Solid gold 2x4 brick on Catawiki
Posted by Huw,
Another solid gold 2x4 LEGO brick has come up for auction at Catawiki:
Hallmarked yellow 585 gold LEGO brick, 2x4 studs - these bricks were given to LEGO staff members for 25 years of employment as well as LEGO business partners in the period between 1979 and 1981; the brick offered here was given to a LEGO machinist from Northern Germany for 25 years of employment in the company, it is in very good condition, 11.3 x 31.7 x 15.9 mm (height x width x depth), weight 25 g, in original case.
This brick is 25.65 g of 14 carat gold (0.8246 troy oz). The brick is the same size and shape as the original 2x4 LEGO brick. This brick comes in its original display box which features the LEGO logo of the time.
The current bid is €6000. The one we mentioned in August sold for €15000.
If that's beyond your budget, take a look at what else is on offer on our Catawiki page, which this week includes a couple of the rare Architecture-style LEGO factory sets among the bulk lots and large-scale minifigs that clutter up the listing every week.
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I find it funny that out of the 7 or 8 gold Lego bricks and existence, 2 of them show up for auction within a period of 3 months!
Maybe the buyer of the previous one will try his luck to get a second...
What’s the clutch on a piece like this? I know LEGO has high standards for quality control.
They should give bronze ones for five and silver ones for 15 years of employment. Then I guess platinum ones for 50 years :) Imagine working at TLG for 50 years...
What an awful ppp.
If this got accidentally mixed amongst other bricks, I'm afraid many of us would by instinct throw it in the garbage - since it has no logos on studs, it is not genuine LEGO and such monstrosity has no place in the collection!
But I sincerely hope the same person who bought the previous one will buy this one as well and only then we might get the answers about the building feel and quality and clutch power.
Waiting for the platinum one.
Not going to lie, I really really want one of these, but I know I will probably never be able to get my hands on one. I suppose it's good to have goals to reach for :)
@Henry_D said:
" @Fizyx said:
"Not going to lie, I really really want one of these, but I know I will probably never be able to get my hands on one. I suppose it's good to have goals to reach for :)"
Value of this brick is about 900 dollars. Theres basically no point of getting it"
The value is not about 900 dollars. The best estimate of the value is around 15000 euro. Just as the value of a regular 2x4 is not determined by the value of 2.32g of abs, but what the market is willing to pay.
This of course doesn't mean the value TO YOU is equal to 15000 euro :)
No LEGO signs on studs. It will be definitely Lepin. :D
Something to fill my next pick-a-brick cup with!
The F O R B I D D E N brick...
@Henry_D said:
" @Fizyx said:
"Not going to lie, I really really want one of these, but I know I will probably never be able to get my hands on one. I suppose it's good to have goals to reach for :)"
Value of this brick is about 900 dollars. Theres basically no point of getting it"
Like @dutchbrickdad said above, it's really not about the material and having a 'solid gold LEGO brick.' (Although that IS pretty cool :P) What gives it the value is what it actually is and the history behind it. Making a solid gold brick wouldn't be hard, I (with limited metallurgy skills, at best) could go and make one tomorrow. But I couldn't make a solid gold LEGO brick that had been manufactured by LEGO and gifted to an employee for their massive contributions to the company and for helping to grow and expand LEGO into the empire they are today. THAT'S where the value of the brick comes in. It's an intangible, and yeah, for some people it won't see the value or disagree with the amount of value added. Personally, I think it is definitely worth the value that it's selling at.
Just a reminder the most valuable Lego brick of all time is a Platinum Avohkii Bionicle mask, and its owner just wore it as a broach for his wedding. https://www.facebook.com/BionicleArchives/posts/3483719728388469 (Don't worry the bride had something special to wear too, he made the ring for her out of a meteorite!)
Rare metal Lego is just cool in general. I know mostly of Bionicle masks as examples with several metal Krana, and gold Hau's and several G2 masks in gold too; but the gold Lego brick is also neat. I guess the recent Han Solo keychain also joins the group as an official Lego product in metal then?
Nice, now I can make my C-3PO MOC joke again :P
I’d prefer one made of carbonite or unobtainium.
Just buy a lego set wait 40 years then bang, You have a set worth it's weight in gold.
I never get the bidding on Catawiki. Apparently people are very, very often bidding 1.5 - 3 times more than what one could get the set for on BrickLink or other channels. And that's on easily available items that are of interest to bidders who must be educated in buying Lego.
Anyone actually have experience there?
For the first buyer of the golden brick it would be nice to get this one as well, so he or she can actually start building with the two :-)
If the handful of these in existence were ever united under one owner, it would simultaneously make the most expensive and least fun set in the whole world.
I'd rather have a 4.99 Classic box any day :)
@ComfySofa said:
"If the handful of these in existence were ever united under one owner, it would simultaneously make the most expensive and least fun set in the whole world.
I'd rather have a 4.99 Classic box any day :)"
Lord of the Bricks?
@holdre007 said:
"If this got accidentally mixed amongst other bricks, I'm afraid many of us would by instinct throw it in the garbage - since it has no logos on studs, it is not genuine LEGO and such monstrosity has no place in the collection!
But I sincerely hope the same person who bought the previous one will buy this one as well and only then we might get the answers about the building feel and quality and clutch power."
If you got this "by accident" trust me when I say that just picking it up would tell you something is special about this item!
@Wrecknbuild said:
"I never get the bidding on Catawiki. Apparently people are very, very often bidding 1.5 - 3 times more than what one could get the set for on BrickLink or other channels. And that's on easily available items that are of interest to bidders who must be educated in buying Lego.
Anyone actually have experience there?
For the first buyer of the golden brick it would be nice to get this one as well, so he or she can actually start building with the two :-)"
I've bid on quite a number of items and have seen some go for around market average. But if course you still need to pay 30% fee to Catawiki on top of that (note that sellers also pay 9%). I think that the heavy advertising they do really helps drive prices.
I've only won one auction: the 232 bungalow for 25 euro, which was still a good deal.
@gunther_schnitzel said:
" @ComfySofa said:
"If the handful of these in existence were ever united under one owner, it would simultaneously make the most expensive and least fun set in the whole world.
I'd rather have a 4.99 Classic box any day :)"
Lord of the Bricks?
"
One brick to rule them all...
@ComfySofa said:
"If the handful of these in existence were ever united under one owner, it would simultaneously make the most expensive and least fun set in the whole world."
Well, if they get six of them, they can make 915,103,765 different small MOCs! :-)
I have to know if this would actually function as a lego brick.
@xboxtravis7992 said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
" @ComfySofa said:
"If the handful of these in existence were ever united under one owner, it would simultaneously make the most expensive and least fun set in the whole world.
I'd rather have a 4.99 Classic box any day :)"
Lord of the Bricks?
"
One brick to rule them all... "
Well, technically, eight to rule them all, right?