| Antique toys are becoming very rare and collectible, | | | | future, who then bought the toy and put it away in |
| but due to their age, many have some slight | | | | storage for safe keeping until the time was right |
| imperfections.This is something you have to consider | | | | many years later to bring it out and sell it when there |
| when buying them, as a toy which has an original | | | | was a demand because of its rarity value. |
| part missing or broken, is worth less in value than a | | | | I regret to say that I only kept one toy from my |
| perfect one, and this will reflect in the sale price if | | | | childhood, and that is a Bagatelle game made from |
| you ever want to sell it on at a later date. | | | | Bakelite, a forerunner to modern plastics, which has |
| A toy with its original box/wrapping and in new | | | | metal balls like marbles which are shot around the |
| condition will be worth more than one without the | | | | board by pulling a knob attached to a spring, so the |
| box even if the toys are identical in looks, age and | | | | harder you pulled the knob, the faster the spring |
| condition. The ones that fetch the highest prices at | | | | would react, and the balls would shoot around the |
| auction are the ones that have never been played | | | | board and land in pockets with varying scores. The |
| with and are still in the original box. These are very | | | | aim was to get the highest score you could by |
| rare as most toys are bought for children to play | | | | getting the balls to fall into the right pockets. I |
| with, and very few children would want to have a | | | | suppose you could say it was a type of early Pinball |
| toy just to keep in its box on a shelf to look at but | | | | Wizard game, but it gave me many hours of fun |
| not to handle. The people who have made the most | | | | when I was about 5 years old. I would love to know |
| money from selling antique toys are those that had | | | | what games/toys other people have kept over the |
| the foresight to see what would be collectible in the | | | | years. |