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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal Andres, post: 4233860, member: 20537&quot;][ATTACH=full]336629[/ATTACH]Finding hidden treasures seems to be the sport of what we do. To me, uncovering old catalogs and sales materials is like finding a treasure map. The more you learn, the more you understand what might still be out there worth discovering. I found the car pictured below in a reference book about the pedal car hobby when I first got into it. I patiently waited 10 years to acquire the car from the collector&#039;s widow. (I have two widow purchases in my collection). But while I was patiently waiting I acquired manufacturer&#039;s catalogs, wholesale catalogs, Christmas catalogs, etc. I also started combining ebay for photos of children playing in this particular model of pedal car. By the time I owned the car, I knew where the only other 10 known original condition examples were. I also knew more about the car than any of my peers. I knew the manufacturing changes that were made each year from 1923 to 1928 and became hell bent on finding an original example of each one. I would suggest that from my experience, collecting PAPER can be as fun and rewarding as adding additional artifacts to your current collections. Below is a catalog page from the 1925 American National catalog, a contest brochure from the same company offering children an opportunity to with the car for free and a handful of photographs of children enjoying the Paige back in the day. The first four photos are of two separate cars from 1924 while the last two are from 1928. I&#039;ve posted more pics of my car on my pedal car thread. [ATTACH=full]336630[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]336631[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]336632[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]336633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]336634[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]336635[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]336636[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]336637[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]336638[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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