<VV> eBay : Premiere's Corvair Rampside *** empty box ***

[Charles Lee]

Some like the "box art" and some may have a kit where the box was damaged 
and want to "restore" it to original (hmmm...there's an idea ...)

For example, I have a lot of Corvair promo models, but these are worth 
considerably more with the original boxes, than without boxes.

I have an original 1969 Camaro Pace car promo worth a few hundred dollars, 
but recently the empty box sold for over $100, and before that one sold for 
over $350 - just for the box !

Kind of like Corvair folk who want "pure stock" with build sheets, window 
stickers, etc, the boxes make the items more "real" ?

Sometimes the instruction sheets bring big money too.

I have a nearly complete collection of AMT Corvair kits, some still sealed, 
all with original boxes and instructions, decals (these age badly), etc.

I just located the original bill of sale for my 1967 Monza, which is nice, 
but now I wish I had the window sticker too.

You just never know who wants something to make something else complete ?

Don't get me started on 45 RPM record "picture sleeves" !  I have a mess of 
them that I "preserved" never realizing how much they'd be worth, especially 
Beatles, Beach Boys and Stones.

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Houston" <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>
To: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "Virtual Vairs" 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> eBay : Premiere's Corvair Rampside *** empty box ***


>  Why would anybody want an EMPTY box???
>
> Jim Houston
>