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 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
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 toys
Trucks were representations of International truck 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, Buddy LAs is our practice with our other collector's guides, we 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. Vintage Buddy L dump truck with rubber tires and spoke wheel needed
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 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
Buddy L ice truck for sale? If you have a set of authentic Buddy L trains or prewar Buddy l dump truck for sale contact us Interested in purchasing any vintage Buddy L steam shovel or black Buddy L flivver truck or car. Absolute highest prices paid for antique Buddy l trucks in good or better condition Your red Buddy L Fire Truck or 1920's Sturditoy Truck could be worth a small fortune contact us for more details. We've been helping Buddy L collectors buy and sell 1920's - 1930's Keystone toy trucks and Buddy L toys for almost half a century. Buddy L Oil truck for sale? Contact the Buddy L Museum today for a free appraisal
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