Investing in Collectible Toys
If you think this asset class is just fun & games, think again. Sealed, highly-graded toys make legendary collectibles.
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Toys are more than just fun & games. Like many collectibles, they have intrinsic value and can be suitable as a low-end alternative asset class.
Including assets such as board games, LEGO sets, and action figures, this category is pretty early in the investment world, but is likely to continue to grow.
It’s new and trading is often thin, so there’s not tons of historical data on trading strategies. But we’ll keep covering it.
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If you think this asset class is just fun & games, think again. Sealed, highly-graded toys make legendary collectibles.
No doubt it’s been a tough year for cultural assets across fractional marketplaces/. Today, let’s dive into cultural assets fractional markets, Steve Jobs / Apple / Atari auction at RR, and the two fractional IPOS from Rally.
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Today is an excellent opportunity to look into this week’s and last week’s fractional secondary markets and auctions for cultural assets.
This week we’re sticking with the theme of cars — toy cars, to be specific. We’re talking Hot Wheels
This is a special issue on investing in LEGOs. It includes a podcast with Charlie Swatkins, aka “The Lego Man.” Charlie has published a comprehensive 34-page LEGO investing guide he calls “The LEGO Handbook.”
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