I remember in the 80s these were always getting thrown out onto the kerb and many homes had one, two or four under the house!! But to hear of one thrown out now, instead of having a reserve of $900 on EBay, is rather extraordinary, especially with that sidecar style catcher, which I never saw at all in the old days. That is a score x 100!
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!