An Exceptional Discovery from An Exceptional Seller from France

Thursday, December 12, 2013

An Exceptional Discovery

from an Exceptional Seller from France

   Three days ago, I wrote about a fine French store. The store's name is  ACB Auto Concept Bigaudet, and whose owner is Mr. Betrand Bigaudet. I introduced Bertrand and his fine store,but knew I was going to write more about him and his store later. As it would happen, I decided to write sooner.  I had originally seen 2 listings for scratch motorcycles but presented other nice items on the previous post. However, I returned, and decided to do a bit of Photoshop to the motorcycles. When I placed the first image of the first motorcycle against white, and adjusted the exposure, it was as if I had discovered a long lost Rembrandt painting!

  The motorcycles were built by an exceptional scratch model maker by the name of Mr. Thierry Teillon. I haven't been able to find much information yet on Mr. Teillon, but when I do I will try to remember to share the information with you. I've added the information of each model in the same detail as Bertrand did, in order to match that these 2 fine items that are for sale currently.

Please click here to visit Bertrand Bigaudet's Fine Store

"A scratch built model by Thierry Teillon. In 1:24th scale, built in 1996, this two wheeled miniature is a work of art. With the exception of the cast metal engine block and rubber tires (with correct tread pattern) this is entirely scratch built from brass and aluminum. The masters for the engine block and tires were created by T. Teillon and then cast. This model is comprised of hundreds of parts – some so fine you will need a jewelers loop to appreciate them. All wires and hoses are there and seats are leather trimmed. Individually made hand laced wire wheels correctly replicate the actual wheels for this bike. The model includes a poseable front wheel, handlebars and functional hinged stand."

* Description Courtesy of Mr. Bertrand Bigaudet

What's great about Betrand's store or "boutique" as it is called in France (on ebay.fr) is that Bertrand provides as many as 15 images for each listing. As you can readily see,there certainly is lots of details from the description that I added to this motorcycle model.

The second motorcycle is presented below along with its written description

"A scratch built model by Thierry Teillon. In 1:24th scale, built in 1996, this two wheeled miniature is a work of art. With the exception of the cast metal engine block and rubber tires (with correct tread pattern) this is entirely scratch built from brass and aluminum. The masters for the engine block and tires were created by T. Teillon and then cast. This model is comprised of hundreds of parts – some so fine you will need a jewelers loop to appreciate them. All wires and hoses are there and seats are leather trimmed. Individually made hand laced wire wheels correctly replicate the actual wheels for this bike. The model includes a poseable front wheel, handlebars and functional hinged stand."

* Description courtesy of Mr. Bertrand Bigaudet

If you  read the written description for the above motorcycle, you'll have read that the tread pattern is the correct one for that motorcycle model of that time. Talk about making models with exact details!

I'd like to mention that if you visit Betrand's  ebay.fr  website, he describes his listings in English as well as in French. When I write to say that I had written the original post in French and in English, and to proofread the post, Bertrand wrote back in excellent English to say that English was sufficient.  I then wrote back again to thank him, saying that I think that I have to return to school to relearn French again! 

Please click here to read my first post on Mr.Bertrand Bigaudet

Although models are not toys, I discovered early on that I like models, and so periodically, I wrote both about old and new models. It's the detail that I like as well as the handcrafting, rather than the mechanized manufacture of these fine items.

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always, have a great part of the day

wherever you may be.

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com