Video: Canadian antique dealer buys large die cast and model kit collection

[Vietnam Vet67]

Die cast cars are at the beginning and kits are at the end of the video.

 

[Mark]

Hope he got those diecasts cheap, they'll be throwing them in the hole with him...

[Toner283]

Some people still haven't gotten the message that NASCAR stuff isn't worth anything anymore. They still think they're in the glory days in the 90s when stuff like that was worth $25-$30-$40 apiece. ( not meaning specifically this guy - I don't know him from Adam. I mean some people in general) I still see plenty of guys at toy shows with mid 90's NASCAR kits with $25 price tags on them and they don't understand why they can't sell them.

[mikemodeler]

1 hour ago, Toner283 said:

Some people still haven't gotten the message that NASCAR stuff isn't worth anything anymore. They still think they're in the glory days in the 90s when stuff like that was worth $25-$30-$40 apiece. ( not meaning specifically this guy - I don't know him from Adam. I mean some people in general) I still see plenty of guys at toy shows with mid 90's NASCAR kits with $25 price tags on them and they don't understand why they can't sell them.

I have seen NASCAR kits at model shows here in the middle of NASCAR country for $10 that don't sell! I enjoy watching NASCAR and even back in the day when it's popularity was extremely high, I could not bring myself to build a kit. 

And the same guys who can't sell a kit for $10 are trying to get the same amount for a diecast  and they drag them home too.

[THarrison351]

I put what was left of my unbuilt NASCAR kits on eBay for $1 plus shipping and still have about a dozen. 

[Mark]

Last year, a couple of guys in the local IPMS chapter bought a huge collection that included a lot of cars.  They offed all of the NASCAR kits for a buck apiece, to cut down on the amount of space needed to store everything during the sell-off period.  Most of them moved at one show.  I'd guess they counted the value of that stuff as near zero when appraising the collection for purchase.

There is a small handful of NASCAR kits that I was/am actually looking for, when they are in that range.  At that show last year, I picked up three cars including an early Eighties "box" Thunderbird.  I found another kit I was looking for at the Three Rivers show last fall, had to pay $3 for that one but it was sealed.  $3 is about the upper limit for me.  I did pick up a few AMT 1/25 scale cars and trucks for $1-2 apiece over the years also...the Fords have Cleveland engines, not perfect for Seventies Pro Stock but still a vast improvement over what AMT and MPC were putting in the annuals and Pro Stockers back then.

[iamsuperdan]

Interesting. I've never heard of this shop, but he's about 5 minutes from me. I think I'll head over at lunch today, see what he has.