1-75 Displays Found
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:40 pm
Earlier today I had to run to a jewelry store to pick up a 10 year ring for one of my swimmers. As I was there I asked if they had any old display cabinets they wanted to get rid of. I told them I was a collector of Matchbox and the gentlemen behind the counter said he might have something. He went upstairs to the 2nd floor and upon his return had this box in his hands.
I got a little excited to say the least and offered him money for the display. He said that he had bought it when a store was going out of business and has had it ever since. He had no use for it so gave it to me. It was actually from a store where I used to buy Matchbox cars and models from as a kid (Krantz Hobby Shop)
I took the box and headed home - had to clean a little dust off but that is to be expected. Here is a photo of the box as I first opened it.
I took a picture of the date on the newspaper that was in the box as well, Nov 15th 1986
As I removed the paper it was clear this was a square display from the same time frame. The red top was in perfect condition.
As I began to unpack the box I got down to the outer sleeves that had all the graphics on them - boy did they look nice! I also noticed that there was more under the the clear graphic pieces as well, could it be another display?
I pulled the tissue paper off and "YES" there was another display. The inner cards were mint and the top showed a little damage but who can complain when something is free.
Here are both displays laid out - the sleeves that hold the cars are a little dis-colored and the 2nd display on the bottom of the box looks like it had been used at some time. There are a few cracks in that one as well, but for the age of the display I am quite pleased. The box even contained the original instruction sheet to set up your display
I hope you enjoyed looking. I plan on keeping one display and selling the other sometime down the road.
I got a little excited to say the least and offered him money for the display. He said that he had bought it when a store was going out of business and has had it ever since. He had no use for it so gave it to me. It was actually from a store where I used to buy Matchbox cars and models from as a kid (Krantz Hobby Shop)
I took the box and headed home - had to clean a little dust off but that is to be expected. Here is a photo of the box as I first opened it.
I took a picture of the date on the newspaper that was in the box as well, Nov 15th 1986
As I removed the paper it was clear this was a square display from the same time frame. The red top was in perfect condition.
As I began to unpack the box I got down to the outer sleeves that had all the graphics on them - boy did they look nice! I also noticed that there was more under the the clear graphic pieces as well, could it be another display?
I pulled the tissue paper off and "YES" there was another display. The inner cards were mint and the top showed a little damage but who can complain when something is free.
Here are both displays laid out - the sleeves that hold the cars are a little dis-colored and the 2nd display on the bottom of the box looks like it had been used at some time. There are a few cracks in that one as well, but for the age of the display I am quite pleased. The box even contained the original instruction sheet to set up your display
I hope you enjoyed looking. I plan on keeping one display and selling the other sometime down the road.
