Car brochures and magazines
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I had a large collection of brochures. Sold them off over a period of time. A PHer took a load off me. Part of me regrets it but in reality, they lived in boxes in the loft. I kept some back. I still have a considerable BMW collection which I think I might part with.
The best result I had was with a first edition, 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, bound book. £110 to a bloke in Sweden. Sold several Rover brochures to someone in the US. Never got back in to it like I used to.
The best result I had was with a first edition, 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, bound book. £110 to a bloke in Sweden. Sold several Rover brochures to someone in the US. Never got back in to it like I used to.
V10 SPM said:
I'm very jealous of such an amazing automotive archive. I'm a collector too but prefer foreign and unusual vehicle brochures. Do you have a "holy grail" brochure that is missing from your collection?
I do like JDM items and brochures for cars not sold here, but as for holy grail stuff, I feel like that every time I get something that's new to me, even if it's just a different print edition of a catalogue I've already got.
Motorunion said:
Top collection. Need to show this post to the wife. She keeps telling me to get rid of my collections of What Car magazines dating back to April 1984. I always reply ' you will go before they do '
I remember once as a teenage not responding to a request from my mother to do something...she tried to rip my magazine ( A car of the year edition !! ) in half but failed. It is still stuck together with tape today, some 30 old years later.
I hear you. Last time I moved house I roped my kids in to help move them all. They vowed never to do it again.I remember once as a teenage not responding to a request from my mother to do something...she tried to rip my magazine ( A car of the year edition !! ) in half but failed. It is still stuck together with tape today, some 30 old years later.
CS Garth said:
Lovely stuff. There was a thread in the last day and a half where some kind chap was giving away his entire collection of Evo if of interest
Yes, I spotted that, thanks. I'd consider a run of Evo if it was from #1 onwards, but I'd also need to shuffle some things around to house them.Fun Bus said:
I had a large collection of brochures. Sold them off over a period of time. A PHer took a load off me. Part of me regrets it but in reality, they lived in boxes in the loft. I kept some back. I still have a considerable BMW collection which I think I might part with.
The best result I had was with a first edition, 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, bound book. £110 to a bloke in Sweden. Sold several Rover brochures to someone in the US. Never got back in to it like I used to.
About 16 years ago I sold a load of duplicate stuff on eBay - some stuff used to go for daft prices. Can't remember the last time I sold any but most items look like they go for more sensible prices these days.The best result I had was with a first edition, 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, bound book. £110 to a bloke in Sweden. Sold several Rover brochures to someone in the US. Never got back in to it like I used to.
Great collection!
I was given some brochures in the late 80s as a child and somehow managed to keep them until today and have kept adding to the collection over the years but not to your level.
About 15 years back I was passed a very large collection (12 filing cabinets worth) from a long term collector who sadly passed away which are hopefully still all stored at my parents house. Most of these date from the 50’s onwards and include some really rare ones such as the DB4, Ferrari 250, Miura, GT40 etc and most are in the original mailing envelopes with covering letters.
Having looked at the prices asked on e-bay I hate to think how much they would all sell for when I get round to listing them.
I was given some brochures in the late 80s as a child and somehow managed to keep them until today and have kept adding to the collection over the years but not to your level.
About 15 years back I was passed a very large collection (12 filing cabinets worth) from a long term collector who sadly passed away which are hopefully still all stored at my parents house. Most of these date from the 50’s onwards and include some really rare ones such as the DB4, Ferrari 250, Miura, GT40 etc and most are in the original mailing envelopes with covering letters.
Having looked at the prices asked on e-bay I hate to think how much they would all sell for when I get round to listing them.
Auto810graphy said:
Great collection!
I was given some brochures in the late 80s as a child and somehow managed to keep them until today and have kept adding to the collection over the years but not to your level.
About 15 years back I was passed a very large collection (12 filing cabinets worth) from a long term collector who sadly passed away which are hopefully still all stored at my parents house. Most of these date from the 50’s onwards and include some really rare ones such as the DB4, Ferrari 250, Miura, GT40 etc and most are in the original mailing envelopes with covering letters.
Having looked at the prices asked on e-bay I hate to think how much they would all sell for when I get round to listing them.
Now that sounds like a wonderful collection of items. I've bought a few sizeable collections in the past to fill gaps in my own, but not (yet) been gifted any. Enjoy those.I was given some brochures in the late 80s as a child and somehow managed to keep them until today and have kept adding to the collection over the years but not to your level.
About 15 years back I was passed a very large collection (12 filing cabinets worth) from a long term collector who sadly passed away which are hopefully still all stored at my parents house. Most of these date from the 50’s onwards and include some really rare ones such as the DB4, Ferrari 250, Miura, GT40 etc and most are in the original mailing envelopes with covering letters.
Having looked at the prices asked on e-bay I hate to think how much they would all sell for when I get round to listing them.
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