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A special issue widely dedicated to the preminent event in car scale model collectors, the International Nuremberg Toy Fair. All manufacturers and their 2003 production are considered and their new miniature cars illustrated. The vintage section will have specific articles on the Renault 4 CV, the French answer to the German Beetle. The

Brand new, first edition of Mobilia Sourcebook: The Essential Auto Collectibles Directory. The ultimate book resource for the automotive collecting hobby. This first edition includes 600 main listings and 2,000 cross-references -- all indexed by more than 50 unique collecting categories.If your particular interest is gas-powered miniature racers, there is a special section devoted to all the active suppliers in that market. Interested in pedal cars, in automotive literature, in license plates, in automotive art? What about an interest in Route 66 or automotive signs or motorcycle collectibles? Each category of collecting interest -- 50 in all -- has its own section of vendors, each with address and phone number, and up-to-date description of its business and specialty.A directory like the Sourcebook is only as good as its indexing. This book ensures that the reader can find key contacts with ease. This is a great resource and a hobby first. -- 600 Listings of Key Automobilia Specialists -- 50 Unique Collecting Categories -- 2000 References -- Comprehensive Index

America's love affair with cars is on the fast track. Here is the current market value for every model from every major manufacturer in the United States and abroad through the mid-1970s, including Ford, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Rolls-Royce, and Mercedes-Benz. Clearly organized from A to Z, each listing is broken down by date, engine specifications, model types, and body styles -- with three condition categories from fair to excellent. Essential references include a list of classic car museums around the country, a directory of car collector clubs, and a glossary that contains all the terms you need to know to negotiate the deal. In addition, there are handy hints from the professionals about buying at auction and for investment, theft prevention, and selling classic cars. Plus special sections on trucks and motorcycles cover a wide range of vehicles from Humpbacks and Pickups to Flatheads and Knuckleheads. Dozens of photographs help you identify special models.

Shift your collecting power into high gear! Find accurate values for collectibles, sources of factory photos, auto ad checklists, videos featuring classic cars and a historical survey of pedal cars with help from author John Gunnell.

Get all the need-to-know toy hobby information for 1998! You'll know where to turn for collecting success with national directories to toy clubs and toy dealers, detailed show calendars, and helpful toy hints and histories. Plus you'll capture the inside stories from the country's top toy dealers on the hot toys of 1997, the 25 greatest toys of all time, the latest toy trends and the best toy investments.

There is a growing interest in handbuilt replica cars. Exhaustively researched and packed with photographs, lists, price ranges and model sources. This is the World's only comprehensive compilation, with 500+ photos, of handbuilt and die-cast 1:43rd scale GM replicas.

This colorful book captures some of the most beautiful and rare scale models of American Ford, Edsel, Lincoln, and Mercury cars and light trucks from the classic 1930-69 period. During the last thirty years, a small number of builders have devoted themselves to making, by hand, model cars in scale. Often limited to only a few hundred pieces, these unusual and expensive models have flawless finishing and astounding detail. For the first time ever in one source, the author has assembled hundreds of high-resolution color photographs from his and others' private collections, and from the builders themselves. Read about the history of these Ford replicas, the cars they are modelled upon, and learn where you can get them. This book is a must read for people who enjoy scale models and Ford Motor Company cars.

This updated second edition now includes over 575 brands, as opposed to the only 170 brands presented in the first book. Once again this full-color guide will include popular contemporary brands such as Majorette, Tomica, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Siku, Maisto, Bburago, Johnny Lightnings, and many others featured together in detail, showing the different models and thousands of variations. This extraordinary book is arranged alphabetically by brand name with hundreds of color photographs, manufacturers, model numbers, descriptions, scales, colors, distinguishing marks, and current market values. It provides a helpful bibliography and guide to resources for finding more diecast toys on the secondary market. 1998 values.