By: AlexisLambert - 7th October 2003 at 15:42
Understand your point Damien but 95% of what i have got off of ebay i have never seen anywhere before for sale. 75% of what i get is from the U.S. It all depends on what you collect. I’ve done airshows , aerojumbles, auctions and toyfairs and very rarely picked anything up. There is alot of crap on ebay too. e.g a small Breitling Fighters patch when for $126. If you ring Breitling up they used to send them out free. It takes all sorts.
By: Bluebird Mike - 7th October 2003 at 15:41
Watch it, we’re agreeing again! I’ve used Ebay to both buy and sell, but by ‘eck, the prices some people pay for things that they could get WAY cheaper elsewhere, if only they tried…
Alexis, a scan would be brilliant! Jacko Jackson eh? That IS going back!
By: AlexisLambert - 7th October 2003 at 15:34
The oldest one is A4 size in colour that just folds out. John Allison is one of the fighter pilots and Jacko Jackson is the CO. They are a very basic form of what you get now. Just a bit on each aircraft and a who’s who section.
Hopefully i’ll get the scanner working and will try and post here later in the week.
By: AlexisLambert - 7th October 2003 at 15:31
Regarding value of these brochures, it’s all down to how badly you want them. If they have signatures then that does increase there value substantially. Red Arrow brochures from the Gnat era are very collectable and can be very expensive. A 1965 brochure which was the 1st year of the Reds has gone on ebay for £120.
Not only the brochures but patches as well, i collect these too and one at the top of my list is a Gnat era Red Arrows patch. There are 2 versions one with 7 Gnats on it and one with 9 Gnats. A 9 Gnat patch went on Ebay for £160, god knows what a 7 Gnat patch would fetch.
By: Bluebird Mike - 7th October 2003 at 15:30
“Now wait for the where’s that thread gone posts…”
Thread? what thread?! 😉
Alexis, just out of interest, what are those 70’s BBMF brochures like then? There’s an amazing difference in quality just from my 1989 through to the the current one!
By: Bluebird Mike - 7th October 2003 at 15:19
😀 😀 😀 😀 😉
By: AlexisLambert - 7th October 2003 at 15:08
I actually collect all display team brochures. I have some BBMF from 1970 onwards, Red Arrows from 1965 onwards, Blue Angels from 1960 onwards, Thunderbirds from 1970 onwards, Patrioulle Suisse from 1974 onwards, 1959 Black Arrows, 1966 Patrioulle De France, Frecce Tricolori from 1989 onwards, RNHF from approx the early 80’s, Breitling Fighters, Red Pelicans, Rothmans and then theres the soloists but they’re too many to write down.
By: Bluebird Mike - 7th October 2003 at 14:52
That’s true, (We’re agreeing!!! 😮 ) just proving that one man’s gold dust is another man’s chip wrapper.
By: Bluebird Mike - 7th October 2003 at 14:32
LOL, no such Bloggs, either!
By: Stormin' - 7th October 2003 at 14:30
I haven’t come across a Flight Mechanic Bloggs!!!!!!!!!
No such Rank
By: Bluebird Mike - 7th October 2003 at 14:19
Interesting point, about the value of these sorts of things. I think like the sort of stuff you get on Ebay sometimes, it’s probably only really worth what they buyer is prepared to pay.
Do Red Arrows signatures have a value? Maybe a signed print will become a collector’s item, and thus have a value; a signed brochure? I don’t know; it’s ‘only’ 9 RAF pilots at the end of the day, scrawling on a mass-produced brochure. But to 6 year-old little Johnny, who has roundels in his eyes, it would be absolutely priceless!
Many of my BBMF brochures are signed, by air and ground crew; they are worth a lot to me, in sentimental terms anyway, but who on the street wants a signature of Flight Mechanic Bloggs?
By: danohagan - 7th October 2003 at 14:14
Blimey! Well I shall keep hold of the one I have then…:)
By: Ashley - 7th October 2003 at 14:12
danohagan…well that Silver Jubilee brochure I mentioned in my last post? Well I bought mine for 5p in the second hand book shop at Wimpole Hall…I heard that another copy of the same brochure sold on ebay recently for £48…so, you never know!
By: Ashley - 7th October 2003 at 14:11
Well you never know what people might have stashed away and don’t want any more…not that I would want to part with any BBMF brochures 🙂
I’m currently on the lookout for old Duxford programmes, I have the (apparently!) much sought after Silver Jubilee programme, I am now after the 1975 Air Day programme (one copy currently on ebay, watching it like a hawk :p)
By: danohagan - 7th October 2003 at 14:10
I have a Reds brochure from 1989, signed by most of the team. Are these things worth anything, other than curiosity value?
By: Bluebird Mike - 7th October 2003 at 14:07
Aye, I’ve worked my way throyugh the LLA and BBMF, just in case! Cheers though!
Just realised, this sounds like an online appeal, didn’t mean it quite like that!!!
By: Ashley - 7th October 2003 at 13:59
Have you tried contacting the BBMF direct in case they have any lying about somewhere?
Just had a quick look on ebay, but nothing like you are looking for…did find this though: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3629797469&category=1319
Now if that was a Focus and a Spitfire…;) …I’d probably wet myself with excitement :p
Good luck in your search though 🙂
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