Get a load of this (ebay)

The only thing that really makes me cry is I had about 200 cars during my young'in years and momma threw them out in a fit. I think I'll make a copy of that listing and show her see threw away the retirement fund :-)

Jim Vrzal

Paul K. Dickman wrote:

Good greif- it seems as though there is some form of well-thought out rating system to establish value. Unlike real cars.

-Carl

And, they're even rating the packaging. Dimple on the plastic blister, slight stain on the card, some 'veins' whatever those are on the card as well. I think these guys have too much money. Apparently if it's 'metalic pink' there's big money involved. 'Light red,' those are a dime a dozen...

Jim

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I have a sneaking suspicion that if one has actually PLAYED with the cars then they're not worth much. Can you imagine a seven year old buying a Hot Wheels car and not opening the package on the hunch that it'll be worth big bucks some day?

Peter

Actually I knew a kid that saved many Hot Wheels, along with lots of other stuff. He kept saying "this stuff will be worth money some day". Of course I thought he was nuts. Ahh, hindsight. If only my dad had hung onto some of the biplanes he owned in the 40's and 50's, or that garage full of airplane and Indian motorcycle parts....

Jon

I was that kid. Bought a boxed and good condition "Muffin the Mule" for pocket money in the '70s, sold it on eBay not so long back for $750.

I've never even _seen_ Mufin the Mule (early UK TV puppet show)

That's wild . Was it still in the box? I had maybe two Hot Wheels and I think I bought the first one from coke bottle returns. Can't imagine not playing with it and save it in the box . On a side note , I use to have a 1563 peice of eight and no it didn't come in a box. I collected all kinds of things beer cans, stamps, coins, match books, and paper money. All were stolen , now you could give me a rare silver dollar and I'd drop it in a slot machine with two cheap ones (might hit it with only one coin in then it would be worse) and I don't gamble.

Check the cupboards in the kitchen also :

"£710 for tin of spaghetti

EAGLE-EYED Chris Picardo bought a can of Heinz spaghetti for 35p - then sold it for a tasty £710. The shrewd shopper realised he had snapped up a limited edition tin after buying it for his dinner...."

It closed at over $3500

Paul K. Dickman

The same buyer paid $4,494.44 for another hotwheel car

I wonder if he is looking for a return on his money or if he is just an obsessed collector.

Must be nice to have that much discretionary income to blow it on toy cars and baseball cards.

Abrasha