Vintage Britains Color Parties (1 Viewer)

[Dickbuttons]

Britains produced post war various Color Party sets including:

 

[Dickbuttons]

Forgot to mention -- the top color party --the Scots Guards is set no. 2084, and the bottom one is the Color Party of Black Watch, set no. 2111.

 

[glossman]

Britains produced post war various Color Party sets including:


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Hi Dickbuttons,

I have been admiring the images of the color party sets of the Scots Guard and the Black Watch. These are very valuable boxed vintage sets.

May I ask what kind material is being employed to secure the figures in the boxes ie: ? rubber bands, ?string.

Best Regards, Raymond.

 

[Dickbuttons]

Hi Dickbuttons,

I have been admiring the images of the color party sets of the Scots Guard and the Black Watch. These are very valuable boxed vintage sets.

May I ask what kind material is being employed to secure the figures in the boxes ie: ? rubber bands, ?string.

Best Regards, Raymond.

The figures are tied into the boxes by means of black thread/string -- which Britains used back in the 1950s/1960s when the sets were made. The thread is wrapped around various parts of the figures and pulled through small punch holes in the tie card (insert) which is then stapled to the box bottom.

 

[aujj65]

The figures are tied into the boxes by means of black thread/string -- which Britains used back in the 1950s/1960s when the sets were made. The thread is wrapped around various parts of the figures and pulled through small punch holes in the tie card (insert) which is then stapled to the box bottom.

Hello Dick,

Have you been praying for rain again, cos it's turned to snow over here!

Regards

Jeff

 

[Dickbuttons]

Hello Dick,

Have you been praying for rain again, cos it's turned to snow over here!

Regards

Jeff

In upstate New York, we have had snow & cold, snow & cold every day for the last month. For a change, however, we do get cold & snow, cold & snow. We pray it gets warm enough for the precipatation to be rain.

 

[glossman]

The figures are tied into the boxes by means of black thread/string -- which Britains used back in the 1950s/1960s when the sets were made. The thread is wrapped around various parts of the figures and pulled through small punch holes in the tie card (insert) which is then stapled to the box bottom.

Hi Dick,

Many thanks for your reply.

Just don't have any sets that go that far back.

Must be a little tedious to remove the figures for display.

Hope you have better weather coming your way.

Best Regards, Raymond.

 

[Dickbuttons]

Hi Dick,

Many thanks for your reply.

Just don't have any sets that go that far back.

Must be a little tedious to remove the figures for display.

Hope you have better weather coming your way.

Best Regards, Raymond.

Unfortuantely, I never remove them for display -- I display them in the box -- especially if they are still originally tied in. You can lose quite about of value by cutting the strings and removing the figures if theya re originally tied in.

 

[glossman]

Unfortuantely, I never remove them for display -- I display them in the box -- especially if they are still originally tied in. You can lose quite about of value by cutting the strings and removing the figures if theya re originally tied in.

Hello Dick,

You have managed to see where I was going with this.

I was wondering if you kept the figures tied in the box or removed them for display.

My understanding is that once the "strings are cut", there is an instant depreciation in value.

Thanks and Rgds, Raymond.