bluetiger
antiquesville, NY
Male, 58
I have been buying and selling antiques (and some collectibles) for over 30 yrs. started out buying and selling to help pay for college. got a degree in business admin. and worked in managerial positions for 23 yrs. but, during this 23 yr. period I kept my sanity by continuing to sell antiques in my spare time. now that I am semi-retired, I still deal in antiques - it is in my blood. I am knowledgeable in auctioning, estate sales, online sales, direct sales, and appraisals.
I've only sold items to prop men twice in 30+ yrs. I have never been asked to loan an item to a set or stage. I asked several other dealers if they have ever been contacted to loan an item and all of them said that they have not. perhaps dealers on the west coast would have a very different answer to your question.
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tough question. people who bought large quantities of star wars items, back in the 70's and early 80's, and stored them away (without opening the packaging) are now making a very tidy profit. in my opinion, first edition character items are as good a bet as anything else for the long term - 20 to 30 years. I have never had a good, quality character item that I could not sell. as an example, I recently bought a large quantity of older smurfs at a yard sale. a couple of my dealer friends thought I was nuts - the Japanese collector that I sold them to paid me 500 times more than I purchased them for.
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depends on the item I am trying to sell. if there is someone locally that I think may be interested in what I have, I will give them a call or text. if it is an item with universal appeal, I will probably use an online auction site to sell it. if it is a fairly generic item (say an old stoneware mixing bowl) i'll probably place it in a booth at an antiques mall, or run it through an auction house with other common items.
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sorry about taking so long to get to this - busy time of the year. I believe that these were made in the 1970's or 80's. probably used as fire place boxes. not considered antiques in the true sense of the word. I'm pretty confident that value is probably well below $100.00.
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I sold one of these( mint in the box) a couple years ago for $55.00.
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sorry, I do not do appraisals online. however, there are numerous collectors who collect 8 track tapes and players. I have sold several players in the 20.00 to 75.00 range.
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I advise newcomers to the business to start out small. before opening a shop, it may be wise to set up in an antiques mall or co-op. I'm sure that there are some good ones in your area.
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