- How are you doing today? - Doing well.
I hope you are. - I am.
What do you have here?
What I have is a Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse,
Donald Duck fire truck, battery operated, made by Modern Toys
in the original box.
So you collect tin toys or all toys?
I collect all toys.
MAN: All toys?
You can never grow up, right?
You don't need to.
I like that philosophy.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, every generation-- we got people
your age all the way down to 5 and 6-year-olds
that love Mickey Mouse.
It looks like it's in pretty good condition.
It even still has the sticker right here on the bottom
saying this is a licensed product by Disney.
Show me how it works.
[toy chugging and dinging]
MICHAEL: It will stop on the corner.
I think I got the idea.
Yeah.
It's a head ringer, that's for sure.
MICHAEL: Yes.
MAN: So what are you looking to do with this?
MICHAEL: Well, I'd like to sell it.
And how much are you looking for?
I would like to get $800 for it.
OK.
I'm very interested in this.
My toy expert, Steve Johnson, is out here
in the crowd somewhere.
Do you have a few minutes to wait
right here while I go grab him? - Certainly.
MAN: All right.
Give me just a second because I want to see
what he has to say about this.
Certainly.
MAN: Steve.
What's up, man.
MAN: Thanks for strolling on over.
I hope I didn't pull you away from anything too good.
No.
There's some great stuff here though.
This gentleman has brought in this tin toy here.
You got to love Disney stuff.
It's kind of funny because this toy kind of comes out
right at that period where everything
was turning into plastics.
And so what you have is you have this litho-printed toy
that's battery operated.
And that most of the battery-operated toys
started to become plastic around this time and era.
Well, let me show you the cool part.
[toy chugging and dinging]
And it still works.
The toy's function is amazing.
Like, things that I notice immediately,
you don't see the scuffing on the front edges.
You don't see damage to the corners of the glass.
Well, also I thought it was really cool
that the box is here intact.
It's not the most pretty box, but it is up there in quality.
I think it's in pretty good condition.
So go ahead give it a look over and tell me what you think.
STEVE JOHNSON: So the paint application is really nice.
The litho's nice.
It's got a little bit of bumps and scratches
on it, which is standard for just basic toy play.
Overall, this is in really nice shape, really nice condition.
The fact that it works is amazing.
The box is actually pretty nice.
As a collector, you like to have any of the packaging,
you know, paperwork, any of that stuff if you can.
That all helps with the aesthetic value.
What kind of value would you put on it in this condition?
STEVE JOHNSON: We've seen these items
going you know, $1,000, $1,500 in pristine condition,
not played with at all, perfectly
clean, battery compartments and everything like that.
The fact that it's got light play wear to it
is very important to the item.
I'd say you'd have no problem getting $800 bucks for it.
All right, well, thanks for coming over.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Well, I think it's a beautiful toy.
And Steve absolutely loves it.
The bad news is though, he's saying it's valued
right at what you're asking.
So I'm gonna need to buy it a little bit cheaper.
I would love to buy this.
What do you think about $500?
Could you do a little bit better?
Maybe $550.
How about $600?
$600?
You know what?
You got the inserts.
The box is clean.
The toy is beautiful and it still works.
I think I can do $600.
Thank you.
I'll take it.
We got a deal.
You can go ahead and take it up to the counter
and they'll get you paid. - OK.
MAN: Have a good day, sir, and thanks for coming by the event
today.
Thank you.