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Title: tOYS MANUFACTURED BY THE A.C. GILBERT CO.
Post by: WAZIRMALIKALS76 on April 15, 2003, 06:31:08 AM

I HAVE A TOY MANUFACTURED BY THE A.C. GILBERT CO. FROM NEW HAVEN, CONN. THE KELMET CORP. THE NAME OF THE TOY IS, "TRUMODEL TRADEMARK  #7 1/2" THE MANUAL HAS A COPYRIGHT OF 1928.

THIS IS AN ERECTOR SET. I LOVE TO LEARN THE VALUE OF THIS TOY AND POSSIBLE HOW TO CONTINUE TO STORE THIS ITEM OR SHOULD I RESTORE THIS ITEM?

THANK YOU,
PHILLIP JONES  11441 N IH 35 APT# 14201 AUSTIN, TX 78753.

Title: tOYS MANUFACTURED BY THE A.C. GILBERT CO.
Post by: dontbe on April 15, 2003, 01:04:52 PM

I did a search of finished auction on ebay... here are the results:
http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/se...rt&BasicSearch= (http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&query=gilbert+erector&cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&ht=1&from=R10&currdisp=2&itemtimedisp=0&st=2&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&BasicSearch=)

You will notice that that there were over 300 auctions returned! thats a lot of erector sets!

It would appear that a average 30s vintage Gilbert Erector set goes for approx $100 to $200 dollars, depending on the condition, model,  and completentess.
regards, Ed