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I started collecting Yesteryears in the early 80s and belonged to MICA. Do to moves and room rearrangements I would now like to sell the collection as a whole rather than confine them to the loft. I am not sure if anyone would be interested or could give me some help in their value. I have listed them below.

CODE DESCRIPTION BOXED QTY COMMENTS
Y2 BENTLEY YES 1 Made in England

Y3 FORD MODEL T TANKER
Y3 BP YES 1 Made in England
Y3 CARNATION LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England
Y3 CASTROL YES 1 Made in England
Y3 EXPRESS DAIRY YES 1 Made in England
Y3 MOBIL OIL YES 1 Made in England
Y3 RED CROWN LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England
Y3 ZEROLENE VERY LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England

Y5 TALBOT VAN
Y5 CHIVERS & SON NO 1 Made in England
Y5 DUNLOP NO 1 Made in England
Y5 EVER READY NO 1 Made in England
Y5 LIPTONS TEA LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y5 LIPTONS TEA Crested YES SP 1 Made in England
Y5 MENIER Pale Yellow Logo YES 1 Made in England
Y5 NESTLES MILK YES 1 Made in England
Y5 ROSES Brown seats YES 1 Made in England
Y5 TAYSTEE BREAD NO 1 Made in England
Y5 WRIGHTS COAL TAR NO 1 Made in England

Y6 ROLLSROYCE FIRE ENGINE NO 1 Made in England

Y7 FORD MODEL A WRECK TRUCK
Y7 BARLOW MOTOR YES 1 Made in England
Y7 SHELL YES 1 Made in Macau

Y8 YORKSHIRE STEAM WAGON
JOHNNIE WALKER YES 1 Made in Macau

Y9 LEYLAND 3 TON SUBSIDY LORRY LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England

Y10 MASERATI YES 1 Made in England

Y11 BUGATTI 6 mm Dashboard Brace YES 1 Made in England

Y12 FORD MODEL T VAN
Y12 25 YEARS MOY LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y12 BIRDS CUSTARD LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y12 CAPTAIN MORGAN Small Rum Label YES 1 Made in England
Y12 CAPTAIN MORGAN Large Rum Label YES 1 Made in England
Y12 CEREBOS SALT YES 1 Made in England
Y12 COCA COLA YES 1 Made in England
Y12 COLMANS NO 1 Made in England
Y12 H.J.HEINZ NO 1 Made in England
Y12 HARRODS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y12 HOOVER SPECIAL BOX YES SP 1 Made in England
Y12 IMBACH TRUCK LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y12 MOTOR 100 YES 1 Made in England
Y12 PEPSI COLA YES 1 Made in England
Y12 ROSELLA LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England
Y12 ROYAL MAIL NO 1 Made in England
Y12 SMITHS CRISPS NO 1 Made in England
Y12 SUNLIGHT SEIFE GERMANY ONLY YES SP 1 Made in England
Y12 SUZE YES 1 Made in England
Y13 STEPHENSONS ROCKET YES 1 Made in Macau

Y13 CROSSLEY LORRY
Y13 CARLESBERG YES/NO 2 Made in England
Y13 COAL & COKE YES 1 Made in England
Y13 KOHLE & KOKS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in Macau
Y13 RAF AMBULANCE Light brown Canopy YES SP 1 Made in England
Y13 WARINGS YES 1 Made in England

Y14 ERA B1B Black YES 1 Made in England

Y15 PRESTON TRAM
Y15 SWAN SOAP LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in Macau
Y15 SWAN VESTAS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in Macau

Y16 FERRARI DINO YES 1 Made in England

Y18 ATKINSON STEAM LORRY
Y18 BASS & C0 LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y18 BLUE CIRCLE LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y18 BURGHFIELD MILLS YES 1 Made in England
Y18 SAND & GRAVEL YES 1 Made in England

Y19 MORRIS COWLEY VAN
Y19 BRASSO YES 1 Made in Macau
Y19 FOWLER SHOWMANS ENGINE LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England

Y21 FORD MODEL A WOODY WAGON
Y21 A & J BOX YES 1 Made in England
Y21 CARTER SEEDS YES 1 Made in England
Y21 PLAIN YES 1 Made in England
Y21 AVELING & PORTER STEAM ROLLER YES 1 Made in Macau

Y22 FORD MODEL A VAN
Y22 LYONS TEA LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in Macau
Y22 MAGGI SOUP YES 1 Made in England
Y22 OXO YES 1 Made in England
Y22 PALM TOFFEE LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y22 POSTES CANADA LIMITED EDITION YES 2 Made in England
Y22 SPRATTS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y22 TOBLERONE YES 1 Made in England

Y23 AEC OMNIBUS
Y23 HAIG YES 1 Made in England
Y23 MAPLES YES 1 Made in England
Y23 RICE CRISPIES YES 1 Made in Macau

Y25 RENAULT TYPE AG VAN
Y25 DELHAIZE FRERES YES 1 Made in Macau
Y25 EAGLE PENCILS YES 1 Made in England
Y25 JAMES NEALE YES 1 Made in England
Y25 PERRIER YES 1 Made in England
Y25 ST JOHNS AMBULANCE LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England
Y25 TUNNOCK LIMITED EDITION YES 1 Made in England

Y26 CROSSLEY BEER LORRY
Y26 ROMFORD BREWERY YES 1 Made in England
Y26 GONZALEZ BYASS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y26 LOWENBRAU YES 1 Made in England

Y27 FODEN STEAM LORRY
Y27 SPILLERS YES 1 Made in England
Y27 PICKFORDS YES 1 Made in England
Y27 TATE & LYLE LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y27 HOVIS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y27 FRASERS (WITH TRAILER) LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England

Y28 UNIC TAXI Red YES 1 Made in England

Y29 WALKERS ELECTRIC VAN
Y29 LUCAS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y29 HARRODS LIMITED EDITION YES SP 2 Made in England

Y30 AC MACK LORRY
Y30 ACORN STORAGE YES 1 Made in England
Y30 CONSOLIDATED LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in England
Y30 POLAR ICE CREAM LIMITED EDITION YES SP 1 Made in Macau

SPECIAL ISSUES
GIFT SET Y11,Y23,Y25 1
ASH TRAY CHROME Y13 1
SWAN VESTA FRAMED TRAM 1
MICA BUS 1987
OTHER 1
MAGAZINES
UK MATCHBOX CLUB VOL 7 1983
UK MATCHBOX CLUB VOL 8 1984 (FINAL YEAR)
MICA CLUB VOL 1 1985
MICA CLUB VOL 2 1986
MICA CLUB VOL 3 1987
MICA CLUB VOL 4 1988
TOTAL 105

Sadly these are nearly all very common models. Sunlight and Zerolene less so, but far from rare. If you've looked on E-Bay, I'm sure you've realised this. May sell as a job lot, but don't expect to make much more than you paid for them. The UK Matchbox magazines are your best item. Models of this era were hugely over hyped and over produced.

Hello Johnny, that is some collection you have listed, I am no expert on general 'Yesteryear' models, I and many others bow down to "YYS4BOB" (other 'Yesteryear' experts are available), but agree with him in his assessment of what you have listed. I would be interested in the Y-6 Rolls-Royce 'Fire Engine' if it were a version not already in my collection, but some pictures of it including the whole of the underside would need to be posted here for me to see it.

By the way, welcome to the forum.

GHOSTHUNTER.

I have to agree with Bob. All these models are fairly common and due to that and most collectors having them already their value would only be a couple of quid each. Ebay is rife with them currently and the best one as said in previous post is the Sunlight van which is now going for around the 40 mark. A lot of collectors started around the 80's and only bought the new issues as they came out but sadly they were vastly over produced and there are even stacks stashed away in warehouses currently, most get made into code 3 models as they fetch more than these do.
My best advice is to sell them at a car boot as you may make a bit more on them.

Thanks for your comments. As their value is relatively low I may decide to put them away for the future unless of course someone makes a reasonable offer in the coming weeks.