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Thomas Gstettenbauer: COLLECTOR

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Elastolin's Val and Sir Gawain
Thomas Figures 2A
Thomas Figures 2B
Original Art by Hal Foster
Beautiful Assorted Dioramas


Thomas Gstettenbauer

Thomas was born in 1964. He began collecting in 1973.

"First I collected comics, then records. The toys I got from my mother, who worked in a toystore during the 50's and 60's."

"In the 1980s, I realized that I wanted to have some of the toys that I played with as a child with. So my search began. I bought all Steiff or Tintoys I saw at the fleamarkets or auctions. Also I looked for Elastolin figures and all things from the German Überraschungsei.
Later, I have had one of the largest collections of this ferrero figures in Germany. Then I started collecting telephoncards. I continued collecting

them to the end of the 1980s, when the price was very low.
Just two years later, the price expoded, which made me very happy. I continue having a large collection to this day."