Le Mans Pricing (1 Viewer)

[Peter Reuss]

We have a customer who has "LeMan's soldiers. Civil War and Zulu War. Many pieces of each with accessories. Any suggestions of where I can look for their value?"

Can anyone point the way?

 

[theBaron]

Hi, Padre! Spillway Toy Soldiers offers LeMan's and conversions of LeMan's in their catalog. Their website is at http://spillwaytoysoldiers.homestead.com/ They have a price list posted on their website, but it dates to 1999. Still, it provides somewhat of a baseline to start.

I checked eBay, but searches starting with "le mans" as the key words didn't return any current auctions for Le Man's collection figures or sets.

I also checked in O'Brien's "Collecting American-Made Toy Soldiers". Le Man's was still listed as a newer-maker when Richard wrote "Collecting Toy Soldiers", and so, he doesn't list figures and prices. Spillway is probably the best source at this point.

Hope that helps, prosit!
Brad

 

[tdubel]

Hi Pete,

Brad (Jazz) knows the owner, original maker of these. Personal experience, they are quite nice and I am happy to have them in my collection, I have paid on average between $5 and 10 per figure. Some of the more unique sets like the sniper in the tree,paid more. The original retail I am sure was higher. Neat pieces.

Tom

 

[theBaron]

Thanks for that info, Tom! O'Brien listed contact info for James Man, but since the book was published in the mid-90's, I wasn't sure how fresh the info is.

 

[kilted vampire]

I have to go along with Tom on the prices.

 

[jazzeum]

I spoke to Mike De Marco, who owns LeMans. Original pricing (per figure) was $24. Defer to Tom on secondary pricing.