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a liquidation of LOVE

In October of 2020 I lost my dear son-in-law Jeff to a heart attack. Jeff had been an avid Hot Wheels collector for almost 20 years and had accumulated quite a large collection of Hot Wheels and other die-cast cars.

His collection consisted of thousands of cars in boxes stacked to the ceiling, filling almost half of his garage and included vintage Lesney, Matchbox, Muscle Machines and many other types of die-cast cars, some I couldn’t identify since they had no maker’s marks.

There was also all kinds of other Hot Wheels collectibles such as McDonald’s toys, collector posters, specialty commemorative sets, vintage stickers, collector car cases, a Hot Wheels watch, annual collector guidebooks, and even a couple of old packages of Hot Wheels candy!

My daughter works full time, and while trying to cope with the death of her husband, found the task of dealing with

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