Battle of Britain film…it's a crazy world

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any ideas?

What you should be buying on ebay is these, you never know what’s in them

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Retro-Solid-Teak-Storage-Box-Possibly-Hand-Made-/152726887034?hash=item238f3b5a7a:g:0WUAAOSw07dZ0lFi

….which is what happens if we get too many Battle of Britain film anoraks crammed into one thread! 😀

It’s all getting a bit silly now, so I’m off to explore those mountain ranges in northern France…

For the education of some, I am assuming the ‘door bell’ and the ‘up and over door ‘ are references to the bloopers in the BoB film…Skipper’s house etc.

Mark

Steady now, far too much morale flying around in this thread…

Please send me a signed copy of that garage door, so I can sell it on eBay (though I’m disappointed there’s no Spitfire in that garage…yet).

Translations of some of my references, for Stuart in post #14:

“My signed Peter Arnold photo must be worth thousands by now!”
TRANSLATION: My signed Peter Arnold photo must be worth thousands by now!

“I did see a First Day of Issue BoB Anniversary (I think) envelope signed by the master up for auction on ebay recently. Cha-CHING!! Glad I didn’t throw out my Barbie dolls…especially my limited edition ‘Spitfire Barbie’.”
TRANSLATION: I need help.

Nice doorbell Air Ministry! I’m jealous. I think you outbid me at the last minute. However, I did buy this from the same seller….

broken-up-and-over by Steven Steven, on Flickr

…think his eBAy handle was TakaTakaTakaDeadDuck1940

That depends… is the interior made from solid gold?

I paid £860 for this on ebay – was I done?

Not everything connected with the movie sells.
http://propstoreauction.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/78/lot/18142/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F78%2F%3Fpage%3D2

My promo poster of a Casa/Heinkel cost me £2 a few years ago 🙂

Mark12, I’m amazed at the price those negatives went for!! Have you ever seen something like this before, photographs or negatives going for such a high price?

For something really special and of superb quality or colour…maybe, but not for mediocre material such as this.

Two people, and it takes two people, really wanted these negatives.

For me, I photographed all the Spitfires at RAF Henlow building up to the BoB in film in 1967/8…in some cases using a tripod in the hangars with no lighting.

I also managed to include the spinner and show the serial on most of my shots. 🙂

Mark

I don’t know, but I better write one and get it published on modern classic aircraft, I have tons of scrap… sorry…. crap laying about and could be sitting on a small fortune post publication.

Roobarb;

Any idea which issue that article was in about Battle of Britain memorabilia collecting and who wrote it?

Best regards;
Steve

Is this entire thread written in code?

I’ve still got my programme from attending the film’s première……..

These crazy prices are down to an article being published in Britain at War by some bloke writing about collecting B of B film memorabilia and how much money there was in it… :rolleyes:

Newport Pagnell — it’s blueblood territory, where some country squires can afford to keep Spitfires in their garages.

I had my eye on that one Matt, was sniped on eBay by someone from Newport Pagnell. Very disappointing. Was mint in the teak case also.

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Mark12, I’m amazed at the price those negatives went for!! Have you ever seen something like this before, photographs or negatives going for such a high price?

TonyT,

Just to set the record straight, I don’t own any editions, limited or otherwise, of the “Spitfire Peter Arnold” doll…which, upon release, included a hot pink, flower-roundelled Mk. XI Spitfire, complete with Moggy (not Ken) nose art. When I say nose art, I mean nose art, as in schnozz.