Original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car is going up for auction

[The Rock-a-who]

Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide

I'll let the link speak for itself.

Anyone want to load me a couple of million bucks?

 

[Alan Castillo]

Yep. There was a thread about this / it was mentioned somewhere IIRC, about a year ago (?)

More info about the car here

 

[Alan Castillo]

OK, glad my neurons are still firing. Here it is


I think it's a rather low estimate 1-2 million USD (??)

 

[philippes]

I personally think the estimate is high. I'd value the car at $800,000 to $1,200,000.

Phil

 

[stevdelphi]

I saw when they went over to London and talked to the owner...didn't think he'd ever sell.
Yeah, I'd like a flying car...

 

[Alan Castillo]

Here's the auction page

Original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang GEN 11 road car

 

[Nwerke]

Love that car. Wouldn't want this version (as much) though, give me the racer any day. Anyone here know what happened to them? They've pretty much disappeared AFAIK. (Not the real-life racers of the 1920s; I mean the film Chitty racers.)

 

[Alan Castillo]

My gut feeling still tells me it will go over the 2 million high-end estimate.

 

[saeltmarae2k]

I wouldn't pay a dime over 1m for it...of course, it doesn't matter what I would pay!

 

[Flybak]

Anyone hear what Chitty sold for?

 

[philippes]

The sale is today.

Phil

 

[Alan Castillo]

Auction just closed. Nobody bid :-( I was stumped :confused

 

[ictvuser]

Anyone hear what Chitty sold for?

Not sold. Bidding did not reach 1,000,000. First bid was at 900,000. The second and last bid was at 950,000.

 

[philippes]

I'm not that surprised. They really priced the car too high. If they'd started at $800k, I think it would have gotten the bidding going. But I doubt it would have reached $1.2 million.

But an everlasting gobstopper just went for $42,500 ($50,150.00 with premium).

Phil

 

[Alan Castillo]

Not sold. Bidding did not reach 1,000,000. First bid was at 900,000. The second and last bid was at 950,000.

My faith in humanity is (slightly) restored. Watching the live action on-line, it seemed that nobody even bid.

 

[Rik1138]

No, nobody placed a bid on it. The 'bids' you heard was just the auctioneer getting up to the reserve price...

 

[Alan Castillo]

That sucks :-(

I stayed awake till past midnight waiting for this. A real anti-climax :-(

oooooh.... iiiiiif I were a rich man ... Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum!

 

[TheDuc]

Wow they really hyped this auction and Chitty... and they didn't even get to the min... Slightly funny... I guess that will make for good TV when they air the auction on the SciFi Channel.

 

[hallam]

That seems rather surprising. I would have thought that it could have easily anchored a tourist attraction on its own.

Though the problem there might be that the film is getting on somewhat and maybe there isn't a younger audience that would demand their parents take them to see it.

 

[CatfoodRob]

Most people witha cool mil spare for a film prop would, I guess , be right in the middle of the catchment age group for loving this car . Especially as teh car has been in the u.k. since the film wrapped, so its new to the States .
But as Hallam says , from a business point of view, maybe Chitty just doesnt cut it .