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#316435 Mon Apr 02 2012 09:56 AM
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Just wondering if anyone thinks this is a record for handy oilers at auction, lets chime in guys,,,it sold for $1900 plus Buyers Prem and taxes total cost $2361.70 plus shipping.. It is full and at least a 9.5 for condition..

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that has to be a record price for a H.O.. cool


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Wow! And I thought some of my signs were too expensive!


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Wow and to put a sticker on the paint!


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I bought some stuff at the auction , those stickers come off real easy..not too worry,,, smile


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Wes, what was the last year Red Indian was in business before Texaco bought them out?
Thanks..Randy

bought this recently for 275. now I feel like I stole it..

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I think like 1939 ? not real sure,,, if thats a one pound tin they usually sell for like $250-$350 , if it's a five pound tin they are like $300-$400... there semms to be lots of those around but mint full handy oilers aren't.. the mint ones used to be $1000-$1500 now they have stepped up to $2000 , must be the new guys getting into the hobby..


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Originally Posted By: keithia
Wow and to put a sticker on the paint!


That's the first thing I noticed as well. If I were a serious contender for bidding....I'd want to see that sticker come off perfectly before raising my paddle.


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Texaco had been buying up stock of McColl-Frontenac probably since the late 1930s but the official end of the Red Indian brand was around 1947 when they introduced the change over to all Texaco brands. They were previously interconnected for quite a while. I know of one station in Edmonton that was Texas Oil Co., then Red Indian, and finally Texaco.

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Very nice HO. I've been wanting to find a nice one.

1941 Texaco takes over Red Indian by becoming the majority share holder. For the next 18 years Texaco slowly merged the two operations. Effective February 2, 1959 the name McColl-Frontenac Oil Company Limited is no longer and everything is changed to Texaco Canada Ltd.


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wow that might be the highest i have ever seen..i collect handy oilers and i know the indian ones are very rare and highly sought after..so it didn`t surprise me that it went high!!just think,how many have you seen of those ones??i`m sure a few collectors have them hidden away..i thought the green texaco ones went high,but this has top them all..txs for shareing WES!!!!



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just a side note to this old post . i saw a guy ask 3600 for a mint one on canadian pickers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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doesn't mean anything till someone steps up Dave,, lol,,,

Just another note, Texaco Canada sold out to Imperial Oil in Feb. 1989...

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Wow. I don't like the Red Indian graphics on the products so I have never been a buyer of them. At these prices I never will. Glad a like Shell.

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I like Red Indian, Just cant afford it. frown

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