I’m not normally a car builder, but saw this on ebay - a 1/48th scale Revell 1939 Mercedes kit circa 1977. Thought it might may fit well with a WWII diorama. It sold for $83.99! Is this nuts, or am just clueless about vintage kit prices?
Here’s a better one, a 1/20 Marlboro McLaren M23 Formula 1 car for $300!
http://cgi.ebay.com/TAMIYA-F1-McLAREN-M23-FORD-MARLBORO-1-20_W0QQitemZ330044801482
waikong;
It’s not so much that the kit is “valuable” it is of value to the purchaser. If you look at the final winner, they were from the UK so converted to Pound Sterling it is less than half that amount with the exchange rate. It all depends on availability and the “got to have it” factor of the buyer(s). For instance there is the exact same kit up for sale for $9.99 in white boxed by Renwal, however there are no bids. I agree with you eBay can be ridiculously over priced and bidding gets way out of hand. It’s the factors I previously mentioned that seem to drive the price up.
Cheers;
Gregory
that 300 dollar m23 is kinda ridiculous, as the 1/20 scale one usually got about 100 bucks on ebay on average everytime i look for it. that’s the only one missing in my tamiya 1/20 gp kit collection n i am just still not ready to throw away 100 bucks for it.
Haha, too bad it hasn’t sold yet. That’s nuts. BTW fixed your link.
$300 sounds a bit much, I think the only big money I would spend would be on a Studio 27 kit that i’ve been eyeing for about a year now.
You’ve got to keep checking back for other sellers. A couple of months ago, I was looking for a kit of a 1920’s era Mack truck. One guy had one that had been bid up to over $80. I think it finally sold for $130. The same buyer of that kit also was bidding on other 20’s Macks and going nuts. Well, I found one he didn’t see and got it for $23. A day later, I got 2 unopened kits of the F-150 Ford Dually Pickup in one package for about $30 AND a kit of the F-600 Ford stake-side truck for $18. So, you can see that patience is sometimes rewarded. [#toast]