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Found A Book; What's It Worth ?

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Buzzman72

08-08-2006 17:32:46




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While going through a few things at what used to be Dad and Grand-dad's old Farmall garage/dealership, I found an IH product line catalog...a loose-leaf binder. It was broken down into sections on tractors, potato handling equipment, mowers, cotton pickers...pretty much the whole IH line. From the dates on some of the pages, some of the older ones are marked December, 1946...while the tractor line pages are dated January, 1959.

Since there are no pages on the H, M, 300-450 tractors [the ones in the catalog are the Cub, 140, 240, 340, 460, 560, and 660], I'd guess that Dad kept the catalog updated thru at least 1959, and removed the pages that IH told them to remove when the new products replaces some old products, or when some old products were discontinued and not replaced.

The binder and contents are about 3" thick. A couple of the index tabs are missing, and Dad had replaced the missing ones with handwritten pages on colored paper.

So I'm calling this a full-line catalog from early 1959. While I'm not exactly looking to sell, I just wonder if any of you know an approximate value. One of Dad and Grand-dad's old advertising thermometers, about 4"x10", minus any manufacturers' logos but mentioning "International Trucks and Tractors," Husdon Automobiles and Service," and "Goodrich Tires and Batteries", sold at an estate auction Saturday for $200. [I WASN'T the winning bidder.]

So...does this have any value to anyone besides me? The faded red binder is lettered "INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER GENERAL LINE CATALOG," followed by the IH logo, then the words "Farm Operations Equipment." The lettering looks like it may have been gold. Any ideas?

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Beckort

08-10-2006 06:48:59




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 Re: Found A Book; What's It Worth ? in reply to Buzzman72, 08-08-2006 17:32:46  
Dear Buzzman,
Did that thermometer come from the N.T. Knight IH Dealership, I'll just bet it did!!! If you decide to sell the product line catalog I would be interested.



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Buzzman72

08-10-2006 07:24:48




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 Re: Found A Book; What's It Worth ? in reply to Beckort, 08-10-2006 06:48:59  
Yup, that was the one. While I would've liked to have seen it a little closer to my price range, I'll say the auctioneers did their job well...as usual.

For now, I'm gonna hang onto the book...I was mostly trying to get some sort of idea whether I needed to add a rider to my homeowners' insurance or not. I still have Newt's old 4'x3-1/2' porcelain IH sign hanging in my garage...better than having it stolen off the old building, I guess.

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Brian Beckort

08-11-2006 07:24:55




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 Re: Found A Book; What's It Worth ? in reply to Buzzman72, 08-10-2006 07:24:48  
Just remember if you ever change your mind about the IH sign, dad and I would be very interested. We would like to keep it in Harrison County.
Brian (812)738-9476



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sammy the RED

08-08-2006 20:08:03




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 Re: Found A Book; What's It Worth ? in reply to Buzzman72, 08-08-2006 17:32:46  
I have one of those thermometers hanging on my wall.
I got it from my Grandfather back in the '60's.
It has a Farmall M at the top and the IH logo at the bottom.
Also has the name and phone number(Only four digits) of the dealer in Bangor, Michigan.



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Rauville

08-08-2006 19:45:58




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 Re: Found A Book; What's It Worth ? in reply to Buzzman72, 08-08-2006 17:32:46  
Most any IHC collector would probably pay at least $100. Some would pay more. You never know until you give it a try.
I sold a IHC friction drive tractor catalog on Ebay a few years ago for around $700.



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lee

08-08-2006 19:32:28




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 Re: Found A Book; What's It Worth ? in reply to Buzzman72, 08-08-2006 17:32:46  
Don't know what it is worth. I've sold similar automotive stuff on e-bay. Just put a reserve that you won't loose sleep over it.



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