WHAT INFORMATION DO PRICE GUIDES PROVIDE?
Price guides determine values by polling toy dealers across the country. The best they can do in any single case, however, is to tell you whether a replica is selling at a significantly higher or lower level than other comparable items. They are very useful as a source of information about companies that produce diecast and what is available. Collector’s Guide to Diecast Toys & Scale Models, Second Edition by Dana Johnson from Collectors Books. Covers diecast replicas of cars, trucks, planes, trains, and other precision scale models produced in the last century. This exhaustive guide studies over 580 brands and manufacturers of these toys, from pot metal dime store toys to state-of-the-art precision models. 260 pages, over 600 color photos. To order visit Dana’s site at www.toynutz.com/books.html The Die Cast Price Guide: Post War : 1946 to Present by Douglas R. Kelly ISBN: 0-930625-27-7 $24.95. A resource for collectors of post-war die cast vehicular toys and models, from Hot Wheels a
