Antique Toys

Price guides for antique toys are a reakky useful thing to be carrying when your out shopping for that little treasure. There are many people out there who just want to make a buck who will greatly under price or overprice items to buy or sell respectively. Its not always their fault, as antiques are a hard thing to value, but it happens.

For a few bucks you can grab yourself a copy of an antique toys pricing guide, and further your understanding of them, making you surer to buy better. Also, this can help you work in the prcing of your precious childhood toys, and not leave it to a complete stranger. If you do your research, you could find yourself the proud owner of a rather expensive piece. A popular collection of antique toys is the wooden rocking horse, and these are widely available in online antique stores, and will go for an excess of a grand if they are in a decent condition. Some wear is inevitable, but the horse must work as it origionally did, and contain all the pieces.

Believe it or not, antique toys sought after by collectors typically include marbles. One onionskin marble on EBay is currently priced at $500 and steadily climbing. While marbles may be at the bottom of your antique toys list, they can sell for huge amounts of money.

Back in the 1970's, many young boys were after something called the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle. These extremely rare bikes, together with the matching Evel Knievel doll fetch in excess of $400 now, and back in the day the sold for only a few dollars.

You remember Mattel's plastic goop? It now retains bids up and over $100 nowadays, and if you have any, you will be making a large profit on it.

A set of two Whammo Frisbees in their original 1973 packaging are currently earning bids of $75. With more than three days left in the auction, these two Frisbees are going to make well over their original purchase price. Can you believe that?

Another favourite are antique barbies, which if still contained with a box or antique carrying case, will sell for literally hundreds.

If your after a great trip down memory lane, and dont mind letting a few things go to grab yourself a little profit, then selling antique toys may just be the smile on your face that you need :)