RARE 1967 Matchbox Lesney Fred Bronner #30 Mobile Crane on Blister Card

Description: Matchbox #30 Mobile Crane Blister Card RARE, 1967 Here is a Super Rare Unopened on Original Blister Pack 1967 Matchbox #30 Mobile Crane. One of my favorite pieces in my Matchbox Collection. Condition: Card and blister are Excellent +. Card in Amazing Near Mint Condition. Right side blister has a small crack. But see images for minor flaws. * Will be stored and shipped in a hard plastic Protech protective case. Note: This a Far More Rare 1967 Issue, NOT the far more common 1968-69 Issues cars. And although this issue was continued after 1967, this is the Far More Rare 1967 issue! So this is a Matchbox you most likely have never seen before in the Original Blister Pack and not likely too see again. NOTE: This is an Original Blister Card, NOT a reproduction like has been appearing on eBay (very easy to tell the difference). For those of you seasoned and knowledgeable Matchbox collectors, you already know how Rare a find this is. But for those who don’t here is a brief history:On any given day you can find hundreds of vintage match boxes on eBay, mostly beat up examples. With the original boxes makes them more desirable. But what has been particularly Hot in Demand are the Unopened Blister Card pack matchboxes of which are quite Rare. Within the niche of blister packed Matchboxes , the most desirable are the Fred Bohner 59 and 65 cent packages including the original boxes, that were issued between 1964-1969. And this is where dating them gets confusing. Many collectors assume the 1964 copyright date on the bottom of the blister pack is the date that particular matchbox was released. But that would be Incorrect. The true issue date is identified by the year of the catalog on the back. Now after several years of collecting unopened Matchbox blister packs, I realized that about 95% that appear on the market are from 1968-69. The 1966-67 Unopened blistered Matchboxes are far more Rare. For example, recently I counted all current blistered Matchboxes are for sale on eBay, which was 15. Then I did a search for all Completed blister Matchboxes and over the past 3 months 53 were sold. So out of 68 blister card Matchboxes, ALL of them were from 1968-69. Not a single one was from 1966-67. *The only other early 66/67 Matchboxes I’ve seen are the "Yesteryear" Matchboxes that have an International Catalog on back, which for whatever reason are not very desirable by collectors. Maybe because as kids we never really saw these, compared to the regular series Matchboxes. I never knew "Yesteryear" existed until seeing them on eBay. My own opinion they are not as popular collectibles and never really caught on back when we were kids, is because ”Yesteryear” Matchbox Cars were NOT actual cars of the day. They were all car makes from 50-60 earlier when our Great-grandparents were young drivers. Whereas the popular regular Matchboxes were cars and trucks our parents were currently driving and that we saw driving down the road everyday. So it was a more Real and exciting experience to be playing with Miniature life-like cars of our childhood. The “Yesteryear” Matchboxes like the cars of 1904 were more appealing to our Great-grandparents. Another way to immediately differentiate them is the 1968-69 Matchboxes have a blister card price of 59 cents, whereas the 1966-67 matchboxes are prices at 65 cents. You'd think the older ones had the lower 59 cent, but the price went down after 1967. However, the Mega Rare 1964-65 Matchbox blister card packs had a 59 cent price. So the price started at 59 cents in 1964, then went to 65 cents in 1966-67, then went back down to 59 cents in 1968-69. This can make your head spin!Also, many of the original 1964 series models were discontinued and replaced in 1968. For example, the elusive Ambulance #14 discontinued in 1968 has been Nonexistent in a blister pack. I’ve searched for over 10 years and none of the seasoned blister pack collectors and sellers have ever seen one. Most collectors have never even seen a 1964-65 blaster card pack Matchbox with the 1964-65 Catalog on the back. And the number of 1964-65 issued models that have surfaced on the market is probably less than five times in the past 5-10 years.In addition, there are certain blister pack cards that are relatively common and worth less. Seasoned Collectors know exactly which Matchbox blaster card packs are common and appear for sale regularly. For example the Horse trailer a very common one will sell for less than $100 in the blister pack whereas an Ambulance will sell for over $500. The more Rare blister packs even more. I’ve seen the most rare and desirable sell for well over $1000.What also makes a huge difference in value and desirability is the Card's condition. Much like baseball cards, Collectors will pay much more for blister cards in Near Mint condition. Yes, the blister cards are worth Much more then the cars themselves. I suspect it’s just a matter of time before grading services like PSA add high grade Matchbox Blister Cards to their service offering, and auction houses jump on the Matchbox /Hot wheels Blister Card bandwagon. .

Price: 899 USD

Location: Saint Augustine, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-21T17:02:42.000Z

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