Daryle Lambert: Gift that keeps on Giving

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Toys at Christmas can be for children or adults. For the children, the toys usually represent the things that they will experience in the future while for adults it conquers up visions of times past in their lives. Both of these can bring big rewards for the recipient. There are few things that are collectible that have performed better than toys when it comes to their increase in value over time.

During the Christmas season you will find that most dealers dig out their best toys to sell. Often this gives us a real opportunity to profit from their lack of knowledge of the rare versus the common. I have been able to purchase great antique toys for a small percentage of their true value even when the selling dealer thought that I was over paying for them at the time. I once bought a tin windup toy for $10 that had a value of $5000. It was a pre-war Japanese piece that I have never seen again. This is a great time to ferret out those truly rare and unusual toys that will bring huge prices at the toy auctions.

It is okay to buy the Tonka and Mattel toys and they may bring you fair returns on your money but the older tin and cast iron ones are where the real money is. How would you like to find a Buddy L Insurance Patrol truck with the original box? Well it sold for $37,000 at auction in 2001. You will just have to wonder what it would bring today. In that same auction, there was a Buddy L Dual Wheel Screen Truck for $22,000, Doored Express truck $30,000, Shell Tanker Truck $20,000 and a Flivver Huckster Truck that was hammered at $21,000. Items like these are still out there for you to find and few dealers will realize their true value.

You don't have to go back to the 30's or 40's to find these values. A Japanese tin 1961 Chrysler Imperial with box sold in 2002 for $22,000. We all know what Lionel Trains can bring and lead soldiers in the original box can make it a very merry Christmas for you when found. There are no limits to the toys that can put a big smile on your face but you must have done your homework so that when they appear you will recognize them. Dolls, games, construction sets and banks are just a few of the items that should be on your list as you travel to the different sales.



JUST REMEMBER THAT TOYS ARE FOR CHILDREN TO ENJOY BUT FOR THE BIG BOYS AND GIRLS TO
COVET.


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Daryle Lambert Blog: Spring has Sprung For Antiques and Collectibles Season

Hot Wheels Redline Custome Mustang sold for $810.99 USD recently on eBay.

Get your best fitting shoes out, because the season for Antiquing is about to begin. The number of events will start picking up which means the treasures we hunt will be harder for just the few to find.

Because the crowds will be spread out, you’ll find your chances at treasure will increase. This is a perfect time to go back to your book, 31 Steps to Your Millions in Antiques and Collectibles, for all those tips on preparing for these opportunities.

This season, I will be looking for the items on my “ What’s Hot List,” and members of 31 Club can find the 2008 list in the members only section of the website. I hope you’ve already looked at it and have taken the time to acquaint yourself with these items I’ve picked items I believe the general public might overlook, and your knowing their value will greatly enhance your bank account.

As spring rolls in, people will be bringing out the things they think will interest prospective buyers attending their sales. This is a great time to find that sports item not mark up to its right value. Old baseball gloves can bring thousands of dollars, and you could find one marked $10 because it looks so unusable. It might even be flat as a pancake, what if it’s a Wilson Roy Campanella catcher’s mit from the 50s. It could fetch as much as $7,500. Be sure to watch for signed balls and bats, too. I once sold a baseball for $1,000 and that was when a $1000 looked big to me.

As “spring cleaning” comes upon us, people often are in a rush to clean house, so much so that they sometimes “throw the baby out with the bath water.” Make sure you look in every box, leaving no rock unturned.

Don’t make the mistake of assuming that because the first piece in the box has very little value that nothing in the box has worth. Remember, I found a Saturday Evening Girls plate about seven plates down in a box. I bought for twenty-five cents and sold it for well over $300. The Grueby vase that I sold for over $13,000 was found in a garage, and a painting a friend found was in the basement among items that weren't worth $1.00, but he took it to auction and sold it for over $21,000.

What a great time to find those toys that kids have out grown. I am trying to patiently wait until one father I’ve been speaking with gives me the go ahead to buy his sons' cars and trains. Tin toys like Tonka and Structo are going up in value every year, so keep you eye out for them. Don't forget the Red line Hot Wheels cars. One sold not too long ago for over $18,000. Look to see these cars and the Match Box cars on Ebay’s completed listings to see the kind of prices some of these items go for.

Don’t forget about the more expensive items during these early months. If your account is up to $5,000 try to buy two or three higher end items you might be able to purchase with that money, while still meeting the goal of a profit of at least 100%. We don’t want to stay with the low end merchandise even though these purchases get us started on the journey toward our million dollars. The more quickly we begin to deal in the rare and more valuable, the sooner our goal will be reached. Your hibernation should be over and your energy levels high. I'll see you at the finish line.

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