Posted by BarnyardEngineering on March 30, 2018 at 12:16:35 from (173.186.244.245):
In Reply to: Farm toys posted by X-Y switch on March 29, 2018 at 20:30:52:
IMHO it is a good time to get into it. The older fellows that collected these toys are starting to pass on and the interest is not there in the younger generations. Prices are dropping.
Back in 2015 I bought a Franklin Mint Oliver Super 99 at a show for what I thought was a steal at $100. Ebay is usually a good indicator of what the actual market value of these things are, and there were plenty selling for north of $100 at the time. Now, you're doing well if someone will buy it now for $65.
Generally speaking that seems to be the same across the board for the premium toys like this. The vendors at the shows will try to sell them at what they used to sell for, but you'll notice that they have the same stock show after show after show. Nothing moves because nobody wants them and they're overpriced.
Same deal going on with cattle on Craigslist. Lots trying to ask prices from a year ago when things were good, hoping someone is dumb enough to pay too much.
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