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johnboy wrote:Never mind with Jag Mike, the 75b is a winner!

Yes. Johnboy.
Nick made ​​me great hope.
But I am very happy with 75b and 57b.
All around a really low price.

johnboy wrote:Never mind with Jag Mike, the 75b is a winner!

And Johnboy.
Also the trolly bus 56a was in this convolute.
(with the small black wheels)
I have set to to Talkshow in the forum.

Our new model.
A lot of work and time invested in the code search.

My Mercedes Benz 220 SE (53b) collection.
I see a code: 2, 3, 6, 8

Collector Greetings from Austria
Mike

This model, not yet add to my page.
This interesting 44c GMC transition model.

Not very nice, but interesting nonetheless.
(and, still more requests for purchase)

mike wrote:This model, not yet add to my page.
This interesting 44c GMC transition model.

Not very nice, but interesting nonetheless.
(and, still more requests for purchase)

Very nice to see this model again Mike.

johnboy wrote:

mike wrote:This model, not yet add to my page.
This interesting 44c GMC transition model.

Not very nice, but interesting nonetheless.
(and, still more requests for purchase)

Very nice to see this model again Mike.

Thanks Johnboy.
Many inquiries to sale of this model.

Please your opinion.
Yes, or no.
There are very difficult decisions in the life of a collector.

mike wrote:Many inquiries to sale of this model.
Please your opinion.
Yes, or no.
There are very difficult decisions in the life of a collector.

I think it all depends on what you collect and how you see the model in question.
So, for instance, Joe (Tinman) only collects RW models issued prior to a certain date and which were sold through retail outlets in their own packaging. (I think I've got that right.) This means that he does not collect either promotionals or pre-productions.
If you collect all Matchbox, then it should stay in your collection. If you collect all RW then it should stay in your collection, but if you have only a passing interest in trial/test models and pre-productions, then you could consider parting with it. However, even then, it might depend on whether you whether you think the model was originally sold in a normal shop of whether it ended up in Austria via some other route.
Either way, if it were mine, I wouldn't sell it. Htf and rare models are much harder to come by than money. It is always better to use them for trades than simply to sell them.
I have sold cars myself which I had previously acquired for my collection and then, with hindsight, I have decided to re-acquire them. In fact, at the moment, I am thinking hard about where the cut-off point for my collection should lie. Currently it's up to the end of the manufacture in the UK, but I'm seriously considering changing that to non-window boxes only or perhaps even having a cut-off at the end of the RW era, but with a spill-over into Superfast in the event of transitional versions being available. Our interests change with time and there is simply not enough time, money or room to collect absolutely everything, so it comes down to questions of priorities and definitions. Also, sometimes it is better to part with a model on the fringes of the collection in order to be able to add something significant to the core.
Whatever you do, you must be certain that it is the correct decision for you at the moment that you take that decision. That means looking at the model in the context of your collection and deciding whether it is core, peripheral or other. Core models you keep, other models you dispose of, peripheral models you part with if the right deal comes along.

Idris wrote:

mike wrote:Many inquiries to sale of this model.
Please your opinion.
Yes, or no.
There are very difficult decisions in the life of a collector.

I think it all depends on what you collect and how you see the model in question.
So, for instance, Joe (Tinman) only collects RW models issued prior to a certain date and which were sold through retail outlets in their own packaging. (I think I've got that right.) This means that he does not collect either promotionals or pre-productions.
If you collect all Matchbox, then it should stay in your collection. If you collect all RW then it should stay in your collection, but if you have only a passing interest in trial/test models and pre-productions, then you could consider parting with it. However, even then, it might depend on whether you whether you think the model was originally sold in a normal shop of whether it ended up in Austria via some other route.
Either way, if it were mine, I wouldn't sell it. Htf and rare models are much harder to come by than money. It is always better to use them for trades than simply to sell them.
I have sold cars myself which I had previously acquired for my collection and then, with hindsight, I have decided to re-acquire them. In fact, at the moment, I am thinking hard about where the cut-off point for my collection should lie. Currently it's up to the end of the manufacture in the UK, but I'm seriously considering changing that to non-window boxes only or perhaps even having a cut-off at the end of the RW era, but with a spill-over into Superfast in the event of transitional versions being available. Our interests change with time and there is simply not enough time, money or room to collect absolutely everything, so it comes down to questions of priorities and definitions. Also, sometimes it is better to part with a model on the fringes of the collection in order to be able to add something significant to the core.
Whatever you do, you must be certain that it is the correct decision for you at the moment that you take that decision. That means looking at the model in the context of your collection and deciding whether it is core, peripheral or other. Core models you keep, other models you dispose of, peripheral models you part with if the right deal comes along.

Thanks Hugh,
for the very interesting opinion on this subject.
I think that these words come from a real collector's heart.

It is very difficult to separate from an interesting (very rare) models.
if one knows it never again get back.

There are very rare and interesting women.
There are also very rare and interesting car models.

Therefore, every decision is difficult to carry out.

Greetings Mike

mike wrote:

Idris wrote:

mike wrote:Many inquiries to sale of this model.
Please your opinion.
Yes, or no.
There are very difficult decisions in the life of a collector.

I think it all depends on what you collect and how you see the model in question.
So, for instance, Joe (Tinman) only collects RW models issued prior to a certain date and which were sold through retail outlets in their own packaging. (I think I've got that right.) This means that he does not collect either promotionals or pre-productions.
If you collect all Matchbox, then it should stay in your collection. If you collect all RW then it should stay in your collection, but if you have only a passing interest in trial/test models and pre-productions, then you could consider parting with it. However, even then, it might depend on whether you whether you think the model was originally sold in a normal shop of whether it ended up in Austria via some other route.
Either way, if it were mine, I wouldn't sell it. Htf and rare models are much harder to come by than money. It is always better to use them for trades than simply to sell them.
I have sold cars myself which I had previously acquired for my collection and then, with hindsight, I have decided to re-acquire them. In fact, at the moment, I am thinking hard about where the cut-off point for my collection should lie. Currently it's up to the end of the manufacture in the UK, but I'm seriously considering changing that to non-window boxes only or perhaps even having a cut-off at the end of the RW era, but with a spill-over into Superfast in the event of transitional versions being available. Our interests change with time and there is simply not enough time, money or room to collect absolutely everything, so it comes down to questions of priorities and definitions. Also, sometimes it is better to part with a model on the fringes of the collection in order to be able to add something significant to the core.
Whatever you do, you must be certain that it is the correct decision for you at the moment that you take that decision. That means looking at the model in the context of your collection and deciding whether it is core, peripheral or other. Core models you keep, other models you dispose of, peripheral models you part with if the right deal comes along.

Thanks Hugh,
for the very interesting opinion on this subject.
I think that these words come from a real collector's heart.

It is very difficult to separate from an interesting (very rare) models.
if one knows it never again get back.

There are very rare and interesting women.
There are also very rare and interesting car models.

Therefore, every decision is difficult to carry out.

Greetings Mike

There's no hurry to make a decision Mike, go and have a beer