Corgi 261
Exciting Group of 1960's Corgi James Bond Ephemera, from the original property of Marcel Van Cleemput (Chief Designer for Corgi ) & some pictured in The Great Book of Corgi. Bids are invited - please see the relevant section on our Faq Page. QDT starting bid £175. Please note that QDT apply 10% buyer's commission, with a ceiling of £100.
Price: £425.00
This item is no longer for sale, price for reference only.
Notes
All originally the property of the Chief Designer for Corgi,, Marcel Van Cleemput, with the exception of the metal printing plate.
1) Negative of Corgi 261 showing the long testing run. Test Rig for the ejector roof mechanism (roof and ejector seat). Tested 22410 times! Plate 338.
In order to show the image more clearly, please see the inversion of the negative below:
2) Protective cover for this negative which refers to plate 338 with dimensions:
3) Period newspaper clippings used on page 179 referring to the high popularity of Corgi 261 during the run-up to Christmas 1965 ( still a familiar story today with the most popular toys selling out fast and demand outstripping supply!).
4) Original 270 Instruction Slip and Badge ( Marcel Van Cleemput’s example). With attached note – so considered insertion into Chapter 14 in the relevant section (Corgi 270 James Bond Aston Martin).
5) Metal Printing Plate – note from the owner “The little metal plate is a printing plate for a Newspaper advert to announce the Premiere of the new Bond coming to the Cinema. I bought it together with a ‘Diamonds are Forever Mustang’ a long time ago”.
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