I don't think dad paid more than that that for the real thing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1950s-OLIVER-TRACTOR-77-CORN-PICKER-14-W-ORG-BOX-NMINT_W0QQitemZ250386444382QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDiecast_Vehicles?hash=item250386444382&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1309%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

We wore two of them out.  Our record corn crop in 71 destroyed the last one.

Ed