Wonder if they take paypal?

[Boggy]

[URL="http://www.christies.com/features/Last-of-its-kind-Spitfire-5969-3.aspx?PID=newsviews_landing_main"]Last of its kind Supermarine Spitfire to be auctioned for charity[/URL]

Guide price 1.5....2.5 million!.

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[pgkevet]

I'm sure if you pay the paypal fees and the auctioneers percentage then that'd be no problem!
My bid will have to be below 2mill to avoid a bank loan....and I'll have to avoid OH finding out. Oh, and I'll have to get my PPL back..it's way out of date.

[Boggy]

I could make a bid,but i fear it would not be very long before they opened a dispute for non payment :(

but what a dream,to actually own this. :)

[Red3]

it went for a bit over the guide price I see [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-33472028]Restored World War Two Spitfire sold for £3.1m - BBC News[/url]

I was told it was on a low loader on the m11 on its way back to duxford yesterday

[Bigboystoys]

good money in old planes

[Rob Barnes]

What a piece of history to own ! Wow !

[scallybert]

Sounds cool:

[URL="http://www.christies.com/features/Last-of-its-kind-Spitfire-5969-3.aspx?PID=newsviews_landing_main"]Last of its kind Supermarine Spitfire to be auctioned for charity[/URL]


"P9374, one of only two original Mk. 1 Spitfires to still be flying, is to be donated by the American entrepreneur and philanthropist who masterminded its painstaking restoration, and offered in the Exceptional Sale on 9 July"

"There are only two remaining Mk.1 models restored to the original specification and still flying today, P9374 and N3200, both belonging to the American philanthropist and art collector Thomas Kaplan. As part of a generous gift, Spitfire P9374 will be sold at Christie’s to benefit the [U][URL="http://www.rafbf.org/?gclid=CPaQ6L_olsUCFSVo7AodLUwAtA"]RAF Benevolent Fund[/URL][/U] and [U][URL="http://www.panthera.org/content/mexico-and-panthera-unite-jaguar-conservation"]Panthera[/URL][/U], a leading wildlife conservation charity. Spitfire N3200 will be going to the [U][URL="http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford"] Imperial War Museum Duxford[/URL][/U]. ‘As history tells us all,’ says Kaplan, ‘there comes a time when one simply has to step up... to act with passion, and to remember with gratitude the few that actually do.’"

I'm sure one or both will be participating in one of our 'full-scale flypasts' in the near future...

[Dean airwolf]

Guys
Very nice post regarding the spit.
Thanks

[Red3]

i have a reliable source that tells me they will both be at the Duxford September air show along with eighteen other spitfires and five hurricanes now that would be worth hearing and seeing.

[Boggy]

[QUOTE=Red3;1181045]i have a reliable source that tells me they will both be at the Duxford September air show along with eighteen other spitfires and five hurricanes now that would be worth hearing and seeing.[/QUOTE]

just imagine the noise! <3

[scallybert]

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6c3v9iihgw[/URL] 16 Spitfires Flying Together.

[Dean airwolf]

Cool vid.
Had a fly in a
Tiger moth
Chipmunk
Havard.
Lot of money to go in the 2 seater one.
May be one day.

[Sheldrake]

[QUOTE=scallybert;1181091][URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6c3v9iihgw[/URL] 16 Spitfires Flying Together.[/QUOTE]

Thank you for this! Never ever get bored with watching that. When I was a boy lived near Duxford and saw the filming for the film Battle of Britain in 1968, spent hours watching Spitfires and ME109s flying all over the sky. Happy days😀

[Mike Sanders]

Well done Mr Kaplan.