What favorite items have you sold for surprisingly high $$? he said ^ he said
Baseball card Most baseball card values have not recovered from the early 1990s card bubble and the baseball strike of 1994. But last year we sold a 1952 Topps Andy Pafko for $340. While Andy was a good player, his card is mainly valuable because it was the first card in the 1952 series. Boys would rubberband their sets together, and
Hot Wheels One of the more notable items that stands out is a Hot Wheels car. Its memorability comes from the fact that we sell Hot Wheels all the time—usually for a quarter each. This particular car was a 1969 pink Twin Mill Redline. Due to 1969 being the second year of Hot Wheels production and the fact that the car looked completely new, we were able to sell it for $125.
not many ’52 Pafkos escaped unscathed.
Nativity sets Another group of items you will see in almost every estate sale is holiday decorations and décor. As a general rule, holiday pieces don’t bring high values (at least 10 months out of the year). The excep- tions are ANRI nativity sets. Hand carved in Italy from maple or linden wood, we have sold these beautiful sets for more than $1,200. BB gun We often sell BB guns at our sales in the $20 to $75 price range, de- pending on condition. While working in a detached garage in Brook- side we came across a 1928 Remington Model 26 pump action BB gun. Due to the Great Depression taking the bottom out of expensive toys, only 20,000 of these guns were made. We sold this gun on the opening morning of our sale for $650.
Candelabras This past year we ran across a pair of Henry Picard candelabras in a small Leawood estate. They were ornate and beautiful but the mark was fairly worn and took a bit of effort to decipher. After finally discov- ering what the mark read we were able to assign a price. The pair sold the first day of the sale for $2,750. Desks In a recent sale we had a large, dated, not-overly appealing office desk. Due to shifts in technology size, the desire for these ultra bulky desks has dropped considerably. Usually we price them well under $100. That was the direction this desk was headed until we poked underneath and found a very small sticker that read “Knoll.” Because of that sticker the desk sold for $1,100.
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