What Else Do You Collect?

Those are two beautiful cars!

1968 Chrysler Newport convertible and a 1968 Imperial Crown convertible. Yes, I have the brochures on those. My Chrysler brochure collection goes back to the mid-1920's. It's my favorite marque.

Sorry but I don't think I have extras of the brochures but they're available on ebay. For 1968, Chrysler and Imperial offered large prestige brochures and a smaller version of the prestige catalog. In the showrooms the salesman would usually hand a potential customer the prestige brochure while the small versions were in the literature rack. Here's a listing of all the Imperial and Chrysler product brochures available for 1968:

cc = color catalog
cf = color folder
ncf = non-color folder
dlx = deluxe
pgs = pages
number x number = width by height in inches

81-XX-XXXX = brochure form number used by Ross Roy Communications, the company which produced brochures for Chrysler


_Imperial cc, 12"x12", 28pgs, 81-105A-8035
_Imperial cc, 9"x9", 28pgs, 81-105A-8036
_Imperial LeBaron Limo ncc, 11.5"x9", 8pgs, 81-105A-8037
_Imperial cf, "You don't just see Luxury", 7.5"x9", 6pgs, (mailer)
_Imperial cf, "The New Imperial Could Change your whole idea..", 7.5"x9", 6pgs, mailer
_Imperial cf, 8.5"x11", 4pgs + envelope, mailer

_Chrysler full line dlx cc, 11"x11", 44pgs, 81-005-8033
_Chrysler full line dlx cc, 11"x11", 44pgs, 81-005-8033 REV
_Chrysler full line cc, 9"x9", 44pgs, 81-005-8034
_Chrysler full line cc, 9"x9", 44pgs, 81-005-8034 REV
_Chrysler towing ncf, 11"x12", 6pgs, 81-005-8035

_"High Adventure ‘68..it's today's lightning pace" cc, 8.5"x6", 8pgs, mailer w/Plymouth
_"High Adventure ‘68 Sweepstakes.." cf, 6"x8.5", 6pgs, Dec 31, 1967, mailer
_Newport 2-Dr Hdtp color card, 7"x5", 2 sides, "Final Clearance-68s"
_"Success Sale" color card, 9"x7", 2 sides
_"Look What We've Got Going for You" cc, 8.5"x11", 8pgs, 81-515-8002, mailer
_"Success Sale" cc, 8.5"x10.5", 12pgs, June 29,1968, mailer (balloons on cover)
_"Big Spring Selling Season" Newport hdtp cf, 12"x6", 4pgs, dealer item
_leasing cc, 8.5"x11", 20pgs, emblems on cover
_Stageway Coach conversions cf, 4"x9", 10pgs, non-Mopar


As you can see I'm a huge brochure fan!

I collect coins, also ticket stubs from shows I've been to (they'll never really be worth anything but I adore my mom's "concert book"--front row for $5.45 to see Pink Floyd? Are you kidding me?--and so like the idea of having one of my own).

Related to ticket stubs, I collect signed albums; however, these must meet very specific criteria: I will take the album with me or purchase it at the show, and the autograph must be obtained at the stage door/meet and greet (in person, in other words). I will not send away for autographs or purchase them online, even though some of the autographs I'd really like (Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson, Elvis) can unfortunately only be obtained that way now. It makes the ones I do get more valuable to me. My one exception is an album from someone who is now famous (Ryan Star) who wasn't particularly famous at the time (I saw him when he was doing a college tour, trying to put food on his table); his first album, "Songs From The Eye of an Elephant," was released as a limited pressing through Rhino Records, and part of the print run was warped. I told him at the meet and greet that I was really upset there were no albums available for immediate purchase because I'd genuinely liked his music and was going to ask him to sign it, and his response was "I check all of the signup sheets to make sure I got everybody. Write down that you want it signed, and I'll get it to you." I'm extremely proud to own the original not-so-great, I-paid-a-friend-to-do-this-before-I-made-it-big-on-radio cover art with his signature on it.

It's a small collection, but I like it even though people have probably never heard of most of the artists; I go after the ones that are personally important to me. When Cher goes on tour again this September I'm going to try one last time to get a signed copy of not.com.mercial or Believe, and with that I think I could happily call the collection capped.

matchbox: yes it's a 68 Newport. BUT, it's a 67 Imperial. Oddly enough it's what was called a late 67 since it has automatic, climatic controls for the A/C system which was not available on the 67 originally. So I had to purchase a 67 and 68 Owner's Manuals.
Just turned 36,000 original miles on the Newport and 24,000 original miles on the Imperial. Thanks for all the info. I printed it all out for future usage.


And biggfredd: As noted the Imperial is the 67, the Newport is the 68.

Oldno, you should! You could make a killing LOL... The $10 range is common for a lot of common pieces. Fireking, is the manufacturer, "Restaurant Ware", "Jane Ray", "Charm", are the patterns amongst several other patterns. Restaurant Ware as a whole is very collectible and if you ever see that for less than 10 a piece... GRAB IT! ebay it.. you will make A LOT of profit! the other patterns I mentioned are much less collectable, with the exception of certain items, such as a "flat rim jane ray soup bowl", will never be seen for less than 250-

But again if you see restaurant ware at that price (I've never seen it at an auction for 10!) GRAB IT!

Matchbox that's so impressive! What's the rarest and most expensive automobile brochure?

i collect hotwheels,PEZ dispensers, wooden boxes and antique mirrors.

OK matchbox. Did you ever notice there are more than your books there? What is the name of YOUR book? Who is the author? Or anything else I could go by to buy it?

Odd too that there are no other Lead Making toy people out there. Guess all the China Lead stuff scares people from the usage of Lead. I possibly have close to 100 moulds to make things out of Lead with. It's fun just like coins. Sort of anyway.

I almost learned this the hard way. Luckily my wife stopped me in time.