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Collecting Antiques: An Introduction
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Baseball Card Values: Grading & Condition
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Tips for Collecting Die Cast Cars
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Tips for Collecting Matchbox Cars
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Summary: An antiques expert shows you tips for collecting die-cast cars in this free video on antiques.
Jan Braunstein owns and operates the Antique Avenue antiques store in Pomona, Calif. Her mother also owned an antiques store. She is a certified antique appraiser.read more
"Zoooooom. These are cars; very cool toy cars. Die cast cars. Cars that are made in molds. These are so collectible. I can't tell you how many times a day, a week, some guy comes in. He says, "Do you have any more Hot Wheels? But, more importantly, do you have any more Matchbox? And, more importantly, do you have any Redlines?"--which we'll go into in a minute. But see, there's an interesting theory that I have about these cars. These cars are very important emotionally, because what happened was, your mom tended to take these cars, when you kind of got a little older. And she says, "You know those crappy old cars that are in your room? You don't want them anymore, do you?" "Ah, I guess not. Just chuck them." So, mom took your coveted Redlines, because you didn't realize, until you lost them, how important they were to you. And so this created a serious psychological trauma. So now, my theory is that lots of guys like to collect these so they'll get over being mad at their mothers."
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mrpolo said
on 5/19/2009 hello collectors im selling my collection of hard 2 find cars, i have over 1000 cars over 600 never been open still in original packs, i have all 12 2001 final runs, even got nascar cars and trucks. so it anyone interested email me at f_brown2009@yahoo.com