"Philip Kives was a Canadian travelling salesman selling kitchenware, knives, brushes and frying pans,"he said.
"They had started with the products like the Brush-o-Matic and the Fishin' Magician which were very successful."
"A lot of what they were doing was now being done by major companies, so they weren't getting the same amount of repertoire."
"I was buying them from op shops back in the day for 50 cents and now you'll go into record shops, and see them going for $20,"he said.