![]() ![]() As with all Internet searches, if you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. When using these sites, use their advanced search feature. What is it worth?Ī: My two favorite sites to check book prices are and. Denslow’s “Night Before Christmas” by Clement C. Q: A couple of years ago, a great uncle gave me a trunk full of old books that belonged to his wife. Dave Gausepolh, 85, is the board member representing Pennsylvania. You also can try the Brewery Collectibles Club of America (747 Merus Court, Fenton, MO 63026). Box 64, Chapel Hill, NC 27514) and ask them to put you in contact with one or more of their members in Eastern Pennsylvania. Is there a local network where I can make this known?Ī.: Contact the East Coast Breweriana Association (P.O. We would be delighted to give the collection to an interested party. Q: We have a fairly large, over 100-piece, collection of beer cans that our son collected 15 to 20 years ago. American Plastic Equipment has since reissued many of the playsets under the Marx brand name of the Marx Toy Co.įor more information, visit the Marx Toy Museum online at and The Official Marx Toy Museum of Glen Dale, W. Intellectual rights were acquired in 1988. In 1982 American Plastic Equipment of Florida purchased some of the Marx toy and playset assets from the Chemical Bank of New York. Since then, individual assets have been sold to a variety of companies, e.g., Mattel owns the rights to Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots. buying many of the Marx patents and molds. The Marx assets were liquidated in 1980 with Mego Corp. Dunbee-Combex-Marx filed for bankruptcy in 1978. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, in this case your Roy Rogers Ranch set, what is your set’s realistic value? Assuming that it is complete, meaning no parts, paperwork, or packaging is missing, and it is in fine or better condition, its value is between $750 and $900.įollowing Louis Marx’s retirement in 1972, Quaker Oats purchased the company and then sold it in 1976 to Dunbee-Combex-Marx, an English company. The set included all the original parts and paperwork plus the period box. In the extremely good news department, I did find that a 1957 Roy Rogers Marx Western Town, Series 5000 playset sold in April 2004 on eBay for $2,350. The lithograph town units can be purchased for as little as $30, shipping included. Pieces were lost or damaged and discarded. Few Western town/playset units survived intact. ![]()
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