"Where Can I Find Old Toys?"
Maybe you wish you could find and purchase some of your childhood toys again, such as:

A Kenner Girder and Panel building set? A favorite toy gun like a Mattel Fanner 50, or a "Shootin Shell" rifle? The Hubley Rifleman fast shooting rifle? A Barbie, Ken, or Midge doll!? A GI Joe and all his equipment? A Marx playset with hundreds of soldiers, or cowboys and Indians? A tommy gun or army gun-set? A Lionel train set? A German-made Schuco car or motorcycle? Battery operated helicopters or the Mattel Vertibird ?

Well this may be your lucky day !? Type in some keywords in the search box at the right, and see if Ebay has the toy you've searched for so long !? tips Search titles and descriptions For example: "Gene Autry"   or     Mattel  +Fanner or Bazooka  +Remco or  (guns,derringers,rifles) +toy     When searching on Ebay, keep exact phrases together in double quotes like "Hopalong Cassidy" But usually its best to choose a unique word such as helicopter and qualify it with a manufacturer's name, or a model number, prefixed with a + sign,  such as   +Remco

1. Ebay is always your first choice, it is truly amazing. This online auction site has become "The Mecca" for collectors of all kinds. I have found all kinds of wonderful toys at this site. It is very well managed, the interface is very well-thought out, and it gives you every opportunity to check out the people with whom you are dealing. EBAY is not a store, it is rather an online auction site, bringing buyers and sellers together. Prices may be high, or they may be low, depending on who's watching the merchandise for sale. Most sellers post color photos of the items they are selling, and you can contact the seller to ask specific questions. I highly recommend EBAY to any collector or toy fan. 
2. Attend a collectable toy show in your area, usually held on weekends. These shows are advertised in The Toy Shop newspaper.
3. Check out news groups such as rec.toys.misc and alt.toys to get in contact with others selling old toys. Click here to learn more about news groups
4. Subscribe to the monthly catalogs of auction houses specializing in old toys. While these catalogs are sometimes costly, they become excellent reference sources for old toys, and you won't want to throw them out! For example, take a look at the Smith House Toys web page for a preview of one of their upcoming auctions. They are located in Eliot, Maine, telephone 207-439-4614. Another very prominent auction house for old toys and Lionel trains is Lloyd Ralston Toys in Stratford, CT, telephone 203 386-9399. These are both very professional companies with excellent catalogs.
5. Subscribe to a toy collectors newspaper called The Toy Shop. It is filled with ads by special collectable toy dealers. Prices are high, but sometimes you find a real bargain, especially if the ad is from a small dealer who has a poor knowledge of specific toy prices.

People often ask me if there is a market for a certain toy. The answer seems to be YES in most cases. Virtually any 1950s and 1960s toy has significant value these days. But remember that you need to have a top condition toy in order to get top prices. AND you need to find the right buyer who will pay that top price. The general rule of thumb is that for any price you read about in a price guide, you will only get buy-offers at 1/2 that amount. Dealers pay far less than individual collectors too.

Please note that I am NOT a dealer, so I make no money from helping you. I focus mainly on the toys of the 1950s and 1960s; I have very limited knowledge of toys older than that, and I have a limited knowledge of toys of the 1970s (of which the Star Wars toys are regarded as the most significant). 

I don't mean to be harsh, but PLEASE consider that: I am not a dealer. I do not have an inventory of toys to sell. I do not have the time to search for toys you are looking for. I am not qualified to put a value on toys you wish to have appraised. I am not looking to become a distributor of toys for offshore manufacturers, thank you. PLEASE: use Ebay as a way to locate toys you own, or toys you wish to find, and look at both current prices, and prices from completed sales, and let those prices be a guide to what the "market value" of the toy might be...it's worth what people are willing to pay for it (on Ebay).