14ct gold 2x4 brick at Catawiki

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One of the lots in this week's LEGO auction at Catawiki is a 14ct gold 2x4 brick. The current highest bid is €8000.

The auctioneer states that "These Golden Bricks are extremely rare. To our knowledge, there are about seven or eight in the world. And they were all given to employees of Lego who did something very special for the Lego company when they tried to expand their business in Europe during the early seventies. For instance, we auctioned only one before. That brick was given to an Italian representative of Lego for his efforts to get Lego distributed in that country.

This current one on auction from today is given to a German representative for doing the same in Germany. It even includes the original Thank you note to the recipient of the Lego brick. It's a fantastic piece of Lego History and a must-have for the collector. "

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Astrobricks

Bugs me that it doesn’t say LEGO on the studs. Lepin?

mattytreks

Astrobricks said:

Bugs me that it doesn’t say LEGO on the studs. Lepin?

Would the term "fool's gold" then be appropriate here?

samiam391

I call dibs on this one. Everyone back off! ;)

560Heliport

samiam391 said:

I call dibs on this one. Everyone back off! ;)

I thought you already had at least one of every rare LEGO item!

SirBen

Astrobricks said:

Bugs me that it doesn’t say LEGO on the studs. Lepin?

Maybe they've been rubbed off by years of handling...

Astrobricks

SirBen said:

Astrobricks said:

Bugs me that it doesn’t say LEGO on the studs. Lepin?

Maybe they've been rubbed off by years of handling...

I wouldn’t want anything that’s been involved in that much rubbing ;-)

KungFuKenny

SirBen said:

Astrobricks said:

Bugs me that it doesn’t say LEGO on the studs. Lepin?

Maybe they've been rubbed off by years of handling...

Now I’m envisioning the auction winner hiding in a cave with the golden brick, stroking it and calling it “my preciousssssss” .....

560Heliport

You'd do the same, and you know it! :)

samiam391

560Heliport said:

samiam391 said:

I call dibs on this one. Everyone back off! ;)

I thought you already had at least one of every rare LEGO item!

Not quite. There's a brick missing...