A Batman Kind of Day

[giniro]

I think I did pretty well today. Bought a box of vintage matchbox cards with carrying cases for $8 included in this are 2 corgi juniors batmobiles one with trailer hitch and bat-boat, some other kind of plastic batmobile and a supervan. I'm pretty excited about this buy and think it should end up in the $90 range. Also got 2 vintage batman jigsaw puzzles, it's a shame the one in the can didn't have the lid but for 50 cents each I didn't even count the pieces, I'll be putting these together as soon as I clear a space on the kitchen table. Got a box of sega genesis and sega cd games for $8 but I should have looked in all the cases because sonic 2 has sonic spinball in it instead and street fighter is missing the game. Should clear $40 on those though still. Vintage samigo tripod with extendable legs, extends up to a couple feet high couldn't find the same one sold on ebay the only identical one listed ended with 0 bids with a start of $23.


Also, for a buck the mini arcade game of donkey kong they seem to be going for $40 on the bay but mine has a sticker coming off and is missing the battery cover, hopefully it works and I can get $20 out of it.
On the advice of some folks on here I took a gamble on a star wars monopoly set for $2. Looked on ebay they seem to be going for like $5 but it's a bit of an anomaly because complete sets are going for $5 but then I see just the pewter pieces going for $15.

Had a great time today in any case. It's getting toward the end of the garage sale season and I'm not sure what I'll do with myself once my Saturdays don't have a default activity. Guess I better get to listing this stuff, it's starting to pile up and we don't have that much room to spare. From what I understand ebay sales start picking up after summer so I might start listing some stuff I'd been trying to sell locally. Anyway thanks for looking, hope you guys had good weekends.

 

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[diggummup]

Also, for a buck the mini arcade game of donkey kong they seem to be going for $40 on the bay but mine has a sticker coming off and is missing the battery cover, hopefully it works and I can get $20 out of it.


On the advice of some folks on here I took a gamble on a star wars monopoly set for $2. Looked on ebay they seem to be going for like $5 but it's a bit of an anomaly because complete sets are going for $5 but then I see just the pewter pieces going for $15.

Nikce finds. I think you should do a little better than $20 on the Donkey Kong even with the missing bat. cover, providing it works. You can fix the sticker if it's just peeling off. I just sold a Frogger game just like that one for $50 a few months ago. I'd sell it for $35-$40 myself or start the bidding at $34.99 minimum.
As for the monopoly pieces selling for more than the whole game... sometimes people can't see the forest because of the trees.

 

[Ursus]

The shipping kills the price of most Monopoly games since they will be up to four pounds. The pieces are only a few ounces.

 

[giniro]

Well I've already sold 4 of the 10 sega genesis games for $17 total. Put together the batman puzzles and they are not in the best shape, the one in the can was missing 4 pieces but the boxed one had everything. Gotta figure out how to describe the condition when I post these to ebay, some slight delamination and cracking I guess. Going to try to get good pictures of them but here's what they look like anyway.



The donkey kong mini arcade does in fact work though it's a pain to set it down and operate it gently enough so the batteries don't pop out. Thanks for the input on that diggumup, I'll try listing it at $40 BIN and then lower it down if it doesn't sell.

 

[diggummup]

The donkey kong mini arcade does in fact work though it's a pain to set it down and operate it gently enough so the batteries don't pop out. Thanks for the input on that diggumup, I'll try listing it at $40 BIN and then lower it down if it doesn't sell.

I had a hard time keeping the batteries from popping out even with a battery cover on the Frogger game I had. They are notorious for that. That's why so many of them lost the battery covers, the batteries fit too tightly and the covers don't fit tightly enough and have a tendency to fall off if they are not taped on.