent prices, but nothing what they're bringing today and I wish I'd kept all of them.
What is that Amish saying? "We grow too soon old and too late smart." That's me!
30/07/2015 9:55 am
+ 1 ... I Agree
30/07/2015 10:10 am
still have all three...not letting them go!
30/07/2015 10:11 am
have #89... great model
30/07/2015 11:45 am
A wise man, indeed. If only I'd been as smart.
30/07/2015 5:53 pm
Hey Dennis.. as avid collectors how did we miss on this one?? Oh well..
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