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6milPhil:
The idiot auctioners are estimating £10k for 250k mini's or 4p a figure... ebay might have made more sense.



via: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5633631/Military-toy-collection-250-000-figures-sold-10-000-owner-died.html

nic-e:
the silly thing is, these aren't even wargaming miniatures! most of these seem to be britains toy soldiers which have a solid collector base that regularly pay most then any wargamer does for a single figure or regiment.

I suppose the issue they have is choosing between selling it in one lump sum, in which case they'll make it cheap in order to try and shift it quick , Or break up the collection and probably make more in the long run, but invest alot more time energy and space in doing so.
To the auctioneer the ideal scenario is probably for one person to just flat out buy this without any drama and collect it promptly.

robh:
The same 2 day sale these will be up for also includes several thousand copies of 2000AD, Marvel and other comics dating back to the 1960s as well as almost countless boxes of "warhammer" metal and plastic figures.

Real treasure trove for anyone nearby. Unlike the true collectable Hornby, Corgi etc stuff none of the gaming lots seem to have reserves.

Westfalia Chris:
It does make our levels of hoarding look restrained and sane in comparison, doesn't it...  :?

nic-e:

--- Quote from: robh on April 21, 2018, 04:18:24 PM ---The same 2 day sale these will be up for also includes several thousand copies of 2000AD, Marvel and other comics dating back to the 1960s as well as almost countless boxes of "warhammer" metal and plastic figures.

Real treasure trove for anyone nearby. Unlike the true collectable Hornby, Corgi etc stuff none of the gaming lots seem to have reserves.

--- End quote ---

Is there a link to the auction?

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