Stories from a 1979 Collectors Gazette
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:24 pm
Two very interesting pictures about models.
The story with this picture is about selling his collection of 1-75 model as he needs the money, in his hand is the nice Green 11a Tanker.
He is saying a crazy price as it has sentimental value to him, but as he is asking the princely sum of 25 pounds so he does not expect to sell it.
Just an advert from a dealer in America, but even back then the Air Mail postage was 5 pound.
I have the First Edition, and three other 1979 Gazettes and it interesting to see that most of the Toy Fairs were mainly selling trains old and new and very few adverts for die-cast models. ( But they soon took over at the Toy Fairs)
The First UK Toy Fair I went to was in 1984 and that was at Farnam-Maltings, run by Eric Creak and not any trains in sight.
George T.
The story with this picture is about selling his collection of 1-75 model as he needs the money, in his hand is the nice Green 11a Tanker.
He is saying a crazy price as it has sentimental value to him, but as he is asking the princely sum of 25 pounds so he does not expect to sell it.
Just an advert from a dealer in America, but even back then the Air Mail postage was 5 pound.
I have the First Edition, and three other 1979 Gazettes and it interesting to see that most of the Toy Fairs were mainly selling trains old and new and very few adverts for die-cast models. ( But they soon took over at the Toy Fairs)
The First UK Toy Fair I went to was in 1984 and that was at Farnam-Maltings, run by Eric Creak and not any trains in sight.
George T.