Longtail Brochure.

I believe this is the rarest of any F1 brochure produced.

Any ideas as to current market value?

Gt?

There have been two recently on Ebay from the same seller that were apparently both in mint condition. The first auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190320008214) ended July 14th at $1662/£1,019.00 and the second one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190330188976) finished August 29th at $615/£377.

Seems the second buyer got a significantly better deal, wouldn't you say? :iceslolan

As for current values - I don't know how you could qualify it with such a large difference in seemingly identical items over such a short period of time. The one I purchased several years ago I got for less than the price of the second auction, but its previous owner had paid nearly three times my price, or almost what this first auction ended at when he had acquired it. I know this only because he shared a printout of that auction with me when he mailed the brochure. I already knew I was getting a great deal at the time, but felt bad that he had sold it for such a loss.

>8^)
ER

I sold one for $500 a couple of years ago. I was fine with that, and I am sure the buyer thought he got a very good deal. Market value doesn't mean much when there are such few data points and the item is rare...you offer what you can or what you want to, and the seller takes what he is happy with, or what he needs.

if anyone's selling one, let me know!
peace

I was watching those 2 latest auctions, coincidentally both sold by the same person - over £1k for a 16 page booklet :screwy: but it's only worth what you are willing to pay for it. Suffice to say, my bid was less than half what the 2nd booklet went for.

Hurst, it's worth a tenner, no more. It's just a marketing brochure with pictures and text. Don't really know what the big deal is, except I guess it's somewhat rare and the subject matter is very interesting to some of us. But 1600 gbp? You'd have to be nuts. Maybe the auction was rigged to help the sale of the second one--it sounds fishy to me.

Incidentally, I have the whole thing scanned in. You want? :-)

Hurst, it's worth a tenner, no more. It's just a marketing brochure with pictures and text. Don't really know what the big deal is, except I guess it's somewhat rare and the subject matter is very interesting to some of us. But 1600 gbp? You'd have to be nuts. Maybe the auction was rigged to help the sale of the second one--it sounds fishy to me.

Incidentally, I have the whole thing scanned in. You want? :-)

Don't say this for the people, who bought it...:lol:

Hurst, it's worth a tenner, no more. It's just a marketing brochure with pictures and text. Don't really know what the big deal is, except I guess it's somewhat rare and the subject matter is very interesting to some of us. But 1600 gbp? You'd have to be nuts. Maybe the auction was rigged to help the sale of the second one--it sounds fishy to me.

Incidentally, I have the whole thing scanned in. You want? :-)

I'd love scans :). As for the auction seeming odd, yes, especially when the seller linked to his first 'sale' showing the £1019 sale price, in a failed attempt to get the 2nd listing to match / get near to that price

Colin Curwood, the brochures photographer sold two or three copies a while ago on ebay around the £120 mark, with the monies going to charity.

I think this seller is just price bumping, no doubt he still has them.

I paid £12.50 for mine and no its not for sale :) (well, if someone wishes to cough up £1000 its their,s :lol:)

BTW it is not a rare brochure, as some people might think!!

Its more of a picture book than a technical sales brochure, but very nice none the less.

Incidentally, I have the whole thing scanned in. You want? :-)

I would also greatly appreciate scans of the brochure for the coolest version of the coolest car ever made, if this is possible :iceslolan
Thankyou!

F1 monster - if you send me the scans I have a place to host them where everyone can grab them with very little pain or frustration. :)

>8^)
ER

Colin Curwood, the brochures photographer.

Isn't that the same guy that took the ubiquitous shot of the F1LM in the quarry?

F1 monster - if you send me the scans I have a place to host them where everyone can grab them with very little pain or frustration. :)

>8^)
ER


Nice one, Erik.

Isn't that the same guy that took the ubiquitous shot of the F1LM in the quarry?


Clinic model :)

Are you thinking of Ron Kimball for F1LM

Peloton,
you have a PM.
:-)

Received your PM, but can't grab the files until later this evening. I'll figure out if it is easier to host them as individual images, or probably more likely in a package deal via MediaFire when I get to them.

Thanks!

>8^)
ER

I grabbed the files Friday night as planned and after viewing them had every intention of cropping them and trying to clean them up a bit. However, this weekend ended up being a fairly busy one for me and I haven't had time to even get started. Rather than keep everyone else waiting, I'll just share them as-is for now since I know many will be salivating over them regardless.

I've used MediaFire to host a .ZIP with the 36 files contained inside. It is 17MB in total size and you should be able to download it without any troubles. I was getting about 500KB/sec when I tested it. Let me know if you have any difficulties with it.

GT Brochure Scans (http://www.mediafire.com/?2y3m2ttneft)

All thanks go to F1 Monster for producing these. :)

>8^)
ER

Thank you, Erik and F1 Monster!

More pages than I'd anticipated.

very :cool:

incredably awesome! Thanks guys!!

Thank you so much! :)

I looove the photo on page 10

I just can't seem to drum up any enthusiasm for the Longtail variants but can't explain why.

Well it's only 4 years since this thread was first made and its my first post but hey what the heck....!

I just acquired one of these from an ex-designer at McLaren who was having a clear out. From personal experience and being a collector of car brochures/books, this is currently worth in region of at least £500

As well as this, I got a signed F1 sales brochure....signed by who? You ask.

Gordon Murray

A sales brochure signed by the developement team, that would be a very appriciated addition to the collection.

PM send.

Yeh the F1 is just signed by Gordon Murray, who was the lead designer for the F1 of course