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OLD CATALOGS ARE MARKETABLE!...
Here’s a good resource and indicator of what collectors are looking for and the prices they’re willing to pay! Final winning Bids on some recent Ebay Items:
1977 Sears Wishbook
“This is the Wish Book for the 1977 Christmas Season. It measures approx 8x11" with 615 pages. Almost 1/4 of the book is full of different toys and kids' related with Aurora, Mattel, Marx, Playskool, Ideal, Hasbro, Fisher Price, etc. There are also the clothes, housewares, jewelry, etc. There is a tear at bottom edge of front cover and a moisture stain on bottom back cover with some rippling there and some of the back pages and overall wear from normal use and in good shape. Please add $4.50 S&H media rate in U.S.”
Taken from an actual Ebay auction that closed on 3/5/08
Final Winning Bid….$31.00
1946 American Flyer Train Catalog
“American Flyer 1946 First Postwar Full Color Consumer Catalog ALL ORIGINAL (NOT REPRO) P9+ condition.Oversized Consumer Catalog Complete. No pages missing. No writing inside. Perfect Solid Condition. Graded per TCA standards TCA #76-9905”
Taken from an actual Ebay auction that closed on 3/5/08
Final Winning Bid….$77.01
(with 7 bids and 39 viewers)
1930’s Zeiss Binocular Catalog
“Up for auction is a wonderful 1930s fifty eight page Trade Catalog for Zeiss Binoculars and Telescopes.There are numerous printed photos showing examples of their products and a nice historical introduction.The Catalog measures 5.75 x 8.25 inches and is in nice condition with a tiny stain on front cover and light staining on back cover but overall is in nice condition.”
Taken from an actual Ebay auction that closed on 3/5/08
Final Ebay Winning Bid…………$125.50
1972 Sears Wishbook
Ended with a $39.99 Buy It Now (3-5-08)
1959 Aurora model kits catalog
“Aurora 1959 plastic kit catalog, very good condition, no pen marks,24 pages, all in color. 5" x 8". Dutch text.”
Taken from an actual Ebay auction that closed on 3/5/08
Final Ebay Winning Bid…. $68.00
1920 Draper-Maynard Co. Sporting Goods Catalog
“This is a 1920 Spring-Summer sports equipment catalog of the Draper-Maynard Co. (better known as D & M) of Plymouth, New Hampshire. This company marketed its products using the "Lucky Dog" logo. The catalog boasts that its baseball gloves are used by many major leaguers (Grover Cleveland Alexander, Muddy Ruel, etc.) and that "Babe Ruth The Home Run King Uses Exclusively The Lucky Dog Goods". There is a full-length picture of The Babe in a pitching pose on the cover although in 1919, the previous year, he played the outfield in 111 games, led the league in home runs with 29 and had fewer pitching appearances with a record of 9 and 5 with the Red Sox. Babe's uniform has pinstripes and red striped socks but no team designation probably because his status was uncertain. 1920 was to be the first year of his great Yankee career and this may be one of the earliest covers of that career. The catalog measures 5 and 3/4 by 7 and 3/8 inches and is printed entirely on glossy stock. It has 48 pages, 24 show baseball equipment-especially gloves. Other sports shown include tennis (5 pages), boxing (4 pages) and the strange swimming attire in style for the times ( 4 pages). The rest of the catalog covers a variety of sports equipment and clothing. It is in vg-ex condition. A neat item for an equipment or Yankee collector. Please ask questions before bidding. Winning bidder pays $5.00 priority mail postage. Payment by check or money order. Sorry, we do not accept Paypal or credit cards.”
Taken from an actual Ebay auction that closed on 3/5/08
Final Winning Bid……$371.66
1957 Sears Catalog
Buy It Now Price…….$54.00 (3-6-08)
HEUER 1968-1969 CHRONOGRAPHS AND STOP WATCHES INFORMATION CATALOG
Only a 40 page catalog.
Ebay Final Price……..$71.77 3-5-08
Keep your eyes open…there’s plenty of great stuff out there that you can buy, sell and trade too!
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