Corgi Toys 224 Bentley Continental Sports
Bentley Continental Sports Saloon by Corgi toys, No. 224. Two-tone green issue. Very near mint/boxed. Version with light grey tyres. From The Reigate Collection.
Price: £135.00
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Notes
Issued between 1961-65. In gleaming two-tone green finish, with jewelled front and rear lights, opening boot with spare wheel, and a perfect intact bonnet emblem. Suspension on shaped spun wheels. Grey base and well-shaped light grey tyres.
Chrome bumpers are bright generally (occasional little surface loss fleck).
Virtually mint paint finish.
For comparison only, please take a look at this models in the foreground when set alongside the other green colour version with a lighter top surface:
The pictorial card box is bright and complete with all end flaps intact. Crisp feel. Light wear and a little tape residue on one side ( often shopkeepers would tape one end shut to avoid the car sliding out the box when picked up).
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