best vintage kids toys image
touchingen
I have quite a few vintage board games that I'm selling on a thrift sale. I searched on ebay and noticed they were getting expensive - why is this?
Answer
There are two main factors that drive pricing in the collectibles market. The primary one is availability. Games, particular older games, were considered "child's play" and so when your kid grew up, the games were thrown out, yard saled, etc. Supply diminishes. Games take a lot of abuse from young kids, and so games with any kind of potentially breakable components, most likely had broken components. A broken toy tends to end up in the bin, and supply decreases even more. So, now you've got a market where certain items are in very limited supply.
The second driving factor in all collectibles, and particularly the board game market, is memory. A game that you played as a child, summers at the beach house, etc. So, for the majority of nostalgia collectors, games which were readily available growing up are the target for collection.
Mainstream board games finally started to grow beyond the standards (Monopoly, Life, Risk, etc) in the mid-70's. All those kids who grew up in an era where there was a much wider variety of board games available are now hitting their late 30's, early 40's. They have money to spend, and often kids of their own that they want to share those positive gaming memories with. Decreased supply + increased demand = increased value.
There are two main factors that drive pricing in the collectibles market. The primary one is availability. Games, particular older games, were considered "child's play" and so when your kid grew up, the games were thrown out, yard saled, etc. Supply diminishes. Games take a lot of abuse from young kids, and so games with any kind of potentially breakable components, most likely had broken components. A broken toy tends to end up in the bin, and supply decreases even more. So, now you've got a market where certain items are in very limited supply.
The second driving factor in all collectibles, and particularly the board game market, is memory. A game that you played as a child, summers at the beach house, etc. So, for the majority of nostalgia collectors, games which were readily available growing up are the target for collection.
Mainstream board games finally started to grow beyond the standards (Monopoly, Life, Risk, etc) in the mid-70's. All those kids who grew up in an era where there was a much wider variety of board games available are now hitting their late 30's, early 40's. They have money to spend, and often kids of their own that they want to share those positive gaming memories with. Decreased supply + increased demand = increased value.
When was the first series of charly brown dolls made, and when were they released?
Q. Simply put, i have a Charley Brown doll i want to sell and i got it when i was a little kid, however i can not remember exactly when i got this doll and i need to have some sort of proof that this doll is as old as i say it is.
I believe this doll to be the prototype for the entire Charley Brown doll line(or one of them) but i still have no tangible evidence.
if someone could give me some information on this i would be very great full.
I believe this doll to be the prototype for the entire Charley Brown doll line(or one of them) but i still have no tangible evidence.
if someone could give me some information on this i would be very great full.
Answer
Well Im sure there were several different Charlie Brown series and unless you can describe them or post a pic, I'm not sure if I can find the one you have but this one here is a 1966 UFS Charlie Brown Pocket Doll. If it isn't the one you have please post the size and Toy company.
http://www.antiqnet.com/detail,1966-ufs-charlie,440061.html
there is a supposed 1950 one here on ebay too
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1950-CHARLIE-BROWN-TOY-FIGURE-NICE_W0QQitemZ230114757023QQihZ013QQcategoryZ19235QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The more information you can get me the better I can help...good luck :o)
Well Im sure there were several different Charlie Brown series and unless you can describe them or post a pic, I'm not sure if I can find the one you have but this one here is a 1966 UFS Charlie Brown Pocket Doll. If it isn't the one you have please post the size and Toy company.
http://www.antiqnet.com/detail,1966-ufs-charlie,440061.html
there is a supposed 1950 one here on ebay too
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1950-CHARLIE-BROWN-TOY-FIGURE-NICE_W0QQitemZ230114757023QQihZ013QQcategoryZ19235QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The more information you can get me the better I can help...good luck :o)
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
No comments:
Post a Comment