Vintage Auto World catalogs

[Claes Ericsson]

These are the two oldest I have; were there any issued previous to these and what did they look like?

/Claes

[afx]

Haven't seen any that old, what year(s) are they?

[Claes Ericsson]

Ca '59-60. From memory, the left has the '60 annuals (kits, frictions)  listed and the AMT 27T Roadster as "coming", the right one has the '61 Jo-han frictions listed as well as the '60 kits and the AMT 25T listed as "new".

[Mark]

The first one was 1959.  I've seen a grand total of three of them, including one I have now and another I sold a couple of years ago.  If you're looking to build a complete set, there was no 13th edition.

[Deathgoblin]

Used to have a few from the early 80's.  Always wanted to order something from them.

[afx]

They were a young boy's wish books! At least they were for me.

[Claes Ericsson]

3 hours ago, Mark said:

The first one was 1959.  I've seen a grand total of three of them, including one I have now and another I sold a couple of years ago.  If you're looking to build a complete set, there was no 13th edition.

Mark, do you have a pic of that catalog?

[unclescott58]

Below are all the Auto World catalogs I have so far. The early era Oscar catalogs are much more interesting than the later Oscar ones, or the new Round 2 era ones. Though I do appreciate Round 2 doing the catalogs they've done. 

 

[Mark]

12 hours ago, Claes Ericsson said:

These are the two oldest I have; were there any issued previous to these and what did they look like?

/Claes

Those two aren't numbered, but seem to be variations on one edition.  I've got one with that style cover, but have five different un-numbered catalogs prior to the first numbered one, #6.

Here's the first one...

 

[Claes Ericsson]

On 2019-02-23 at 12:15 AM, Mark said:

Those two aren't numbered, but seem to be variations on one edition.  I've got one with that style cover, but have five different un-numbered catalogs prior to the first numbered one, #6.

Here's the first one...

 

Thanks, Mark!