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WarGod · Nov 7th, 2003, 10:26 AM

I saw yesterday on E-bay that someone was auctioning a MINI accessories brochure - and this item had 2 bids

Just wondered are these collectable - i have a Accessories brochure and also a big thick thing with PVC covers, i think from the first relase - with lots of piccies in it of a Mini Cooper nipping around Sydney (opposite the harbour bridge).

Spacer · Nov 7th, 2003, 10:54 AM

Yeah, I've got the big one (around Syndey) and I saw one up on Ebay for I think £5 the other day. Hmmm... must make a few postings myself!

WarGod · Nov 7th, 2003, 10:55 AM

The stuff people will buy !?!?

Spacer · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:00 AM

You know what they say about fools and their money!

Z1GZAG N · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:01 AM

If you don't throw it away, anything is collectable. Whether it becomes valuable depends on your ability to get someone to buy it.

WarGod · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:05 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Z1GZAG N

If you don't throw it away, anything is collectable. Whether it becomes valuable depends on your ability to get someone to buy it.

Zen and the art of collecting?

dietcokeplease · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:09 AM

There are some people out there who are avid car brochure collectors. Just as weird and geeky as some MINI2ers.

Minty · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:10 AM

if they are...i will be a rich man

Spacer · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:17 AM

Yea Minty, I've got a stash of old Escort Cossie brochures and other assorted stuff at the back of a drawer in the house. I might have to get them out and put them on Ebay! It would make for some nice beer money!

Root Ginger · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:28 AM

They are probably not all that valuable now but can you imagine in twenty years time. Some of this stuff will be worth a fortune.

You see drivers of classic concours cars now with mint original brochures on display in their car. This is when the money can be made.

Spacer I would imagine original Escort Cossie brochures would be worth a few quid to the right person. Only probably £20 - £30 I reckon though.

I have loads of brochures, mailouts and other stuff I've acquired over the past 3 years on MINI. I have a box full. Plus I have lots of magazine articles too. These can also be worth a bit, although these do only have any real worth when the car is pretty old and people want to read what was thought it when it was originally released.

WarGod · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:30 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Ginge

They are probably not all that valuable now but can you imagine in twenty years time. Some of this stuff will be worth a fortune.

You see drivers of classic concours cars now with mint original brochures on display in their car. This is when the money can be made.

Spacer I would imagine original Escort Cossie brochures would be worth a few quid to the right person. Only probably £20 - £30 I reckon though.

Good point!

Spacer · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:37 AM

Ginge: Good point. I think I've got some old BMW stuff (8 series, old M5...) and some other assorted stuuf, from my younger days when I went to all the motorshows with my Dad. I might have a wee scout on Ebay and see what I can do!

Paul · Nov 7th, 2003, 11:57 AM

Someone was selling current brochures on there a while ago that you could pick up at any MINI dealers, claiming them to be 'rare'. People were bidding quite a bit for them too.

5280Motoring · Nov 7th, 2003, 05:45 PM

It's funny what can become valuable. If I were the people with the brochures, I'd hold onto them longer. It's got a high percentage on profit. If you pick them up from the dealer for free and you just bother to protect them and keep them in good shape, you get a heck of a return on your investment when you sell them for a few bucks (Pounds, Pesos, Euros or whatever).

I have some odd stuff related to my '66 Plymouth. In addition to a fragile but mostly preserved build sheet from when it went through assembly, I picked up a collision repair cost estimator from the era and a few magazine ads. Overall, the value was only to me, but the fine people that sold me the stuff did pretty well.

Bullett · Nov 7th, 2003, 07:06 PM

Yup, I had stuff off ebay relating to my 69 Porsche, original brochures, magazine ads etc.

I aslo sold a sales catalogue for grasstrack/speedway bikes and parts from 1971 and got nearly £35 for it!

Paul · Nov 7th, 2003, 08:15 PM

I've got quite a stash of press packs and other goodies, plus the usual MINI brochures from the first lot to present day.

Maybe I should sell them all and retire?

5280Motoring · Nov 7th, 2003, 09:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett

I've got quite a stash of press packs and other goodies, plus the usual MINI brochures from the first lot to present day.

Maybe I should sell them all and retire?

Not to take a off-handed remark too seriously, but there are some folks making a pretty penny in the states by holding onto those kind of things until they retire and then make money traveling around to auto shows, auto jumbles (swap meets) and races and selling that sort of stuff to other enthusiasts.

nulltty · Nov 14th, 2003, 05:28 PM

I've seen / have:

* Mini Air Freshner
* Barf bag
* Race and mod sticker ad
* Postcard ad where the car changes from red Cooper to decked out race car
* Mini Mavrick stickers
* Evil Keneval iron-on
* Paper Model Car Ad
* business card size yellow Cooper / interior change card
* 'kill' stickers, random SUV/ car sillouettes
* Playboy centerfold

MoonPie · Nov 14th, 2003, 09:19 PM

Nulltty, we too have all of that, plus more, neighbors drop by things, ads from The New Yorker and other mags, we try to get two or three of everything, silly eh?

None of the goodies get used, they just sit on the shrine

Took extra brochures for other collectors we know from the MINI Plant in Oxford, we were so hoping they'd be selling those cute cute overcoats by then, no dice.

Willy · Nov 14th, 2003, 09:37 PM

I kept a pretty good collection of stuff. I even bought some things off e-bay, I could not find for free.

We all have things that we collect!

The value of car brochures often depends on the car and how it does as a collectable. Would you pay more for a 64 Corvette brochure or the brochure from a 76 Plymouth Volare?

Time to go on e-bay and add to my collection!

Nov 7th, 2003, 10:26 AM	#1
WarGod MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol - England Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 186 Offline	Are the MINI brochures collectable?? I saw yesterday on E-bay that someone was auctioning a MINI accessories brochure - and this item had 2 bids Just wondered are these collectable - i have a Accessories brochure and also a big thick thing with PVC covers, i think from the first relase - with lots of piccies in it of a Mini Cooper nipping around Sydney (opposite the harbour bridge). You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off !!

Nov 7th, 2003, 10:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
WarGod MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol - England Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 186 Offline	The stuff people will buy !?!? You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off !!

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
WarGod MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol - England Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 186 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Z1GZAG N If you don't throw it away, anything is collectable. Whether it becomes valuable depends on your ability to get someone to buy it. Zen and the art of collecting? You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off !!

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
dietcokeplease Official MINI2 Fluffer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Spearmint Rhino Local Time: 03:18 AM Posts: 5,315 Offline	There are some people out there who are avid car brochure collectors. Just as weird and geeky as some MINI2ers. There is just one moon and one golden sun; And a smile mean friendship to ev'ryone; Through the mountains divide, and the oceans are wide; It's a small world after all.

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
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Nov 7th, 2003, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Spacer MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern Ireland, bu Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 174 Offline	Yeah, I've got the big one (around Syndey) and I saw one up on Ebay for I think £5 the other day. Hmmm... must make a few postings myself!

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Spacer MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern Ireland, bu Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 174 Offline	You know what they say about fools and their money!

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
Z1GZAG N MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hurricane Alley, FL Local Time: 10:18 PM Posts: 1,434 Offline	If you don't throw it away, anything is collectable. Whether it becomes valuable depends on your ability to get someone to buy it.

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
Spacer MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern Ireland, bu Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 174 Offline	Yea Minty, I've got a stash of old Escort Cossie brochures and other assorted stuff at the back of a drawer in the house. I might have to get them out and put them on Ebay! It would make for some nice beer money!

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
Root Ginger Amiga 500 to PS3 20 Years Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Slough, Berkshire Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 4,673 Offline	They are probably not all that valuable now but can you imagine in twenty years time. Some of this stuff will be worth a fortune. You see drivers of classic concours cars now with mint original brochures on display in their car. This is when the money can be made. Spacer I would imagine original Escort Cossie brochures would be worth a few quid to the right person. Only probably £20 - £30 I reckon though. I have loads of brochures, mailouts and other stuff I've acquired over the past 3 years on MINI. I have a box full. Plus I have lots of magazine articles too. These can also be worth a bit, although these do only have any real worth when the car is pretty old and people want to read what was thought it when it was originally released. It was acceptable in the 80's

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:30 AM	#11 (permalink)
WarGod MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol - England Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 186 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Ginge They are probably not all that valuable now but can you imagine in twenty years time. Some of this stuff will be worth a fortune. You see drivers of classic concours cars now with mint original brochures on display in their car. This is when the money can be made. Spacer I would imagine original Escort Cossie brochures would be worth a few quid to the right person. Only probably £20 - £30 I reckon though. Good point! You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off !!

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
Spacer MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern Ireland, bu Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 174 Offline	Ginge: Good point. I think I've got some old BMW stuff (8 series, old M5...) and some other assorted stuuf, from my younger days when I went to all the motorshows with my Dad. I might have a wee scout on Ebay and see what I can do!

Nov 7th, 2003, 11:57 AM	#13 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 40,555 Offline	Someone was selling current brochures on there a while ago that you could pick up at any MINI dealers, claiming them to be 'rare'. People were bidding quite a bit for them too.

Nov 7th, 2003, 05:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
5280Motoring 12th Floor Cube Dweller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Phantom Zone Local Time: 08:18 PM Posts: 248 Offline	It's funny what can become valuable. If I were the people with the brochures, I'd hold onto them longer. It's got a high percentage on profit. If you pick them up from the dealer for free and you just bother to protect them and keep them in good shape, you get a heck of a return on your investment when you sell them for a few bucks (Pounds, Pesos, Euros or whatever). I have some odd stuff related to my '66 Plymouth. In addition to a fragile but mostly preserved build sheet from when it went through assembly, I picked up a collision repair cost estimator from the era and a few magazine ads. Overall, the value was only to me, but the fine people that sold me the stuff did pretty well. Visit the Pool Cleaners from Distant Planets Izzy is an '03 MCS, with PP, CWP. It's BRG on BRG. I know, BFD.

Nov 7th, 2003, 07:06 PM	#15 (permalink)
Bullett MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2003 Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 212 Offline	Yup, I had stuff off ebay relating to my 69 Porsche, original brochures, magazine ads etc. I aslo sold a sales catalogue for grasstrack/speedway bikes and parts from 1971 and got nearly £35 for it!

Nov 7th, 2003, 08:15 PM	#16 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 04:18 AM Posts: 40,555 Offline	I've got quite a stash of press packs and other goodies, plus the usual MINI brochures from the first lot to present day. Maybe I should sell them all and retire?

Nov 7th, 2003, 09:59 PM	#17 (permalink)
5280Motoring 12th Floor Cube Dweller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Phantom Zone Local Time: 08:18 PM Posts: 248 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett I've got quite a stash of press packs and other goodies, plus the usual MINI brochures from the first lot to present day. Maybe I should sell them all and retire? Not to take a off-handed remark too seriously, but there are some folks making a pretty penny in the states by holding onto those kind of things until they retire and then make money traveling around to auto shows, auto jumbles (swap meets) and races and selling that sort of stuff to other enthusiasts. Visit the Pool Cleaners from Distant Planets Izzy is an '03 MCS, with PP, CWP. It's BRG on BRG. I know, BFD.

Nov 14th, 2003, 05:28 PM	#18 (permalink)
nulltty MINI2 Voyeur Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shakey California Local Time: 07:18 PM Posts: 247 Offline	Is there a running list of what's out there? I've seen / have: * Mini Air Freshner * Barf bag * Race and mod sticker ad * Postcard ad where the car changes from red Cooper to decked out race car * Mini Mavrick stickers * Evil Keneval iron-on * Paper Model Car Ad * business card size yellow Cooper / interior change card * 'kill' stickers, random SUV/ car sillouettes * Playboy centerfold

Nov 14th, 2003, 09:19 PM	#19 (permalink)
MoonPie RedUn's Manicurist ;-þ Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern VA Local Time: 11:18 PM Posts: 16,147 Offline	Nulltty, we too have all of that, plus more, neighbors drop by things, ads from The New Yorker and other mags, we try to get two or three of everything, silly eh? None of the goodies get used, they just sit on the shrine Took extra brochures for other collectors we know from the MINI Plant in Oxford, we were so hoping they'd be selling those cute cute overcoats by then, no dice.

Nov 14th, 2003, 09:37 PM	#20 (permalink)
Willy MINI2 Master Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Running From The Law Local Time: 11:18 PM Posts: 2,387 Offline	I kept a pretty good collection of stuff. I even bought some things off e-bay, I could not find for free. We all have things that we collect! The value of car brochures often depends on the car and how it does as a collectable. Would you pay more for a 64 Corvette brochure or the brochure from a 76 Plymouth Volare? Time to go on e-bay and add to my collection! http://billlawrence.blogspot.com

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