Recently, at the P. Rodney Cover Memorial Christmas Toy Show in St. Thomas, Pennsylvania, John Deere toy tractors were in high demand as excited adults and kids alike gathered to peruse the exhibitions of 17 vendors who were there to showcase their farm toys.

Well over 100 people gathered at the annual event to look at the various farm toys. The offerings differed, but most in attendance were interested in the antique farm toys and John Deere collectibles. According to the Chambersburg Public Opinion, some of the best sellers included miniature tractors, hay wagons and other toy farm machines, with some of the rarer models fetching hundreds of dollars.

Howard Ray Thomas, member of the Tri-State Farm Toys Collectors Club, voraciously collects the farm toys and affirms their appeal is partly "nostalgia, and part of it is staying abreast of the evolution of farm machines." One of the attendants at the show, Lee Ferry, said his collection of nearly 400 farm toys is kept safe in a special room upstairs in his house. Jokingly, Ferry asserted that he is "not allowed to bring them downstairs."

According to its organizers, this year's event was a resounding success,as both vendors and buyers mingled, exchanged stories and compared their farm toy collectibles.