Once at the Wheaton show my uncle and I were looking at a sellers brand new still in box post war horse car loader and my uncle picked up the box of horses and started to open it. I look over just in time to see the seller notice my uncle opening his precious box. The contortions his face was making made me wonder if somebody was pulling his toenails out with a pliers and every time my uncle moved that box his expressions got worse until he finally in a stammering voice yanked the box out of his hands and said J-J-J-J-JUST G-G-GIVIT TO ME". We laughed for a good half an hour and still get a great laugh everytime one of us brings it up. I wish I was video taping that.
Those small boxes can be extremely difficult to open without damaging the box. And there are some items that I think are just about impossible to get back in the box once its been removed (not the horses)
I think the seller had a lot of restraint to have let your uncle fidget with the box as much as he did. (Not that he should be rude about it).
