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Stuart Cyphus

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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2012, 05:33:20 PM »
 Most of the Peel Mafia will be present tomorrow, as will I be   :o  and I've just these past few moments returned from a few hours viewing the cars at Blenheim, for the palace is but ten miles up the road from me. All cars seem to be present & correct bar the blue Isetta which is nowhere to be seen. As befits the occasion, all the micros are nestled around the foot of the rostrum bar the Coronet, which is outside under a gazebo. Despite the sun being out most of today, the ground conditions in & around the auction are verging on the swamp-like. If you're going tomorrow, wear boots or wellies & drive a 4x4! Don't say I didn't warn you....

 The first advance photos from my camera should be up in an hour or so, sometime tonight anyway. Despite this being the main viewing day, Coy's seem totally unprepared & unready. I had to get most of my photos dodging the staff running round like headless chickens pushing big posh cars in & around and I couldn't get as many photo's of our Bob Dobie's old P50 or the Rytecraft Scootacar as I would have liked, as the staff suddenly saw fit to block them in with the ongoing building of the telephone bidding table.

 As I left, a rather Young member of Coy's auction staff was being detailed to give all the micro's a quick buff-up & polish. As I left the entrance to the marquee, I noticed out the corner of my eye, his water bucket connect rather heavily with the back of the Trident's dome. I kept on walking....
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2012, 05:43:16 PM »
Cheers Stuart, I look forward to seeing the photos. Malcolm has visited my Studios a few times (we have a mutual friend) and I have chatted to him for quite a time about his collection, but never found time to visit it at his place.
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #32 on: July 13, 2012, 05:49:56 PM »
the more i hear about coys the more i fear malcolm might have done better elsewhere  ;)
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #33 on: July 13, 2012, 05:54:06 PM »
I have to agree! Frankly a London auction (like the famous Bruce Weiner one in Wandsworth) would attract a much bigger international crowd than having it at Blenheim, and Malcolm is fairly close to London too.
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #34 on: July 13, 2012, 07:30:57 PM »
 Right then, here we are. You'll have to make do with this four for the time being as my computer is having dificulties in uploading the photos off the camera at the moment, but you get seven of the cars in these four.....







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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #35 on: July 13, 2012, 07:43:10 PM »
Three more very slowly uploaded....





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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #36 on: July 13, 2012, 08:02:04 PM »
Cheers Stuart, nice photos.
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #37 on: July 13, 2012, 08:02:59 PM »
You are awesome Stuart!
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2012, 01:16:08 AM »
Quote from: Jonathan Poll on July 13, 2012, 10:22:43 AM
Quote from: Stuart Cyphus on July 13, 2012, 12:09:21 AM
Give us chance to set the prices Jonathan, the auction doesn't start for another 37 hours.....    ;)   :-*

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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #39 on: July 14, 2012, 09:49:20 AM »
Interesting to see the prices whenever...
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #40 on: July 14, 2012, 02:30:03 PM »
I am going to predict and then lets see how it compares to the final results:
Red P50: £21,000
Blue P50: £30,000
Trident: £24,000
Mopetta: £20,000
Tourette: £16,000
KR175: £18,000
Coronet: £6,000
Scootcar: £15,000

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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #41 on: July 14, 2012, 02:34:02 PM »
Are the cars sold already ? Prizes ???
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #42 on: July 14, 2012, 04:37:20 PM »
THE RESULTS ARE IN!

 The micros have done their turn, between 3pm & 4pm all the cars including the previously missing Blue Isetta rattled through the hammer. Now let's see how Jim's predictions panned out....

Red P50 MHX 90C       £21,000  Unsold, Reserve not Met   (Spot on Jim!)

Blue P50 (Prototype)  £16,000  Sold

Peel Trident               £30,000  Sold

Mopetta                    £32,000  Sold

Tourette                   £13,000  Sold

Messerschmitt KR175  £8,000  Sold

Coronet                    £6,000  Sold

Scootacar Mk1           £9,000  Sold

Blue Isetta                 £9,000 Sold

Red Isetta                 £11,000  Unsold, Reserve not Met

Pashley Pelican           £2,000  Sold

Rytecraft Scootacar    £4,000  Sold

 All prices plus 15% Buyers Premium.

Persons spotted lurking in the crowd were the Peel Mafia, the ICR, "Peel Cars Ltd", Detzer Collection of Miami & our own Mystery Essex Collector....

 Cue discussions.........
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #43 on: July 14, 2012, 04:52:44 PM »
I don't understand. I thought original Peels were worth £100K all day long?
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Re: Coys at Blenheim Palace
« Reply #44 on: July 14, 2012, 05:01:00 PM »
Interesting result. Apparently the Peel Proto is heading to the Isle of Man.

Stuart you did not get a good photo of the Pashley Pelician, but I assume that's it to the left of Peel MHX?

Prices generally somewhat lower than I thought they would be, is this due to the auction's location, the economic crash, or other factors?
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