| There is hardly a child anywhere who has not | | | | what you paid for it. However, there are some |
| played with a diecast vehicle. They are an | | | | amazing deals to be found. There are many |
| ubiquitous part of growing up and although | | | | cases of people plunking diecast vehicles on |
| many of us have just disposed of our die-cast | | | | the online auctions that they found in the |
| models as we grew up, the few who held onto | | | | attic or at a garage sale and then stand by |
| them may be absolutely astounded at the price | | | | dumbfounded as the bids go to $100, $200, |
| that some of these 1:24 scale and 1:18 scale | | | | $300 and more! The aforementioned garage |
| collectibles will now fetch at auction! There | | | | sales are a great place to find inexpensive |
| are some extremely rare and collectable types | | | | die-cast vehicles. You have to be careful as |
| of diecast hot rod, tractor trailers, street | | | | many of them will have been manhandled to a |
| rods, and various other vehicles that can | | | | fair degree and have broken wheels, scratched |
| draw bids of hundreds of dollars or more! | | | | or missing paint, etc. Those models will be |
| That's a lot of money for some little toy | | | | fine to take home to play with, but have zero |
| cars! The collectors have subdivided their | | | | resale value. You probably won't mind too |
| categories into very specific sections. Some | | | | much if you find something you like as the |
| collectors will only buy Ford Mustangs, while | | | | common price for garage sale diecasts is |
| others will specialize in Model Ts, | | | | around 25 cents, so it certainly is |
| Cadillacs, pedal cars, or even non automotive | | | | affordable. For the die-hard There is various |
| diecast models such as boats, airplanes, | | | | computer software on the market which is |
| tanks and other military vehicles, tractors | | | | designed specifically for serious diecast |
| and other agricultural vehicles as well as | | | | vehicle collectors. Not only will it allow |
| perfect reproduction of large construction | | | | the collector to keep track of the color, |
| equipment. If you want to collect diecasts | | | | current value, original cost, condition, |
| for fun, you can usually find them at local | | | | scale and many other details for each model, |
| general department stores like Walmart or | | | | but can also be effective in helping you |
| Target, or at toy stores like Toys R Us for a | | | | determine which diecasts in your collection |
| couple of dollars each. You will find a | | | | have the potential to draw high bids on the |
| staggering selection at these larger stores | | | | online auction sites. Diecast collecting is a |
| so that you can certainly bring home the | | | | fun activity with the potential to earn you |
| diecast model that you prefer. If you want to | | | | some real money. Give it a try! |
| get into valuable collections, then you | | | | |
| really should do your research. You can | | | | Maggi Stone-O'Hara works with CrownPremiums. |
| easily be convinced to way overbid on an | | | | They manufacture diecast replicas of cars, |
| online auction and end up with a diecast | | | | trucks and tractor trailers. |
| model which you couldn't resell for 10% of | | | | |