Here's an interesting one. Seen at the Boothbay narrow gauge railway museum, a diorama of the 1913 Model T production line. There was no one to ask details but it seems to be about 1/32 scale (at a guess) and in monotone grey, it could be pewter. I wonder if it was someone's labour of love, or a professionally made model for some unknown purpose.
The other problem is that it was behind glass so I apologize for the reflections and shadows.
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Apparently they were made by the Franklin Mint, in pewter and offered in 2003 for the centennial. There's a bunch of them out there for sale at a wide range of asking prices so they probably made a good number of them. Here's a website with pictures of the documentation:
https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/a-model-t-ford-assembly-line-pewter-model-by-franklin-mint-2003-60815075?page=7&view=grid#mz-expanded-view-269846
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Franklin Mint stuff is really hard to value because they made a ton of it and some people collect it and some collectors laugh at it.
To add fuel to the fire I just noticed the one you posted is not the "Anniversary Edition" of which 2,500 were made so who knows how many are out there?
Once again Dave, I'm amazed how you find this stuff:-)
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