Saturday, March 6, 2021
Cloudy with Sun,
Cloudy with Sun,
-8 C. ( 17.7 F)
Revisiting Mr. Mark L. Hartman
I don't know about you, the reader, but I find that the older I get (I'm 72), the faster the time goes by. On July 31, 2014, I had the pleasure to add a post about Mr. Mark L. Hartman. Below is the link to that original post on my blog:
Fast forward and here's how I am writing this post. Someone from an Historic society wrote to me asking if she could use some of Mark's excellent photos from that blog post. So, I wrote to Mark, reminded him who I was (after 7 years, it's a long time for a busy person to remember who I am), and asked for his permission for this woman to use his photos. Being such a kind and good-natured person, and a great businessman, he wrote back and gave me the permission.
I had to check the old post to gather the information to check Mark's e-mail address on ebay. I easily found it, and when I went to his "store", there were some very fine toys that I had not seen, just as when I had written to his 7 years ago.
You can click on the link below to redirect to Mark's
EXTREMELY RARE Early Marx Toys (New York, NY) Pressed Steel Ford Square Fender Cab "SEARS ALLSTATE HYDRAULIC DUMP GRAIN HAULER TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK" Circa 1962-63 piece - THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE MARX TOYS SEARS ALLSTATE GRAIN HAULER TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK IN STRONG ORIGINAL CONDITION - PIECE IS 100% ORIGINAL AND ALMOST COMPLETE (MISSING TRAILER REAR GRAIN DOOR) - MARX TOYS MADE THESE THIS SERIES OF TRUCKS FOR SEARS ROEBUCK CO. TO BE SOLD SOLELY THRU THEIR DEPARTMENT STORES - THIS IS A VERY HARD TO FIND VERSION OF THE SEARS ALLSTATE TRUCKS SERIES - ORIGINAL RED PAINTED CAB AND LITHOGRAPHY PAINTED TRAILER AND DECALS - HYDRAULIC PISTON DRIVEN DUMP ACTION WORKS BUT DOES GO UP VERY FAST - A VERY STRONG EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE SEARS ALLSTATE PIECE THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN - DON'T LET THIS BEAUTY SLIP THRU YOUR FINGERS - BUY THEM WHEN YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THIS ORIGINAL CONDITION!!! toys and This 27-5/8" long Pressed Steel piece dates from the early '60's.
I have to leave now, but I'll be adding another post about Mark's other toys that he has for sale currently. The above toy is from his personal collection, and as I am writing, there are currently 26 toy collectors bidding on this rare toy.
So that's it for today. It's nice to reconnect with an old person that I have had the pleasure to write about learn about toys.
Please take very careful care of yourself and your family!
Up here in Montreal, Quebec (Canada), I'm finally (after a year of waiting)
going to get my Covid-19 first vaccination. The medical people, people in their
80's and 90's, caregivers, hospital nurses and aides, and others have already got then vaccination.
I'll be much relieved when I get my vaccine on March 19!
I know that some of you may not believe in this pandemic, but it is
real, and too many people have been sickened and died from this horrific virus!
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