Over the past few years I've amassed tons of die-casts. It was great fun to do - they're just so plentiful and cheap at car boots - and many I spent hours touching-up with Sharpies and paint pens in my fave armchair, a really relaxing activity I first discovered with a Batmobile.
Alas, my cabinet is bursting with die-casts now, squashed on top of each other and my Hot Wheels and good Superfast stuff are waiting in the wings for shelf space.
I've decided to thin out the herd and heeding my old collector friend Casinelli's advice to "keep your best Woodsy" I've boxed up only those models which I can live without. Quite a few as it turns out.
I'll be sorry to see them all go but I'm looking forward to displaying my other stuff.
I'm sure there'll be a few you recognise. They include mostly Corgi, some Dinky, the odd Majorette, two Yatming, some SIKU and one Lone Star. Oh and a Blue Box.
Have you a lot of die casts? Have you had to thin out your collection?
That is a wonderful selection of cast-offs, and I am sure it will make another collector very happy.
ReplyDeleteIt is important for us collectors to periodically "thin the herd," lest we become hoarders. I have been down that road before, and its a dangerous one.
We can't save everything, nor should we.
I always thought that if I ever started collecting diecasts, I would want to buy up other collectors' discards, because that way the collection would be entirely unique. "One Man's Trash, Another Man's Treasure." I don't even mind the scuffed-up ones, as they show that they had been well-loved by another.
SFZ
That is a nice collection of models - I hope they all find new homes, where they will be treasured. I have a few of them myself.
ReplyDeleteActually, I will be heading out in a few hours to the last fair of the year for model and kit collectors. I will report back soon on the additions to my collection.