Great Day of Estate Selling Again!!!

[toys2cool]

Here is the Dinky that will bring $200 - $300:

1950's DINKY MECCANO JAGUAR XK120 COUPE #157 TOY CAR - (eBay item 260162818416 end time Sep-28-07 17:30:00 PDT)

sweet!! it looks very nice and minty they all do,I really like the race car

[batmanmc]

it looks really nice. good luck with the auction

[theantiquetiger]

I'm sure he doesn't wanna share all of his secrets

Toy2,

With that $2450 you made off the Mr Spock, take $500 and put it to the side for treasure hunting. You already have a nice bankroll to treasure hunt with. Don't buy anything over $10 UNLESS you know the value on it and know you will make a good return on it. Buy a bunch of smalls for $2 or $3 and list them. If they sell for $20 each and you have 10 items, thats a $170 - $180 profit before ebay and paypal fees. Thats how I started. Take that good looking lady with you, I am sure she knows designer names. Buy all you can find for under $10, you will easily triple your money on every piece. With all those artsy-fartsy people down in Miami Beach and the art deco section, you should find some great stuff.

If you buy something and find out it is not too valuable, still study up on related items. Just use completed items on ebay to study on. Search highest value first.

[starsky]

whenever i see estate sales, immediately furniture comes to my mind. do you always find toys at these sales or is it hit and miss? what's the best place to find these estate sales and how often do you go to them?

darren

[theantiquetiger]

whenever i see estate sales, immediately furniture comes to my mind. do you always find toys at these sales or is it hit and miss? what's the best place to find these estate sales and how often do you go to them?

darren

I find toys at about 50% of them. When you think furniture when you see "Estate Sale", thats the beauty of it, they worry about the furniture and fine china, and pay not mind to the toys, marking them really cheap usually.

As for finding an estate sale, there is a section in our paper just before garage sales for them. I go to almost every sale if I am off.

I rarely go garage selling anymore, pretty much a waste of time. It takes 200 garage sales to find one good find, when an estate sale is almost everytime.

[Sowth]

Here is the Dinky that will bring $200 - $300:

1950's DINKY MECCANO JAGUAR XK120 COUPE #157 TOY CAR - (eBay item 260162818416 end time Sep-28-07 17:30:00 PDT)

Hey Tiger,

Thanks for sharing your methods and tips, it makes great reading.

Those Dinkys are nice, but I think you'll be lucky to get more than $100 - $150 for the Jag. You might a similar amount for the lemon TR2 though so it should even out nicely. Diecast collectors are an extremely picky bunch as I'm sure you know!

Keep the stories rolling in :-)

CHeers,
Will

[batmanmc]

great tips . thanks again tiger

[toys2cool]

Toy2,

With that $2450 you made off the Mr Spock, take $500 and put it to the side for treasure hunting. You already have a nice bankroll to treasure hunt with. Don't buy anything over $10 UNLESS you know the value on it and know you will make a good return on it. Buy a bunch of smalls for $2 or $3 and list them. If they sell for $20 each and you have 10 items, thats a $170 - $180 profit before ebay and paypal fees. Thats how I started. Take that good looking lady with you, I am sure she knows designer names. Buy all you can find for under $10, you will easily triple your money on every piece. With all those artsy-fartsy people down in Miami Beach and the art deco section, you should find some great stuff.

If you buy something and find out it is not too valuable, still study up on related items. Just use completed items on ebay to study on. Search highest value first.

thanx for the tips man,unfortunately that's all I had kept from the figure after I sold it,my mom needed the rest.But yeah I find stuff like that at thrift shops all the time

[theantiquetiger]

Here is the Ny-Lint Missile Carrier that I picked up yesterday at the sale. I have no clue of the value, there are two on Ebay, both in poor condition, and they want $150 - $200. This one is as mint as they come:

[theantiquetiger]

And here is the Tonka Sportsman from the 50's:

[toys2cool]

very nice!! That missile carrier looks awesome

[starsky]

man those are awesome pickups! i'm gonna try and hit a couple estate sales today and see if i can get as lucky as you!

darren

[joshvox]

Any pics of the rubber cleveland indians mascots tiger? I'd like to see those

[theantiquetiger]

Any pics of the rubber cleveland indians mascots tiger? I'd like to see those

Funny you should ask that, I was just pre-listing them and putting on photobucket to show here.

There are a few on ebay, ranging from $50 to $200 each, I am not expecting too much from these:

[joshvox]

cool--thanks! I've never seen the dodgers one before. They almost look like those squeaky dog toys.