Auction Your Old Toys

By Author: Gregory Hepburn
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When shopping for antique playthings, it can be very useful to have a price guide in hand. Many unethical sellers are expecting to gain profit due to a buyer's lack of knowledge. Watching some of the antique programs can help educate you as a buyer.

For a few dollars, you can purchase an antique toys pricing guide and have a positive understanding of how to find a good deal. If you happen to have collected some of your childhood toys and are prepared to sell them, there can be some good money to be made. Do some research regarding antique toys and their going rates and some items may make you a significant amount of money!

An extremely popular collection of antique toys includes a wooden rocking horse. Wooden rocking horses are generally available at online antique stores and usually cost well over $1,000 if they are in good shape. Some wear is expected, but the rocking horse must work and contain the original pieces.

Surprisingly, antique toys sought after by collectors generally include marbles. One onionskin marble on EBay is currently quoted at $500 and slowly climbing. While marbles probably are ...
... at the bottom of your antique toys list, they can sell for large amounts of money.

In the 1970s, many little boys craved an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle. These uncommon bikes with the matching Evel Knievel doll sell for well over $400 now, and parents back then paid only a few dollars for them. If you have an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle in your old toy collection, pull it out and gain some money selling it to antique toys collectors.

Antique toys collectors are interested in even unusual items. A tube of Mattel's Plastic Goop is getting bids of well over $100. Can you envisage paying $100 for a small tube of plastic mix? If you are holding any old goop, you may earn far more than you paid.

A packet of two Whammo Frisbees in their original 1973 packaging are presently earning bids of $75. With not more than a few days left in the auction, these two Frisbees are going to make a lot more than their original purchase price. Even Frisbees are sought after antique toys.

Antique Barbies usually make a lot of money. These antique toys were usually played with enthusiastically, but if you happen to have a doll that comes with the box or an antique carrying case, the Barbies can sell for hundreds.

Buying and selling antique toys can be a great way to make a few dollars but it also will afford you a great trip down memory lane, all the way back to your childhood.