I. can remember as a child, when I had earned extra money, sometimes I would go to the Post office with my cousin, he collected coins, and stamps. We would try to buy all 4 corner stamps from the sheets they sold in those days. Michael explained to me that if we put our stamps in little display envelopes that he had, each stamp in the order they came from the sheet, once the USPS had sold all their stamps in that series, our stamps would gain in value. I've been thinking about that, and a number of circumstances have occurred that is of benefit to our members, who collect toys. I talked to Marc Sletten, Director of Promotion &amp; Publicity, Marc is doing a fantastic job with his committee, and is very knowledgable as to what is available to offer. I purchased a set of toy tractors as an investment, these will become much more valuable than 4 individual toys, because the serial numbers match. My set has serial numbers 401 and 402, in both the 2007 Oliver 77 Orchard tractor, and the 2008 Oliver Super 77 Diesel RC. Once these limited edition toys are sold out, they can only gain in value. Marc has agreed to make a very limited number of additional sets available to our members, these can be picked up at the Waterloo WGT, for a price of $320 per set, prepaid in advance, we knocked off the shipping charge, for those who wish to pick them up. If you can't be in Waterloo, you can still get these sets, but you will need to pay the regular price of $352 per set, as we don't make anything off shipping, it can't be discounted. We can do this because of the close proximity of the WGT to Charles City, and the fact that we will be offering both toys for sale at that time. If in the future you want to further increase the value of your collection, you should be able to reserve the same consecutive serial numbers in later series, just be sure to order them early! For more information contact Marc Sletten, E-mail <!-- e --><a href="mailto:sletten@kca.net">sletten@kca.net</a><!-- e -->
Take care!!!
Andy