How to price new, sealed Dutch promo sets from 1978 and 1982?

catwrangler

A friend in the Netherlands has received some vintage sealed sets that his father apparently had in the attic!  One is #1620 Chocolate Factory, a promotional release from the Netherlands in association with Chocomel. The other is #1590 Breakdown Assistance, another Dutch promo release in association with ANWB. He's had difficulty finding prices for them in this condition, which I would attribute to the scarcity, but he's skeptical about the €1349 price he saw for 1590 new and sealed.

I said I'd come and ask the experts. He's not an investor (and neither am I) so this is all new: Brickset Marketplace aside, where would be the best place to sell this online? I'm not familiar with Dutch Lego market myself, and he's only recently discovered that old sets have this sort of value, so I'm advising, to the best of my ability...

Bumblepants

I have no idea on price but I would guess these would be highly desired in the right collecting circles. Amazing condition + rarity usually = high price in most cases. 

gmonkey76

Paging @Istokg

alldarker

Oh, I had the ANWB set when I was young: and I loved it so much!
At the right price I'd definitely be tempted.  

CCC

I sugget that he uses catawiki to sell them. They are Netherlands based and often advertised on the front page of Brickset.

oldtodd33

Catawiki or Ebay, either way I don't think 1300 euros each is out of the question at all. 

Huw

I suggest catawiki too. Lots of Dutch buyers who seem willing to pay over the odds for sets like this.

DeMontes

I love attic find stories!!

ward

The main Dutch second hand site is marktplaats.nl. It is free and you can have auctions there (with no time limit). He will definitely get the right price there.

Rano

I would not recommend Marktplaats at all. That’s a place where people go to find something cheap. Catawiki is the place to go. 

Istokg

These sets are very rare in MISB condition.  On a good day at auction, I could see him get over 1300 Euros for each at auction, but bidding would have to start lower.  It all depends on whether 2 or more people are seriously interested for a top condition rare promotional set.

Also, the Dutch are the most LEGO intensive people in the world... so an auction such as Catawiki wold not be a bad idea.

Here I have a few promo images of the 1620 Chocomel Factory....

A 1978 Dutch Chocomel/LEGO promotional magazine ad....



Another 1978 Chocomel/LEGO ad....




And this 1978 Dutch Chocomel/LEGO ad shows that you need 3 "proof of purchase" labels to order this rare Dutch set....

Covi

I would also advise not to use "Marktplaats". It's an auction site well known for his scammers.

Rano

Only €9,05 and three Chocomel stamps. Couple of years later it’s probably worth €1000+

snowhitie

Another vote for catawiki, markplaats is good for 'run of the mill' stuff, for something this big I'd go there. Okay, they get some fees but the security that comes with it for both buyer and seller is definitely worth it.

Nice find!