Richmond, New Zealand

Google Earth satellite imagery dated 122214 clearly shows the Futuro is no longer on site so we are changing the location information for this unit to Richmond (Vicinity Only) for now until better information is available.

A 071714 Nelson Mail article reports that disassembly of the Nelson Futuro started on Monday 071414 and that the unit is expected to be fully disassembled and removed from the site by 071714. The Futuro is being moved to a storage site in Richmond prior to later relocation to Christchurch. The article was accompanied by a couple of photos which can be seen below.

A 052614 Nelson Mail article titled «Sold Spaceship To Take Off On Journey South» confirms that the Nelson Futuro did indeed sell for $75,000.

The article reports agent and auctioneer Jeremy Matthews as saying:

«… the spaceship finally sold to a Christchurch purchaser for $75,000. The winner was among the 10 bidders in the race, and one of five phone bidders … (there were) five bidders in the room and another five on the phone … two people were bidding from Christchurch, two from Aucklan

A comment on the blog Cult of Weird this morning indicates the Futuro sold for $75,000. We have not yet seen this on any news sites.

The 052114 auction did not result in a sale; in fact there was a distinct lack of bids. The Futuro alone will now be auctioned 052214. The website stuff.co.nz reports that auctioneer Jerry Matthews said that:

«… between 15 and 20 people were interested in the spaceship pod on its own, including someone who would «make it even more famous.» He declined to say who but removal of the pod would free up the site to be sold separately.»

Jay, who posted the comment referenced below on the blog Cult of Weird, contacted us a day or two ago about that comment; we clearly had blurred vision when we read it. So to correct; the comment about an asking price of $250K was not in relation to this Futuro but was in fact in relation to the Futuro being stored in Harewood at King’s House Removals. Our excuse — AGE. And to those of you who are younger than us (which will, unfortunately, be «a lot») just know that you too will find your facul

This Futuro along with the accompanying property and land will be sold at auction 052114. The auction listing can be found on the Bayleys Real Estate site (Dead Link — Internet Archive Wayback Machine archived version here); it is accompanied by the great set of photos displayed below. A comment on the blog Cult of Weird suggests the price being sought is around $250K.

We have to say that while we are mostly very content with our life and financial situation (we are by no means wealthy but we a

It seems that another Futuro has joined the ranks of those available to rent (along with Woodruff and Warrington). The Nelson Futuro is listed on bookabach.co.nz for rent at $175 NZD per night (towards the bottom of the first page of listings as of 122812). The listing was added October 2012 and appears to be still current. The detailed listing for the Futuro can be found here. The listing is accompanied by these photos.

Though obviously not «new», there is no such thing, this is a «newly rediscovered» Futuro (at least as far as we know). We certainly have not seen it listed anywhere on the web. Our thanks go once again to Achim Breiling who seems to be turning into something of a «Futuro Sleuth». Taking an old picture of a Futuro in Nelson and examining the land features in the area he was able to track this down in Google Maps. It is a research technique we have used ourselves in the past but these days it see