sla

Hi people,

I have just discovered in my loft 2 Aero Mini 747's, 1 Pan Am and 1 TWA, that I must have had for 20 years or more..

Are they worth anything??? Anybody have an idea..

Thanx.

SLA
England

Mike Bartel

Aero Minis are always worth something, but it will depend on their condition.

If your 747s are mint condition (i.e. never played with or only minimal wear and no decal problems), you can get the most for them. For the two that you have, that might be in the $50-$75 range each. If they have their boxes, they will get more.

If they are in 'played with' condition (i.e. scratched, missing parts, or damaged), expect to get less than $50 each for them.

Pan Am and TWA 747s are quite common, so they don't fetch quite as much as would, say, an Air Canada or JAL 747. These prices are also what they have been getting, on average, on eBay.

Hope this helps,

Mike Bartel

Flying Ace

"The PLane News", which I believe is an airplane collectors magazine which is published in your part of the globe routinely lists the value of Aero Minis in various condition. Furthermore, it lists the various aircraft by model and airline in chart format. It also further has an a column denoted by an "X" which denotes if a box is included. ALthough from this source it does not appear that the presece or absence of a box lends to have much bearing on the final value of the model, in most of the instances I have seen, most of the values is given for the condition of the aircraft, and it is decribed as mint, excellent (little to no wear), very good (minor wear), good (some noticeable flaws), fair (significant flaws, played with), poor, and junk.

Although as mentioned TWA and Pan AM are indeed fairly common, all Aero Mini 741's are more difficult in relation to other AM models, and the price for mint specimens according to this source is approximately $125-150

K

sla

Cheers guys for the reply's....