Corgi 151
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:59 pm
Corgi produced the Lotus XI Le Mans toy for several years, firstly the Corgi 151 in light blue, silver or red and then later the Corgi 151a in a more modern light blue with red and white racing stripe and plastic driver figure. Personally, I’m not so keen on the later release, the earlier pre-a feeling much more “period”.
Mint and boxed, any of them can command strong money (well over £100), but again, the earlier pre-a examples are usually worth more because they’re considerably more scarce.
And then there’s the red one......
To say that they’re scarce is something of an understatement! I’ve been looking for one for several years and not seen a single example come to market. Then a nice, but “playworn” example came up on eBay a couple of weeks ago. So I snapped it up for a bargain price. (Well, I thought it a bargain. It’s as rare as hen’s teeth, yet I got it for much the same price as a blue or silver one in little better condition!)
Then, lo and behold, earlier this week a second one came up. It’s in superb condition. “Mint” they can fetch circa £350 (yes, really!!). This one had a “Buy it now” price that wouldn’t have been too bad for a blue or silver one either! So I snapped it up!
So I’ve now got all three in very similar condition, and a well used outlier!
If anybody here would like the “other” red one, then you can have it for the price that I paid (which I assure you was a bargain; MUCH less than it costs to fill a Westie’s tank at the moment!), plus postage.
PM me.....
Simon
Mint and boxed, any of them can command strong money (well over £100), but again, the earlier pre-a examples are usually worth more because they’re considerably more scarce.
And then there’s the red one......
To say that they’re scarce is something of an understatement! I’ve been looking for one for several years and not seen a single example come to market. Then a nice, but “playworn” example came up on eBay a couple of weeks ago. So I snapped it up for a bargain price. (Well, I thought it a bargain. It’s as rare as hen’s teeth, yet I got it for much the same price as a blue or silver one in little better condition!)
Then, lo and behold, earlier this week a second one came up. It’s in superb condition. “Mint” they can fetch circa £350 (yes, really!!). This one had a “Buy it now” price that wouldn’t have been too bad for a blue or silver one either! So I snapped it up!
So I’ve now got all three in very similar condition, and a well used outlier!
If anybody here would like the “other” red one, then you can have it for the price that I paid (which I assure you was a bargain; MUCH less than it costs to fill a Westie’s tank at the moment!), plus postage.
PM me.....
Simon