Cheffins vintage sale

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Mixed Farmer
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South Wales UK
Lookd good today missed it.
Went years ago.
Too far 4 us as most good things wrong part of country.
Looks like v rare Matbro Mastiff -old major type 4wd there too bet mega money ???
 

Hawkes

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Arable Farmer
Location
devon
Stanley went to £31k but not sold. I tried to follow the auction on i bidder as couldn't go, what a truly irritating experience as the system drops out, loses sound, lags behind, freezes etc. I wouldn't want to use it to try and buy anything.
 

smcapstick

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Kirkby Lonsdale
Stanley went to £31k but not sold. I tried to follow the auction on i bidder as couldn't go, what a truly irritating experience as the system drops out, loses sound, lags behind, freezes etc. I wouldn't want to use it to try and buy anything.
I bet the reserve was £40k. It's worth that all day long - £50k to retail.

I love love LOVE them.
 

Hawkes

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Arable Farmer
Location
devon
That Stanley is a later condensing model car and one of the least valuable Stanley models. ( The big "Radiator" on the front is in fact a condenser) The older "coffin nose" non condensers are worth more. There are a lot of replicas and new builds about and some pretending to be originals, so beware.
A little 10hp coffin nose could be worth double the 730/740 condenser cars. A 20hp more and a 30hp more again.
I see there is a replica Van Der Bilt cup racer Stanley recently built by the Goolds that is coming up for auction with a guide of £125k plus. It is not pretending to be anything other than a very good replica.
 

smcapstick

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Location
Kirkby Lonsdale
That Stanley is a later condensing model car and one of the least valuable Stanley models. ( The big "Radiator" on the front is in fact a condenser) The older "coffin nose" non condensers are worth more. There are a lot of replicas and new builds about and some pretending to be originals, so beware.
A little 10hp coffin nose could be worth double the 730/740 condenser cars. A 20hp more and a 30hp more again.
I see there is a replica Van Der Bilt cup racer Stanley recently built by the Goolds that is coming up for auction with a guide of £125k plus. It is not pretending to be anything other than a very good replica.
I'd prefer a Doble... but I really should crawl before I walk, run then steam.
 
Are all these collectors prices sustainable ? - just asking because most Elvis memorabilia prices have dropped by 75%.
Doesn't bother me and really anything bought to create a collection should be with money you can afford to lose [emoji850]
 

smcapstick

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Location
Kirkby Lonsdale
Are all these collectors prices sustainable ? - just asking because most Elvis memorabilia prices have dropped by 75%.
Doesn't bother me and really anything bought to create a collection should be with money you can afford to lose [emoji850]
The way I see vintage stuff (like cars and tractors), it has two big spikes in value as it gets older.

New: expensive, relative to the day.

From new to 25 years old: depreciates to almost rock-bottom.

25 years old: Big (sometimes HUGE) spike in value, as the guys that remember them being around when they were young now have the money to buy one for 'fun'.

Five or ten years later and thereafter: steady depreciation unless it's weird/exotic/rare, as the fashion moves on to the next generation. The guys that remembered the subject and bought them start to die off (macabre, but it happens!).

100 years old: massive spike in value again, because it's so damn old.


The last one might not be all that applicable in the future, though, as cars and tractors before 1916 were pretty rare - anything thereafter, far less so.


Stuff like you Elvis memorabilia could be similar - the fans from the age are starting to kick the bucket, now, so their money is best spent on violent carers than signed plates.
 
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