Okay not quite a £55k Propshop Goldfinger 50th Anniversary Aston Martin DB5 with gold coachwork & gold plated chrome bits but a pretty rare export variant of the Husky 1001 James Bond Aston Martin DB6 (1201) with matt silver coachwork, metal wheels & rubber tyres & a rather attractive backing card which is far superior to the UK equivalent & one which has taken this nutty collector a considerable period of time (& dosh) to source -{
Okay not quite a £55k Propshop Goldfinger 50th Anniversary Aston Martin DB5 with gold coachwork & gold plated chrome bits but a pretty rare export variant of the Husky 1001 James Bond Aston Martin DB6 (1201) with matt silver coachwork, metal wheels & rubber tyres & a rather attractive backing card which is far superior to the UK equivalent & one which has taken this nutty collector a considerable period of time (& dosh) to source -{
Congrats! I had a bid in as well, but stepped out a few hundred dollars earlier
I hadn't even noticed that the UK and US graphics differed. These do turn-up at US toy fairs but passed-up as I have the UK style. Thanks for alerting us!
Congrats! I had a bid in as well, but stepped out a few hundred dollars earlier
Just like me ;% - there is now another 1201 listed in Donk's price range, just $699.99 buy-it-now ...
This is an interesting transitional model with the new wheels but still in the older style packaging, but already priced at 69¢ (the older 1201's have a 59¢ tag, so a 17% price increase within a year or so).
I hadn't even noticed that the UK and US graphics differed. These do turn-up at US toy fairs but passed-up as I have the UK style. Thanks for alerting us!
I don't think the yellow card is an export-only version. In my view it is just a newer style, introduced sometime during 1968. I have the yellow 1401 which is the same as the 1201, only without a price, but have to admit that I have never seen the corresponding yellow 1001 card.
But that doesn't mean that there can't or aren't any around somewhere. The seller of the yellow 1201 had some other interesting items for sale which I had never seen before - he sold a Corgi Chitty Bang Bang in the last box which looks similar to the usual box but is smaller - the first I have ever seen (although I've read about it earlier), and he also had a yellow carded Batmobile with the no. 1002 (overprinted with 1202 and the price).
Again, I have never seen this card style with 1002 before but it shows that they were printed. So it wouldn't surprise me if an Aston Martin on the yellow 1001 card showed up one day.
I hope someone can finally solve the 1000, 1200, 1400 Husky numbers mystery.
Only the very first 1001 cards (without EXTRA) have a price imprint - 2/10 which clearly is British currency before decimalisation. So we can assume that the 1000 cards were for Great Britain. But the Italian 1968 Husky catalogue shows 1000 numbers as well ...
Later 1001 cards and all 1401 show no price.
1201 cards have 59¢ and 69¢ prices which doesn't necessarily mean US currency. The Canadian 1968 Husky catalogue shows 1200 numbers, so they were sold in Canada with those numbers.
Perhaps the Husky Extras were also sold in the USA on 1200 cards but I have yet to see a US Husky catalogue to confirm this. Maybe the 1400 cards were the ones used in the USA - and other international markets? (Maybe Canadian law at the time necessitated a preprinted price? I don't think that this would be needed in the US but what do I know ...)
All Corgi Juniors 1001 cards I have seen have a 75¢ price (very small on the Whizzwheels card but it's there below the dog logo). Here the question remains if these cards were for export and only available in America (Canada only, or Canada and USA?) Are there any cards without the 75¢ price for sale in Britain?
Out of curiosity: are all Husky's supposed to have loose passengers included? Sometimes a Husky packaging without passenger(s) turns up, making me wonder if they have been repacked on a repro card.
Those 'Extra' Juniors as seen in Rainier's last picture are high on my wishlist, sadly they are hard to track down.
Rainier Wolfcastle: there is now another 1201 listed in Donk's price range, just $699.99 buy-it-now ...
This is an interesting transitional model with the new wheels but still in the older style packaging, but already priced at 69¢ (the older 1201's have a 59¢ tag, so a 17% price increase within a year or so).
Thank you Rainier....Yes it was most certainly in Donk's price range
Still not overly fond of the graphics but very happy to have a trio of Husky/Juniors with the metal wheels & rubber tyres -{
An interesting oddity discussed at length in another thread, the 1965 Gilbert/Sears exclusive James Bond action figure. The suited doll, box tray and paperwork being original Sears with a stunning yet reproduction box lid (anyone with a genuine lid for a couple of grand? give Donk a pm). Originally available exclusively through the 1965 Sears Christmas wish list catalogue, the doll was sent out as seen here in a plain brown mailing box with a very limited release in Sears stores utilising the striking artwork seen on the reproduction box. It has been said that the lack of leg kicking action shown on the box and illustrated on the instruction sheet & the failure of the Gilbert/Sears exclusive James Bond road race set to operate correctly pretty much put Gilbert out of business. -{
Donated by Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd to UNICEF for their 2014 Halloween Ball at One Mayfair on 30th October, this Skyfall clapperboard signed by Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Javier Bardem & the drop dead gorgeous Berenice Marlohe is the sister slate to the one which was auctioned by Christies online between 28th September to 8th October 2012 as Lot #38 in their 50 Years of James Bond: The Auction, where it achieved a staggering £22,500 for EON's designated charity UNICEF. The initial estimate was just £800-£1200 -{
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Congrats! I had a bid in as well, but stepped out a few hundred dollars earlier
Just like me ;% - there is now another 1201 listed in Donk's price range, just $699.99 buy-it-now ...
This is an interesting transitional model with the new wheels but still in the older style packaging, but already priced at 69¢ (the older 1201's have a 59¢ tag, so a 17% price increase within a year or so).
I don't think the yellow card is an export-only version. In my view it is just a newer style, introduced sometime during 1968. I have the yellow 1401 which is the same as the 1201, only without a price, but have to admit that I have never seen the corresponding yellow 1001 card.
But that doesn't mean that there can't or aren't any around somewhere. The seller of the yellow 1201 had some other interesting items for sale which I had never seen before - he sold a Corgi Chitty Bang Bang in the last box which looks similar to the usual box but is smaller - the first I have ever seen (although I've read about it earlier), and he also had a yellow carded Batmobile with the no. 1002 (overprinted with 1202 and the price).
Again, I have never seen this card style with 1002 before but it shows that they were printed. So it wouldn't surprise me if an Aston Martin on the yellow 1001 card showed up one day.
I hope someone can finally solve the 1000, 1200, 1400 Husky numbers mystery.
Only the very first 1001 cards (without EXTRA) have a price imprint - 2/10 which clearly is British currency before decimalisation. So we can assume that the 1000 cards were for Great Britain. But the Italian 1968 Husky catalogue shows 1000 numbers as well ...
Later 1001 cards and all 1401 show no price.
1201 cards have 59¢ and 69¢ prices which doesn't necessarily mean US currency. The Canadian 1968 Husky catalogue shows 1200 numbers, so they were sold in Canada with those numbers.
Perhaps the Husky Extras were also sold in the USA on 1200 cards but I have yet to see a US Husky catalogue to confirm this. Maybe the 1400 cards were the ones used in the USA - and other international markets? (Maybe Canadian law at the time necessitated a preprinted price? I don't think that this would be needed in the US but what do I know ...)
All Corgi Juniors 1001 cards I have seen have a 75¢ price (very small on the Whizzwheels card but it's there below the dog logo). Here the question remains if these cards were for export and only available in America (Canada only, or Canada and USA?) Are there any cards without the 75¢ price for sale in Britain?
Those 'Extra' Juniors as seen in Rainier's last picture are high on my wishlist, sadly they are hard to track down.
there is now another 1201 listed in Donk's price range, just $699.99 buy-it-now ...
This is an interesting transitional model with the new wheels but still in the older style packaging, but already priced at 69¢ (the older 1201's have a 59¢ tag, so a 17% price increase within a year or so).
Thank you Rainier....Yes it was most certainly in Donk's price range
Still not overly fond of the graphics but very happy to have a trio of Husky/Juniors with the metal wheels & rubber tyres -{
Nice one Donk -{
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!