Make Money From Your Antique Toys

By Author: Gregory Hepburn
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When looking for antique toys, it can be extremely helpful to have a price guide in hand. Many unscrupulous 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 buy an antique toys pricing guide and have a positive understanding of how to find a bargain. If you happen to have collected some of your childhood toys and are prepared to sell them, there can be a great deal of money to be made. Do some research regarding antique toys and their prices and some of these toys may make you a significant amount of money!

A very popular collection of antique toys consists of a wooden rocking horse. Wooden rocking horses are widely available at retail antique stores and often cost well over $1,000 if they are in good condition. Some wear is expected, but the rocking horse must be in good condition and contain the original pieces.

Surprisingly, antique toys sought after by collectors usually 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 huge amounts of money.

In the 1970s, many little boys wanted 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 chest, pull it out and gain some money selling it to antique toys collectors.

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

A set of two Whammo Frisbees in their original 1973 packaging are presently earning bids of $75. With less than a few days left in the auction, these two Frisbees are going to make well over 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 avidly, but if you happen to have a doll that comes with the original packing or an antique carrying case, the Barbies can sell for lots of money.

Buying and selling antique toys can be a wonderful 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.