September’s priciest eBay NASCAR diecast sales have a theme in both 1/24 and 1/64 scales. The most expensive 1/24 diecasts are all from Hendrick Motorsports, while two of the top three 1/64 sales are related to films.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 2014 National Guard Superman 1/24s serve as bookends for the priciest sales of the month with two versions earning the No. 5 and No. 1 sales of September.

Earnhardt Jr. had a string of DC Comics schemes in the early 2010s, including his 2012 Dark Knight Rises livery and 2013 Man of Steel ride. That trend continued in 2014 with the No. 88 sporting a National Guard Superman scheme for two races at Charlotte and Michigan. There was a difference in the scheme in the two races, and subsequently, the diecast. At Charlotte, the No. 88 sported red numbers, while at Michigan those numbers were gold, leading to a quasi-promotion from Lionel Racing.

Lionel announced the Superman scheme would sport the red numbers for Charlotte, but it would be randomly including gold-numbered Superman 1/24s into the production run. The box of these cars included the production numbers of both versions, keeping which example a buyer received a mystery until the box was opened. The standard red-number version had a production run of 5,029 diecasts with 288 additional gold-number versions, making the gold number variant highly sought-after from its introduction. For Elites, 700 Charlotte versions were produced to 88 gold number examples.

At No. 5 is an in-person autographed, gold-number Superman No. 88, which sold for $999.99.

Taking the top spot for 1/24s in September is a gold number Elite version of the National Guard Superman scheme, which apparently sold for $1,988.88. Of note, there is some question to the validity of this sale with it being the lister’s first sale on their account, but according to what is publicly available, this sale does earn the title of most expensive diecast transaction for September.

At No. 4 is a Jeff Gordon Grail, his 2006 Sonoma Raced Win. Just 687 units were produced, and they were only offered to DuPont employees, effectively making this Raced Win a grail from its introduction. However, a few autographed versions, with hologram, were offered to purchase through Gordon’s website. One such autographed version sold in September for $1,349.99, the fourth-highest sale of the month.

Of note, a non-autographed version of Gordon’s Sonoma Raced Win just missed out on the top-five with a sale in late September of just under $1,000.  

Completing the top-five are two door number Chase Elliott rides, both the desirable Mountain Dew Baja Blast schemes from different years.

The No. 3 spot goes to an autographed, Elite, door number version of Elliott’s 2016 Baja Blast scheme from his rookie campaign. Earning four bids, DIN 24 of the 100 versions of this autographed Elite version sold Sept. 29 for $1,714.99.

Sold by the same seller, the Elite, autographed, door number example of Elliott’s 2018 Baja Blast scheme sold for slightly higher at $1,800 with eight bids. The door number version was one of just 72 Elite autographed versions of this car produced.

A bevy of 1/64 NASCAR diecast lots and bundles sold in September for well above three figures, but several notable single diecasts met or crossed the $100 mark.

At No. 3 is perhaps the most recognizable fictional NASCAR ride, Ricky Bobby’s No. 26 Wonder Bread Chevy from the film, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

Around the movie’s premier in 2006, Winner’s Circle released a five-car 1/64 set featuring cars from the comedy. Among them were the Wonder Bread car, the Laughing Clown Malt Liquor Busch Series car, Ricky Bobby’s No. 62 “Me” scheme, the Perrier No. 55 of Jean Girard and Cal Naughton Jr.’s No. 47 Old Spice Chevy. The cars from this set — along with 1/24 versions produced by Action — have remained hot commodities on the collector market. This was underscored by Ricky Bobby’s No. 26 Wonder Bread 1/64 by Winner’s Circle commanding $99.90 in September.

Of note, a full set of all five Talladega Nights cars also sold in September for $224.50 with multiple bids.

Selling for slightly more is another film car from the 2000s, Kyle Busch’s 2008 M&M’s Indiana Jones 1/64 COT. Busch’s scheme for the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington promoted the return of the Indiana Jones franchise (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) and the debut of Mint Crisp M&M’s. While the Mint Crisp M&M’s had a short life, and the Indiana Jones film wasn’t exactly the return many fans hoped for, Busch’s scheme featuring the cross-promotion is a grail for many collectors. This is undoubtedly aided by Busch winning in the only time he ran the scheme (a Raced Win version was available in 1/24).

Of course, 2008 was full of Busch wins, eight of them, in fact. His win at Darlington in the 11^th race of the season was already his third trip to victory lane that year.

A 1/64 of Busch’s 2008 Indiana Jones M&M’s ride, even noted with a “slight crease” on the window box, sold Sept. 26 for $110.

For the second straight month a Dale Earnhardt ride appears on the list of most expensive 1/64  eBay diecast sales, and this month it takes the No. 1 spot.

Acting as one of the earliest Dale Earnhardt Sr. diecasts, in 1994 Western Steer, an associate sponsor for The Intimidator’s No. 3, released a promotional 1/64 of Earnhardt’s 1993 Lumina marking his seventh Cup Series championship.

The box featured a photo of Earnhardt and a printed signature.. But at least one version was signed in person by the late Intimidator. Despite extensive color fade on the box, this autographed version commanded $180 Sept. 4, making it the priciest 1/64 sale of the month.