Large Estate of collectibles & merchandise - need advice 3 3

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Hey All,

 

Looking for some advice on an estate of superhero merchandise and other memorabilia from a gentleman that passed away.

 

Visited the estate Thursday and was shocked at the magnitude of the collection. It consumes much of the house, basement and garage and is a very “comprehensive” accumulation. Several file cabinets & curio cabinets, around 40-50 of those large tupperware containers and more merchandise is arranged on every horizontal surface available and mounted to the walls.

 

There are some comic books, but it’s paltry compared to the sheer volume of material.

 

Was there for 90 minutes and barely scratched the surface trying to take pictures. A decent percent has receipts or other providence.

 

Family is looking to move it as a lot, there’s too much to individually compute. I have no idea how to help this family out, they are NOT collectors and after you see the size of this, it has taken over the house.

 

Here’s the tour, starting with the dining room:

 

He liked Superman, had two of these:

 

 

Several of these still in the box:

 

 

Old Mid-Ohio Con gear:

 

 

Lots of coins & pins (many in displays):

 

 

 

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Sports stuff:

 

 

Yeah, also unopened packs of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars: (many with receipts):

 

Boxes and bags full of unopened cars:

 

 

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Crates of cards, many in binders:

 

 

Probably my favorite items, 3 Mint condition Marvel Value Stamp Books (Series B):

 

 

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And loads of toys:

 

 

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Miscellaneous merchandise:

 

 

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Plates and other glassware:

 

 

 

Videos & Records:

 

 

Framed artwork:

 

 

A Himmel(?) doll still in the box:

 

 

 

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Several boxes of price guides and collecting supplies:

 

 

Barbies & Baseballs in a curio:

 

 

 

5 11” GI Joe dolls with all the gear and stands (I would not be surprised if the boxes were somewhere in the basement):

 

 

 

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A few actual comic books:

 

 

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Well, that takes care of the dining room. Now to the kitchen….

 

 

 

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The living room was next…

 

 

The entire entertainment center was packed with merchandise:

 

 

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[Bronty]

Honestly I don't get the sense there is anything of value from what you've shown. I would bid very low. It's as much trouble as it's worth

[porcupine48]

Robot Man may be able to help you with some stuff?He is pretty all knowledgable on the older stuff,pins,ect...

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Found more cars in the entertainment center:

 

 

And some paperwork:

 

 

 

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More cards:

 

 

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Now to the basement, several containers, shelves and boxes:

 

 

 

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I giggled when I opened a box and found a case of used Superman Peanut Butter jars carefully cleaned and conserved:

 

 

A box of train stuff:

 

 

Found a container of cards, some unopened sets:

 

 

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Finally the garage. By this point, I’m overwhelmed and the battery is dying on the phone.

 

Another dozen or so large containers of miscellaneous stuff:

 

 

 

[Junkdrawer]

I wouldn't start my car to deal with that at an estate sale these days. It will be over priced and you'll be waiting a long time to get at it.

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Sign on the garage wall:

 

 

This blurry pic is a box of unopened comic promo posters (like you’d see in an LCS). There were 2 full boxes:

 

 

Found a container of video game parts:

 

 

More unopened cars!