Posted on 07/05/2019 4:10:22 PM PDT by Hulka
A close friend of mine passed and left a large collection of 1/24 scale model cars and trucks. His surviving wife has no need for this collection and is interested in disposing of this collection.
There are about 400 models in the collection, with most within their original box. The models are pristine condition and displayed artfully in this home. His wife would like to dispose of the collection as one unit. Further information (excel spreadsheet and photos of the vehicles) to be provided upon serious inquiry.
My friend played a key role in saving a FReepers daughter by supporting my efforts. https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1298992/posts
If you are interested in further information regarding procuring this collection, please let me know.
Antiques Roadshow???
Around 1960, the local Ford dealer always had beautiful little scale models of all their models. I assumed they were supplied by Ford.
I would guess they were around 10 inches long. Not sure what the scale was.
My dad and at least one friend of his have similar collections.
The friend died a few years ago. No idea what happened to the collection.
I am looking at getting rid of stuff myself.
Recommend finding an eBay powerseller in your town and commission that person to auction off the collection. If that’s an option. They may suggest selling off the model in individual units or small, thematic sets. If it’s sold as one big lot, I doubt it will bring what is hoped.
Contact Fox Business Network. They have a program every Sunday called “Strange Inheritances”. This sounds like a perfect fit.
There are always Internet message boards and forums for every interest and hobby. A few minutes of searching will find you enthusiasts who would love to know more about this. Post the details on a few of those forums and I won’t be surprised if you have collectors hitting up your inbox with legitimate inquiries.
I’ve seen articles stating that few young people want to collect such things anymore. Currently, it’s mostly old guys trading stuff with other old guys. But the old guys are dying, and the collections stop being wanted.
I think that to some extent this is also true of classic cars. Big hobby for men of a certain generation, but the number of Millennials who want a collection of real-life muscle cars is small. But I could be wrong about that. Maybe the price of classic cars continues to rise due to increased demand. But I do think it will decline at some point.
Agreement bump.
I’m no spring chicken and have large numbers of guns and accessories. I’ve started thinning the herd by giving them to my kids, grand kids and others. I’ve got too many to enjoy right now (though I do try). I’ve decided that when I die, I’ll only have maybe 20 or so. No more boatloads to the water.
The car generation is not what it used to be.
People seem to want 70s and 80s trucks,jeeps, and blazer types though.
A lot of oddball and miscellaneous things here. Most people wouldn’t be interested. I tried a few different attempts at liquidation.
Most in the garage and in an unfinished room upstairs.
Millennials know that buying things and keeping things have costs. And most Millennials are aware the value of the dollar doesn’t stretch as far as it used to acquire a bunch of things and a house to put them in the way their parents and grandparents could.
They’re more into living and traveling light. Experiencing places and things rather than holding on to things. It’s all that their budgets allow for many of them.
Do an internet search for hobby shop liquidation. If it were me, I would sell it by the piece. She’ll get 10 times more that way.
I’d part out in singles or small lots like a poster already mentioned.
That’s the problem with things like this. The passion that you harbor all your life dies with you. No one else has it, so it ends up in the trash. I have the same problems with stuff I have accumulated. I fear that my wife will throw out or give away the two or three things that I have accumulated that actually have value.
I would expect a similar fate for what few valuable things I have.
In reality I have very little, on purpose. I should make up a will. A couple of friends would take care of jeep jalopy collection. My wife would give them away for a piddling tax deduction to a charity.
Around 1960, the local Ford dealer always had beautiful little scale models of all their models. I assumed they were supplied by Ford.
An uncle of mine was part owner of a Dodge/Plymouth dealership, and in the 1950's, the showroom displayed a complete set of some trim level (like a "Royal Lancer") painted in the various factory colors for that year. The pair I inherited had nicely-detailed plastic bodies on somewhat crude stamped steel chassis, and were made by AMT... who I believe sold them to dealers directly rather than the dealers getting them from Chrysler.
Ping for Later
I have the same problem.....my mom loved pewter and so do I ...but I have too much and my children are basically not collectors and are minimalist....a lot of my stuff is patriotic memorabilia.
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