Collector's Guide to Tootsietoys: Identification & Values

This expanded third edition on Tootsietoys surpasses all previous editions, showing examples of many toys never photographed or known to exist. Complete with many brand new chapters on wheel identification, Mexican 'tutsitoys,' private advertising semis, rare 1959 Chevrolet semis, and photographs of packaged toys and boxed sets, the book is a must have for any collector. It includes almost 850 color photographs of Tootsietoys made between 1910 and 1979. It's an impressive value guide to be enjoyed by hobbyists, collectors, antique dealers, and car buffs everywhere, dedicated to America's first diecast toys. 2004 values. A must for your Tootsietoy collection.

After returning home from serving for the U.S. Army in Germany in 1965, David Richter discovered one small Tootsie toy CJ3 army jeep in an old desk drawer. Realizing this was the sole survivor from his childhood, he wanted to gather more toys and stat a collection of America's first diecast toys. Thirty-nine years later at age 60, he still enjoys this popular hobby of collecting Tootsietoys.