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how you doing today pretty good how you
doing got this vintage Ford Lotus
alright it's pretty cool just the box
nope there's a car inside there let's
check it out here
mind if I have it so where'd you get
this friend of mine was having a garage
sale and we had it on the shelf and I
decided to grab it cuz it's kind of rare
does it work yes
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that's not annoying I'm coming into the
pawn shop today to sell my Lotus Ford
Formula race car I'm looking to get $650
today I got my race car from a garage
sale and it's in perfect condition it's
pretty cool the evolution of the toy car
I mean now if you pick something up like
this as a Christmas gift for your kid
it's better have a remote control yeah
the Lotus is pretty cool though they've
been making cars since the 50s they
still make cars in America you're they
do race cars and they do cars for
civilians but they're pretty beefed up
and fast so what drew you to this well
you know I'm a toy collector and it's
vintage 60s and that piece there is
always one of the pieces that are always
broke it is so fragile so they have that
piece what that car really makes it try
to find one of those oh yeah it
definitely broke through it's definitely
glued but like you said I'm sure these
things break all the time I mean it's
pretty cool what are you looking to do
with it I like to sell it and how much
are you looking to get I'm looking for
650
um I really need to have someone come
down and take a look at this because
it's a really nice piece but I'm worried
about this crack right here and the box
looks like it's in pretty good condition
but it does have some warping you could
have a nice box and out a nice toy
though your goal is for collecting to
have a nice toy and a nice ball gotcha
all original pristine condition yeah
that's where you get the big big money
so if you have a few minutes I'll call a
buddy of mine in he specializes in
antique toys and he could tell us
exactly what you have here and how much
he thinks it would go for it sounds cool
all right give me just a minute I'll
give him a call I have no problem having
the expert look at this item because I
think he's going to appraise it for
higher than what I'm asking for
good hey Steve nice to meet you this is
Gary's Lotus Ford f1 what do you think
this is a cool car man you know in like
the mid 1960s the cars were starting to
evolve we were used to the tin toys
where we were used to maybe like a Tonka
that was just a stationary vehicle and
then companies started producing actual
functioning cars yeah I think it's
pretty cool it seems like it's in good
condition but my biggest concern is like
this little looks like it's been cracked
and glued back together the spoilers on
these usually don't exist so for you to
even have one in front of you is really
awesome listen if I had this toy that
thing wouldn't lasted two hours I would
have jumped it up done as far as the box
condition goes chum you sound a little
concerned on it and I'll be honest with
you I think it's actually a pretty nice
box the writing is good the picture is
good I just wasn't sure and you got to
think about how old this is what kind of
value can you put on it so overall it
looks like it's in real good shape here
this is the condition that you look to
find stuff in I've seen some of these
going like the eight hundred eight
hundred and fifty dollar range I would
say this one I think he'd have no
problem getting somewhere between you
know six hundred and twenty five to
seven hundred dollars for this you're
gonna have a collector that's definitely
gonna want this I think it's fair fair
that's what you came in asking for thank
you beautiful car the box I guess is in
really good condition he says would you
take 375 no I think it's worth a little
more I think 450 sounds like a good
price gives you some room to make some
money would you do 425 now 450 you're
stuck on 450 oh man I think that leaves
me enough RAM I can do 450 thank you all
right I'll meet you at the counter let's
write it up okay thank you I paid $15
for it
so the 450 is a really good score I feel
great
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