If I told you that the simple to lower a handle and look for the light switch in the dark has radically changed my way of life and the relationship I have with my father would you believe me?
Let me tell you a story.
Marco and Riccardo, father and son, a collector since he was less than 10 years old, the other with a passion for the business world.
Vintage toys and models have always been as a part of our home furnishings (for the happiness of my mother as you can well imagine).
Among the normal playing with models and soldiers and accompanying my father to the various exchange exhibitions you will think:
"Then you have to be a fan of modeling and collecting!".
Wrong.
Or maybe not.
As I progressed, the majority of age I voluntarily moved away from the world of collecting to chase other passions up to completely disinterest from the models.
After all, when you see them every day, they really become as "invisible" or "part of the furniture".
I can imagine that you are wondering:
"But then did you open an online store that sells models and you don't even like them?"
Wrong.
And that's why.
Between the pursuit of my passions and the work I have not just moved away from the models.
I also moved away from the fantastic relationship I have always had with my father.
One of December, however, everything has changed.
The simple opening of a door, lengthening the arm in the darkness to look for the switch and inhale the characteristic smell of "vintage" objects struck me as a ball in the face.
Who would have said that entering the disordered local where my father's collection is crammed to take a simple screwdriver would have been the beginning of such an adventure ...
In a moment hundreds of memories invaded my mind and a strong sense of nostalgia attacked and accompanied me for the following days.
After two weeks of reasoning, calculations, study and preparation I realized that the time had come to make one of those decisions that revolutionize the way you live.
“Gib (Nickname for my father) I would like to put models on eBay for sale. I think of everything. Do you want to give me a couple of boxes of models you want to sell? "
I have always envied the children who have the immense fortune to have a father who has an activity already started and all they have to do is just learn the profession, improve it and bring the company higher and higher.
I always thought I hadn't had this fortune but, as mentioned before, the simple search for a screwdriver opened my eyes.
I don't remember who told me this sentence or I read it somewhere but I want to share it with you because I think it's beautiful.
“The duty of a child is to be better than his parents.
Imagine how nice to be able to say that you have taken everything that your parents taught you and have improved it.
The pride you could try is not even a small part of what your parents would feel. "
Thank you for taking the time to read this story still without an ending, I hope that our work can help create a community of good people united by a great passion.
Collect models.
Riccardo
2023, the beginning of a new era, from an exquisitely "de visu" approach to a new way of interfacing the world of fans and collectors like us for a lifetime.
This year with the entry of the new generation in this sector, a little engineered we will try to open a window on the world by sharing days, months, years of commitment (and alarm clocks at improper times) in finding the best pieces that the market had and has to offer.
The years pass and the new generations have another approach with the world of collecting as demonstrated by the current boom in Youngtimer or Instant Classic.
In this 2023 that has already seen the removals of Automotoretrò from Turin to Parma and the Padua Fair in Bologna (according to our modest opinion the most beautiful in Italy) we also try to change our method of approach.
From 1 March calmly and patience we will enrich this site with content from the world of historic cars and related models. We do not place quick and immediate goals but we hope that, in addition to the most important events in the sector, we will have the opportunity to exchange opinions more often and perhaps deepen the search for miniature dreams to enrich our collections.
Greetings from Marco