This is from the introduction I wrote for the K&C books (it was incorporated into Volume III, the second Volume to be published, as Kevin, who did all of the photography and editting, wrote the introduction to Volume I). I think this tells you my opinion on the subject of K&C Dealers:
"This introduction would be incomplete without an encomium to the many and uniformly terrific King & Country dealers around the world. From the remaining early dealers, like the Neville’s of King & Country, U.K., Tony Ciccarello of The Toy Soldier Gallery, Joan Smith of Kings X and the Brunton’s of Brunton’s Barracks and Matt Murphy of Hobby Bunker, to the more recent dealers like Gideon and John Rettich of Classic Toys, George Guererro, Pete and Shannon Reuss, Tim Tyler and Bill Sager, a more decent, honorable and easy to deal with group of folks would be hard to imagine."
I was pressed to give an overall favorite, despite the distance and the vagaries of exchange rates, I would have to say the Nevilles of King & Country, UK. When I got engaged, the first people to see my wife wearing her ring were Mike and Sue (I used her joy at getting the ring to lure my wife to a March London Show). The first visitors to my completed display area were Tony Neville and his lovely wife. Back in the late 1990's, when I was pursuing early wood K&C aircraft and vehicles, as well as early glossy figures and wood and papier mache buildings, the Nevilles always remembered, and called me from across the pond when they came across something I needed. They got me my first wood Stug IV (something I had been looking for for 3 years at the time), my Junkers JU52, my wood and papier mache RAF Quonset Hut, and countless other wonderful and extremely rare early K&C items. Every time the phone rang and I heard Mike or Sue's warm and friendly voices, I knew my wallet was going to take a hit, but my collection was going to grow. Like all of the other K&C dealers I listed above, the Nevilles are an absolute pleasure to deal with, but for me, they are the best.:smile2:
