barbie clothes

Wish I could go back in time, and stop myself from destroying all my Barbies - y'know, giving them haircuts and altering their clothes.
Some of those old barbies and their stuff are worth a lot of $ now!
Found a box with one barbie and a bunch of clothes in it, and didn't really look too closely. Turns out its a vintage Francie barbie in great shape, with piles of her clothing that was hardly played with!
Just these few pieces sold for over $100 - and I had quite a lot of outfits.  People were quick to point out that I had the sets all mixed up, so if I had been more organized, they would have sold for more!
Still, a $1.00 box of barbies that sold for over $450.  is a pretty good profit ! :)

Don't throw out your old barbie stuff!

fisher price little people!

Remember these sets from when you were a kid? Almost everyone had one - the barn, village, houses, school, airport, camper and lots more.   Now people want them again for their own kids...
This is the barn or farm, you can find them at garage sales or thrift stores, usually for a few bucks.
This one sold on ebay for about $80.  It depends on the time of year, fall is the best.  Moo!

cereal box prizes!

Remember pouring out your cereal and out dumped a plastic prize on top? Or your sister stuffed her hand inside the box until she got the prize first?   Those days are long gone. My kids have no idea how much fun it was to get stuff out of a cereal box.   We should have taken better care of those prizes - think of how many moms threw them in the garbage!  Now, some of them are worth a lot of $$$!
I had no idea, but this little guy is called "monster in my pocket". He was only found in Shreddies Cereal boxes in the 80s or 90s, which were only sold in Canada.  
Don't hate me, but I picked up a whole bag of these rare monsters at a garage sale, not knowing what they were. I paid maybe 25 cents for the whole bag, and this one little guy sold for $140.!!!

Now, if I could just go back in time and stop my mom from throwing out all those cereal toys!

giant tinkertoy!

Giant Tinkertoy! This stuff is HUGE! Made in the 60s. I played with this in Kindergarten and it was always the favorite toy. Found it at a garage sale last year. They wanted $20, but sold it to me for $10. Took it home and my kids played with it for awhile in the back yard, and then SOLD it on ebay for $85.  The buyer was very happy, even though the shipping  cost was astronomical!

1960s WIZZZER toy find

Found this at the coolest estate sale ever. Tons of boxes full of old stuff. I think I paid $1.00 for this - its an unopened box with a pair of toy tops. Got some other cool stuff there too.   Sold this on ebay to a happy buyer for $85.00.

70s GI Joe Find

Found this old guy in a thrift store. He was $8.  Looked like nobody every played with him before. Sold on ebay for $170.  Didn't have a clue it would go that high!