Today on Fire Engine and Emergency Vehicle Friday we continue our series of Reader's Digest premiums. This was a nice little set of 1/64th scale die-cast fire engines released approx 1998 or 1999. I've identified seven different vehicles in the series but am not sure of how many more there may be. As I try to reach back into my less than perfect memory I think that around this time frame - 1998 or so - that toy fire engines hadn't yet reached a level of interest to warrant larger scale models. Oh sure, I mean fire trucks had always been popular, there's no doubt of that but this "highly detailed, limited edition" society we live in hadn't yet raised the status of the lowly fire truck to Noble Collectible. Now of course there are offerings from Matchbox, The Franklin Mint, the National Motor Museum Mint, etc. That's just my take on it, if anyone has more accurate recollections please let me know and we'll try give this field of collecting the attention it deserves. Today though we're just gonna take a nice little photo essay look at the Reader's Digest 1924 Buffalo. Enjoy!
My Mother has a collection of 8 fire trucks she got from Readers Digest in 1999. They are still in the original boxes. Would you happen to know what their value is? I realize they are probably only valuable to the person who wants them most, but I'm curious.
ReplyDeleteThanx for the question. As nice as these little fella's are they really don't generate a huge amount of interest and they are neither rare or unusual. With the original box I was getting them for as low as $1.99 and a fair average price is about $5-6. The best way to really check is to do an eBay search for 'Readers Digest Fire*' and see what's out there. You are right in saying they are only valuable to the person who really wants them and bidding wars are not unusual for even the most mundane of items.
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