Buddy L Museum ~ World's Largest Buyer of Antique Toy Trucks ~ Free Appraisals
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If any one company could be fairly called representative of the American toy industry, it would be Buddy L. If any company can make the
claim its toys have been the very best for so very long, it would be the Buddy L company. If just one name could come to generally mean all
those great toy trucks made throughout the decades, that name would be Buddy L. It is the only old toy truck company known, and known
well, outside the community of old toy truck collectors. Ask any dealer at any train show, flea market, eBay, antique store, or any country
auctioneer, who made it. The invariably answer is Buddy L. Contact the Buddy L Museum with your old yellow Buddy L Ice Truck for sale
Folks have been collecting prewar Buddy L since the 1950's. All sorts of writers have issued material on this subject since the 1960's, if not
earlier. Train collectors have been buying Buddy L for decades probably due to the heavy coverage given this toy company in many of the
old trains collector publications. Long before the big toy boom of the mid 1980's, Buddy L's pressed steel trucks from before World War ll
were as hot a commodity in the general antique trade as any piece of Rookwod, Weller, Hesiey, 19th century furniture, a fine old music box
or the like. Buddy L was invited to the party long before its lesser known cousins. It is an old subject, yes. Antique Buddy L steam shovel
Old...but far from dead. Buddy L made so many pressed steel toy trucks for so long you can always count on seeing a good number of nice
examples at any major toy or car show. Younger generations are "discovering" the magnificence of old pressed steel in general and Buddy L
in particular. It is a new subject to them and one that no longer looks so cost prohibitive when compared to the huge increase in postwar toy
truck values in the last twenty years. Buddy L Flivver trucks wanted for immediate purchase along with all large vintage Keystone toy trucks
As is our practice with our other collector's guides, we have organized this material chronologically by the truck cab type Antique Buddy L
trucks were representations of International trucks We have identified each of the old international cab types and presented the various toy
models found within each cab group. After quickly showing you the small group of Model T Fords, we move on to the meat of the Buddy
L's production: the 1920's "S" series trucks and derivatives; the Junior Line; the 1930's "A", "C", and "D" series trucks; and the particularly
impressive construction toys We cover every pressed steel toy vehicle Buddy L made before World War ll including the buses, the planes,
tug boat and trains Buddy L Museum helping collectors sell rare Buddy L trucks and Buddy L toys since 1968 Buddy L fire truck wanted
Each item is given a reference number, the Buddy L catalog name, the catalog number, a description and an estimate of value Values are for
items in excellent, original condition..a 9 on a scale of 10. Most antique Buddy L trucks you encounter are not in excellent, original condition
Trucks in lesser condition are worth substantially less These values are our estimates, no more or no less. Use them as a tool, one of several
tools, to assist you Ultimately, the judgment as to value is between you and the other person Charter Published By Neil McElwee Pttsburgh,
Pennsylvania July 1996 Paying up to three thousand dollars for your Buddy L flivver or 1920's Buddy L dump truck regardless of condition
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Old prewar Sturditoy Coal Truck with working chute needed along with original Sturditoy Oil Truck with spigot Do you have a 1932 Sturditoy Dump Truck
or 1920's Sturditoy Dairy Tractor trailer truck for sale? Presently seeking any 1928 Sturditoy wrecker with operating boom as well as all Sturditoy toy trucks
with original paint 1927 Sturditoy chemical fire truck link. 1926 Sturditoy fire truck wanted any condition. 1929 Sturditoy coal truck painted in various colors
can be found within the Buddy L Museum photo galleries. We are the America's leading experts on Sturditoy catalogs, Sturditoy trucks and all Sturditoy toys
If you need assistance determining the value of your favorite Sturditoy Fire truck or other Sturditoy truck email four photographs of each toy you'd like
appraised. Your Sturditoy toys are important to us contact the Buddy L Museum help line through our web user form with all Buddy L related questions
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