Perth Members - Anyone know a toy evaluator

[geeza28]

Hey People

Im looking for a Professional Toy Evaluator to do a professional Evaluation/Appraisal on my collection.

Im looking for one here in Perth, Western Australia.

Does anyone here know anyone, or can recommend someone, or even can do it themselves?

please let me know via this thread preferably or by PM. its kind of urgent, so all help is highly appreciated.

[nexusnixx]

What genre of toys are they? Transformers? MOTU? Marvel? GIJoe? Etc?

[geeza28]

What genre of toys are they? Transformers? MOTU? Marvel? GIJoe? Etc?

80's to now. lots of tfs, mask, centurion, dino riders, tmnt, he-man, blackstar, crystar, the list goes on.

[SharkyMcShark]

I have no idea off the top of my head, I'd say asking around at Nexus would be a good idea.

[geeza28]

so I guess there isn't anyone. I tried nexus by emailing mike, but he didn't get back to me either.

I have searched most auctioneers, evaluators and appreciators but haven't gotten anywhere yet.

[griffin]

Toys aren't something that would have any "official" valuation type of professional job. It really would have to come down to your own documented research on common and ranges of sale prices, while taking into account a number of variables - your location (Australia - halves the resale value compared to if you had them in America), & your method of sale (online, flea market, newspaper advertisement, or at a collectables store). Never bother with printed valuation guides, if they still have them, as they are estimates based on one set of variables.

Not to mention the 'resale value' Verses the 'replacement value'. If you are insuring a collection and it is totally lost, the cost of replacing it in a reasonable amount of time would cost a lot more (to win the first auctions of complete or sealed items that you see), than what you could get selling your collection.

Ultimately, it comes down to an estimated price range for each item with some sort of supporting proof (completed ebay listings are probably the best source, with emphasis on auctions not Buy-it-nows).


Otherwise... find at least two registered businesses that sell second-hand collectables, and pay them for a written quote on a business letterhead, of your collection, itemised with what they think each item is worth.
But unless there is a business out there that is registered as doing "toy valuations", it may be more weight to have both your own research (with lots of documentation to prove it), AND a valuation from a collectables business, to better legitimise each other.

(incidentally, some time ago I offered to include my collection as one of my assets when applying for a small personal loan from the bank... the collection was worth a lot more than my car, but they would only accept my car as an asset)

[Cat]

Contact me if you need assistance in sorting it out, explaining it, and ensuring that correct docs gets lodged, and that you keep up to date and secure.

I'm assuming its for insurance purposes?

It's a bitch.

Doing mine at my previous employer was hard. I was the first toy collector anyone had dealt with. As I was an employee at the bank at the time, and with good connections, it became a bit of a 'thing'. Everyone was trying to find out if anyone had done a toy collection before. They didn't find a single person. The way the systems were set up, and the requirements, also made it really hard. There were some changes made to the category, stemming from this.

It was interesting (bank-interesting, anyway. That's about 5% of true interest).

But after that, I got known in the department to a few people as 'the toy guy', and that notation must have been stored somewhere or by someone, as until I left, I'd still get called from our insurance area by staff unfamiliar with how to approach them, and for help on value. Fine when it's things I feel comfortable on, or have time to investigate myself. Not so fine when I'm being put on the spot for a value of a complete Mego collection, sealed and loose.

But even though they used me for those, it was done in a sensible fashion. And wasn't an everyday occurrence. Maybe twice a year, at most.

It doesn't mean I necessarily can say I have the credentials to do certified evaluations due to that past experience, as those ones were done under very defined circumstance, rules and expectations (which the client was also made aware of). I don't think that the clients would have actually seen anything with my name on it.

I can help with procedural stuff, basically. And paring down requirements to get to a situation that's reasonable by hobby standards.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Contact me if you need assistance in sorting it out, explaining it, and ensuring that correct docs gets lodged, and that you keep up to date and secure.

I'm assuming its for insurance purposes?

It's a bitch.

Doing mine at my previous employer was hard. I was the first toy collector anyone had dealt with. As I was an employee at the bank at the time, and with good connections, it became a bit of a 'thing'. Everyone was trying to find out if anyone had done a toy collection before. They didn't find a single person. The way the systems were set up, and the requirements, also made it really hard. There were some changes made to the category, stemming from this.

It was interesting (bank-interesting, anyway. That's about 5% of true interest).

But after that, I got known in the department to a few people as 'the toy guy', and that notation must have been stored somewhere or by someone, as until I left, I'd still get called from our insurance area by staff unfamiliar with how to approach them, and for help on value. Fine when it's things I feel comfortable on, or have time to investigate myself. Not so fine when I'm being put on the spot for a value of a complete Mego collection, sealed and loose.

But even though they used me for those, it was done in a sensible fashion. And wasn't an everyday occurrence. Maybe twice a year, at most.

It doesn't mean I necessarily can say I have the credentials to do certified evaluations due to that past experience, as those ones were done under very defined circumstance, rules and expectations (which the client was also made aware of). I don't think that the clients would have actually seen anything with my name on it.

I can help with procedural stuff, basically. And paring down requirements to get to a situation that's reasonable by hobby standards.

I might be hitting you up for advice too one day Cat. Currently my collection which I reckon would be worth a bare minimum of $50,000 is insured for 10 grand through RACV as part of our Home & Contents. Really wanna get mine done as well one day

[geeza28]

cheers. ey. this is the big problem tho, ebay shows a worth to my collection, however, as a collection in a whole it is not worth no way near the resale vale of each item separate.

thus, trying to get a price on a whole collection sofar has been impossible.

btw, its not insurance.

[nexusnixx]

Would AFA help at all? Considering they value toys based on condition and such.

[geeza28]

im part of another forum, and ive had several quotes from people there, as well as a couple people here in perth, one of which is a member here. all are within the same range.

unfortunately ive been requested to have a "proper evaluation" on the collection.

thanks heaps everyone, you have been very helpful.

[geeza28]

I think the biggest problem is, within the current situation, the value is not as a complete collection, rather a value on each individual figure added up to a total worth.

it should be done as a collection I reckon, but im getting told that's not the case