You sometimes find this, something sells,
the buyer decides they have everything they're going to find, and sells-up,
there were a series of hollow-cast sales back in the 1990's where the same
big-ticket items went round about three or four times as each buyer either
reached his perceived pinnacle and sold-up, or passed-away - with the surprise
of having got the elusive ones?
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Rare Gerry Anderson Props to go on Sale!
Speedboat and Sportscar from the pilot
episode of ‘The Investigator’ to be offered at Teesside Auction House, Vectis
on Thursday 26th September.
Gerry Anderson is forever associated with
"supermarionation" - a sophisticated form of puppetry. Having had
numerous successes with Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet, among
others he planned on releasing a new series based around two inexperienced but
dedicated teenagers, trained by a mysterious alien intelligence with unknowable
powers to tackle international espionage, environmental disasters and political
corruption.
Sounds like it had a huge amount of
potential for mystery, suspense and action, however, for a variety of reasons
including the concept being "too far-fetched" and problems with some
of the models, the show never went into full production. It was seen as a rare
failure for Anderson, who had enjoyed phenomenal success with his previous 18
successful shows.
The two vehicles in the sale where created
for the 1973 pilot episode, shot on location in Malta.
The first is a speed boat, in one sixth
scale which had to be towed for the live action sequences in the
twenty-three-minute pilot episode.
The second, a red, eight-wheeled sports car
is radio controlled and fitted with a petrol fuelled motor-bike engine.
Both were designed by Reg Hill and
manufactured by Space Models of Feltham, who had made many of the props for
Gerry Anderson's other productions, including Thunderbirds. The Investigator
was to be the final Supermarionation production for Anderson.
Three Thunderbirds voices were used- Peter
Dyneley (Jeff Tracy) as The Investigator, Shane Rimmer (Scott Tracy) as John,
and Sylvia Anderson (Lady Penelope) as Julie.
These two vehicles are extremely rare
examples of TV and Film history and are featuring in the 26th September TV and
Film related sale.
Vectis have previously sold toy prototypes
of vehicles, produced by the iconic British toymaker Dinky, which were to be
marketed alongside the show. Unfortunately, the toy line was also mothballed
and therefore these are also incredibly scarce.
Both the car and the boat have pre-sale
estimates of £3,600 to £4,600 each,
For more information please contact Kathy
Taylor or Andrew Reed on +44 (0) 1642 750616 or email admin@vectis.co.uk
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Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis
Auctions (1st day of a two day auction)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616
TV and Movie
memorabilia sale
Trains and model railways the next day - Friday
27th September 2019
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