[Closed] Investment grade models. Most will agree that manufacturers

Thanks Shel.

The part about donating strikes close to home for me. Every year I donate some of my collection to the Marine Corps Toys For Tots figuring a young boy today is no different than when I was a boy. We all liked playing with our cars and trucks.

Absolutely for sure!

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I certainly don't think Buzz took any advantage of me all the cars from him are worth every penny.

Some are works of art but all have returned far more in pleasure than they cost. I support his efforts and certainly don't think he is "Making a Killing" Dave please don't listen to this stuff from Jealous collectors of what you have attained. I too can't afford all but slowly and surely I am getting there, Thank You Dave.

My 2 cents.

A lot of good points have been made here. As far as investing goes, I still buy what I like, without a whole lot of regard for future value. Too much, in fact.

Me or my heirs will profit handsomely when my original store stock of Dinky and Corgi toys are sold someday. Like David Holcombe's example, these have outpaced inflation, most of them may be in the 100x category. But after those, any increases become fairly sparse. And I have a boatload of stuff that will be worth more than I paid "on a cold day in July".

But, if I were to make a prediction of which resin models will be worth at least a major % of what was paid for them, I'd look at Matrix. Generally only 400 or 408 of each are made. I've almost missed out on a couple, and have learned to pull the trigger early if I see one I want. If you go to the Matrix website, you'll see that many get marked "sold out at factory" no more than 2-3 months after announcement. This means once the dealers are out, they're gone.

My POINT EXACTLY! We are collecting model cars and enjoying being able to look at them finding new things we never noticed at the first or even the thirtieth viewing. What in your life has done that for you? Admit it, we are all just big kids. I have yet to sell out of any car or truck I bought Read I did sell two busses as they were only sold as full 2 per case cars(busses) thus the sale 1 to Jay Olins and the other to a collector in Walnut Creek, CA

That's certainly not the case with Lesney "Models of Yesteryear"