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Post by Admin on Aug 25, 2017 20:44:46 GMT
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Post by bbh on Aug 25, 2017 22:09:51 GMT
This feels like a never ending story - a bit like the spoof of all those folks getting out of a mini....... First there was the Healey collection "which did the rounds" and ended up with the Healey Museum in the Netherlands .... Then there was a subsequent amount of material which was offered to, and subsequently purchased by, the records office in Warwick, with lottery help ... and now there appears to be yet more material going to the revival auction on the 9th Sept. Some further info on this latest offering is the basis of an article in the latest edition of Octane magazine ( Oct 2017 )    Any-body have any more in the cupboard ? |
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Post by bbh on Sept 9, 2017 16:02:36 GMT
Well I am not sure what was expected but they sold for £1,100, which considering the other lots doesn't seem that much, when considering their historical context. Some of the bigger bidding "Healey" lots were: The 1951 Mille Miglia 'Franco Mazzotti' silver trophy awarded to Geoffrey Healey,
Sold for £9,500
 A vertical single cylinder steam table engine, - originally the property of J F Healey and then by decent via Donald and Geoff to the vendor, Sold for £2,800
 A 1950 Mille Miglia enamel lapel badge, x2 Sold for £1,500 & £1,400
 A 1954 Mille Miglia silk scarf, Sold for £1,900
 A 1949 'XVI Mille Miglia' poster, Italian, Sold for £2,500
 ROY NOCKOLDS (BRITISH, 1911-1979), 'AUSTIN HEALEY 'NOJ 391' AT BONNEVILLE', Sold for £4,800
 wo American Automobile Association Certificates of Performance awarded to Austin Healey "100" at Bonneville, September 1953, x 2 Sold for £1,350 & £1,300
 Documents Files and notes relating to Healey experimental, prototype, specials and works cars, Sold for £6,500
 Five of Geoffrey Healey's notebooks with hand-written engineering data or parts number lists, Sold for £1,500
 A typed sales record of the fifty Austin Healey "100 'S'" models, 1955, Sold for £1,200
 .... and not sure if this was part of the Healey family sell-off, but was the preceding lot... A HARD TOP FOR AN AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 MK 1 OR 2, Sold for £3,200 |
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Post by bn6 on Sept 9, 2017 19:56:38 GMT
Quite a few nice Healey related items sold there, sadly I was unable to bid when the auction started due to work.
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Post by bbh on Sept 10, 2017 16:52:57 GMT
It's interesting what makes the best prices. Historical records of key events, such as the diaries or notes etc, appears to be relatively poorly valued (unless it is to do with an "S"), where as physical objects such as badges, cups, scarves etc have much more intrinsic value. Then there are the posters and paintings which are in another league. So you could have a first hand document of a Record attempt and it would be worth significantly less than a picture of the same event (which was probably done afterwards any-how).  |
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Post by bbh on Sept 29, 2017 19:24:13 GMT
Interestingly as a bit of an addendum to the story, I note that the Healey Museum in the Netherlands is trying to collate a record of "who bought what" and if possible ask the buyers to either donate or loan their purchase to the Museum.
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Post by frankenhealey on Sept 29, 2017 20:19:56 GMT
Any mention of gas turbines yet?
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