Million Dollar Diecast Collection Bought At Storage Auction
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Hahaha! 😆😆😆
no another hoarder appears lol...good luck making your money back on that stuff...million dollar ...paaaalease.....lol should have bought some gold coins
@ obviously you never sold stuff online ,hes got hundreds of listings to list and pay for each listing and if it doesnt sell he has to list it again and pay more ebay fees plus the shipping, ebay sucks ,they want you to ship stuff for free,whatever,just glad im not stuck with all that junk
Poetry!!!!
@@hdbagger4266 Ur a goose if you cant see the value in this "junk"... or were you the losing bidder??
My late husband died and amongst other things I had a collection of mint vintage DINKY and CORGI die cast cars many in their original boxes that he had collected over 50yrs. I knew NOTHING about...AT ALL. So, I placed them all in a vintage toy auction and after three months I managed to sell everything. The most ONE car went for was £978 and it went to Australia.
This looks like such a fun project! Cleaning, fixing and listing all these cars… And then you become an absolute expert in die cast. So cool, I hope he has a great time with it.
Oh, well. Guess I won’t be listing any die-cast cars for the next oh, 2 to 3 years. 😋
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This guy can pretty much set the market. What an insane collection.
Got that right. No die cast for me.
@@dmcentYT a market that isn't that big to start with
Crazy part is I’m almost 100% certain those plastic cases were made by a kids dad I went to school with. Huge plastic business for collectible cars in the late 80s and 90s. Based in Ohio, such a simple simple idea and their business was always booming.
i think these are Carney display cases
yep I have a couple of those myself!
franklin mint planes bring big money..i sold 1 plane for $1k..and several others for like $4 to $600 each
This was obviously the result of a Hobby store that closed down and the owner just moved all the inventory into storage. I dont know about a million dollars, but definitely worth alot of money. An amazing buy!
I was thinking the same thing. I remember a traveling convention vendor was selling his left overs on Facebook market, Amazon Market place, E-Bay. and Macari because he was getting to old to travel from convention to convention like he did back in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. The majority of the models were Sci-Fi like Star Trek this was back in 2018 as you know Star Trek is dying so is it's fan base. I ended up buying Jem'Hadar attack fighters model set and a Lt. Commander Data model figurine from him.
Amazing man, personally this kind of stuff motivates the hell outta me! I'm starting from literally nothing but so motivated and will be there one day!👍👍👍
@@Jv-fn5xg that's awesome man, congrats! Best of luck in your future as well 👍
That's Awesome! You're gonna do it! No doubt! 😁👍
Every professional was once an amateur
@@JameZel913 thanks man, I forgot about this comment but feels great seeing all the positive love 💯💯👍
@@j_toledo419 hopefully the last year treated ya well
That's amazing!! John will do well on eBay. It will take some time but he'll be happy with the results. Thanks for sharing!
Pete Oh my gosh, absolutely incredible, what a score! 😱😱😱😱
Makes you wonder how much the original owner spent on the collection.
Stupid money, lol.
Couple hundo thousand
What a waste of the original owner's money!
I'm happy for John though!
@@godschildyes not a waste of money if you enjoyed it
@@aidanstorey6205 You're right! Thank you! 🙏
I envy the guy that bought all these die casts! I’ve been collecting them for at least twenty years and don’t have near this much!!! Nice collection!
What I like about you is your joy at your friends good luck.Thats the best way to go through life. Great upload, you are always coming up with great content.thanks.
I agree with seeing how genuinely happy he is of his friend's find. 🌸
What a find!! That's why you hustle, grind, and save your dimes. You never know when you'll hit it big.
It amazes me that people let stuff like this go I've seen it before it's just it's actually magical and keep guys who do stuff like this excited about doing it
I see a lot of BMWs in there. Wow, classic and really nice!!
INSANE!! I think he has a "corner on the market"😁
I saw these units on their featured listings...lol...Salute to the hustle! 👤🤙
on which website was this posted?
Absolutely insane score! Thanks for sharing Pete
That’s a lot of mooselaneus cars! 😂
He was stoke to see them.
Oh my goodness, John! What an incredible fine. I'm sure the amount of work you've put in so far, and have yet to put in, is a LOT, but in the end, over 10x your initial investment... This is going to be incredible. Thanks for sharing this with us, John & Peter. Really enjoyed seeing this.
Wow...just wow. Thanks to both of you for being willing to share this amazing find!
it shows the problem that face this kind of items collectors ( I am one ).It is because the models are stowed in ours homes or garages like cans of beverage; You don't have time to appreciate each of them, and think a moment, in a quiet ambient, about the historical situation in which each model has been living . That's why I am limiting to a collection of 1967 year racing cars ( around 450 cars ) and have stopped to collect . Models cars are nor like LP or CD records, you can't listen to them, but only look at them . So the display on correct and large places is the only way to look with love and admiration at them. I will never sell my collection, and I suspect those who do it is related to the fact they don't have the time to look at each model, not to say to touch them. After a while, they say in their mind : " time to sell the collection "
Collection are for dreamers, not for stowage managers !
WOW WOW WOW...... @ 5.49 the number 36 and the number 17 car from what I saw was a mark 1 Ford escort. Believe me if you were in England that is like the holy grail of model cars. You scored big. Good luck m8 .. Alan from England 😁👍🤝
I went threw his sold ebays, man he is going to profit a ton just looking at his recent solds they are flying! Great season to sale too Q4 GO!!
Roughly $3.6K sales TODAY
@@manthonychavez Whats his ebay id?
@@manthonychavez crazyness!
@J Siegel I try to look at the positive in everything and not negativity.
Dont sell it on ebay . The boycott is now happening on ebay The libtard ceo made changes to destroy seller ! then he resigned ! the dumb libards turned it into a GHETTO
Wow! Such a cool score! Thanks for sharing - how amazing! :)
So cool. Cool inventory at a great price. Thanks John for letting Pete share this. Thanks Pete for shooting this!
A shame to break up a collection like that. Must have taken a lifetime to accumulate. Should be in a museum.
@Jin Lee I don't think a poor boy playes with this kind of cars... it's similar with our parents told us... eat everything, others are starving... instead of eat only half, lets donate the rest to te starving ones :D :))
there is enough useless garbage in museums
So should you Dr. Jones
4 years late but will share for anyone that finds themselves in a similar situation, gondola shelving. Common to find at store closing auctions. Picked up (136) 4 ft wide, 6 ft tall, double sided, with average of 4 shelves per side for $400. Easy to setup. Easy to adjust the shelves. Great way to get things out of the box and organize it for sale. Year later I bought a second lot of them just for additional shelves. (260) shelves for $175.
HUH?
That was a definitely great video 📹 I thought I had a collection ha ha I don't think so. Now that was more than a collection there! His daughter had no clue what she just gave away
Some cars are like vinyl pops, $5-10, but there's some really good ones for those who want to make a nice centerpiece to a room/mancave.
As a diecast guy with a diecast channel, this was quite the find. Hopefully there isn't too much late 90's/early 00's NASCAR but there is more than enough other good stuff to make a nice profit on this. Great find!
Lots of naysayers in this peanut gallery. At $1.80 paid per car there is no downside to this. The only question is whether he makes a lot of money on this score or a massive amount of money. Congrats and thanks for posting Pete.
yes, the downside is the massive time taken to sell all that to make whatever money. this would be a several lifetime job taking pictures and listing all that. He's got a lot of work to do just to get his $27K back and THEN he can start making a profit.
@@AffordBindEquipment He sold $250k in 2 months, not even a third of the way through but average price per car is $70 currently
I don't know about this collection, but I do know that there are countless die cast NASCAR cars out there and they are hard as hell to sell these days. But this collection is definitely worth a fortune.
Pretty much anything NASCAR is dead weight now...
@@danooc1 how come ?
@@DB-ls2zi Two reasons: NASCAR ratings and attendance are way down, and everything from the nineties to the present was overproduced
Thank you Pete and John. I think I would've sat outside for 6hrs as well...you just never know ;)
John needs a Vicky. Vicky would have that listed in 2 months max
That's insane. I need to get into storage auctions. Can't believe someone would default with that much, and that the storage company didn't clean house.
The guy probably died of COVID and the family didn’t know about it .
This is just a insane collection. This will keep you busy for a while. This is a whole other level.
Amazing...just won the lottery. Good for him!
Wow what an amazing purchase and story! Great video!
Nice score.. . Thanks for sharing
It's always the JAW, that is dropping, and not the mouth :-)))
An amazing find! The work involved to list all of that is overwhelming to me.
I bought a similar unit 👍 hundreds of nascars Harley and vintage concert tee... I paid only a few dollars for my locker!
truly amazing very huge collection very beautiful.
Súper cool video! Congratulations! John needs to make a RUclips channel ! 👍👍✌️
Wow with 20,000 cars, he paid $1.35 a car roughly. They're definitely worth $20 - $500 each depending on year and model. Average $50 a model and there's your $1,000,000. Awesome find.
Good luck getting a million bucks for that collection you be lucky to get a hundred thousand
How if he sold an avg of $60 and he has 15000 of them. (The estimate was between 15000-20000 cars/items) that’s $900,000 I’m thinking he’s going to do alright!
Not more than 4 $each toy.Thats it.,Too much promotional stuff going on.
I told you before I love your channel and hope you don't mind, i just featured on my on my channel's home page to share with my new subscribers. We got the same type of peeps !
The first car you showed ,the gold and red one is a MK1 ford escort IN ALAN MANN racing colours.i owned two of these cars and I love them,such brilliant machines.
I did not just wipe a bit of drool while watching this upload. ☺️🥰
Amazing collection. Feel bad for the previous owners that "lost" the collection, but good for John! Just stumbled upon the listings and intend to own some of these pieces.
Eh, can't take them to the grave
I bought my father a 1/16(?) scale die cast of Dale Earnhardt's first race car, #8, and it was $100 back in 2003.
Great find that will keep him busy for a long long time. I wouldn't say it's the best collection I've seen for sale in the Chicago area though since it didn't involve vintage cars. The Randy Pratl collection that recently has been selling from an auction house is probably the biggest and best one I've known of. Having attended toy car shows for years in this area and knowing the guys and ages of some of the collectors, I think it's safe to say there will be a quite a few more amazing toy car collections up for sale in the next 10 to 20 years.
This is a amazing find...wow!!! I only got five cars so far in my collection...lol.
Wow! Pete you got some great stuff there! New friend Ruthie here
I hope john has guards patrolling his warehouses 24/7. People would try steal for sure.
The fact that you are careful about not disclosing the amount paid and location says a lot of good things about you.
That's not a collection, that's an obsession! Just wow!
Hey Pete, I just watched this 2 year old video of your friend John, who bought the 3 storage units for $27K. At the time, he said he thought he might have between 15,000 to 20,000 die-cast cars. How about an update & report how he made out financially on his investment? Also how long it took for him to flip them & any interesting stories he might have about the sales, okay? Thanks Pete, I’m still trying to catch up with all your interesting & educational videos.
I would say 3 years and have hafe to go.
John with a good attitude like that you're going to beat this one too
wow wow wow!!!!!!!!!! never seen so many... interested to have a 6 month update on his sales from this!! just to get an idea for seeing his profit!
Two points:
Point one: Congrats to the fella. A year or so ago, a friend of mine connected me with her friend who has recently lost her brother. Her brother had approximately 400 1/18 and 50 1/24 diecast cars. Almost all were unboxed and "dusty" did not begin to describe the condition. Her friend had been told by others that she was sitting on a gold mine. I did a quick perusal and saw nothing high end. I considered purchasing the collection, but didn't want to insult her. I only got called because I collect diecast. I am NOT an appraiser. I wondered what would've been a fair price, considering my time. Haul the collection home (unboxed!), clean every single one, buy shipping boxes/packing materials, compose the ads , box 'em up and send 'em out, praying like the dickens they get there in one piece. Then sigh as eBay takes 10%. Little by little, that profit gets eaten away. At $1 and change per car, this guy has some wiggle room. I think she thought she was sitting on tens of thousands of dollars. I didn't have the heart to tell this lady that if anyone offered her anything close to a grand, she should take it and RUN.
Point two: I specifically collect Aussie stuff and was surprised to see he had some. I would've loved to bid, but his starting prices for those pieces were way too high for me.
He will make his investment back before a week prolly 4 days of sales he had over 200 plus sold in 2 days at 80 avg you do the math I love it haha.
That guy who originally owned that collection....had some money
That was somebody's ❤️ at one time
This kind of product seems ideal to open a private online store outside of Ebay or Amazon. With so many different items in a narrow product range (diecast cars), this may help bring the store into high ranking in Google because the SEO's will have so many similar product descriptions.
Amazing!!! I would to buy all of it!
Please get the cars off the floor a freak rain storm you could loose a lot of money and I would tarp them just in case Great collection That is the kind of deal a lot of us are looking for CONGRATS
pete, u so funny! "...dis iz mothdropping!" 😂😂😂
ps i know u meant "jaw dropping"
WHY? THAT WAS A a story that showcased a dysfunctional family with no recovery system . Great opportunity for someone but to me a real Tragedy .
Pretty amazing find
Very good Peter, I thought you were going to purchase those cars, guess, not enough meat on the bone. Cheers !!***..
He’s killing sales on eBay. God Bless you sir!!!!
Wow! Pretty neat buy, I hope he does well! 😁
Can't help but feel for the previous owner that lost all that stuff
Yeah I feel kind of bad for them too but honestly like if you can't afford to pay your bills but can afford to blow it all on this stuff in the first place you kind of deserve to lose it. Who knows man maybe the person died, like we have no idea. I can't imagine someone would just let it all go, they clearly had the resources to buy it all in the first place and not only that but to organize it as well as they did. I bet the person simply passed away or something.
They said in the video the guy died and his daughter sold the stuff.
@@MK-Hogan He said he bought from the storage company.
Well, there's your retirement money right there. Amazing score.
buy a set and put it in your store! with the cases - you can both profit off it! as you empty your cases, buy more from him!
Crazy awesome collection.. im so jelly.. love it!!! Congrats on acquiring such a dreamy/massive collection.. :) :D
that can be a problem, being rather new. Really vintage ones can bring really big bucks.I can't seem to move the newer stuff.
...vintage as in < 80s? or 70s?..........just wondering
@@wesweatyoushop2556 Diecast models go way back. they began in the early part of the 20th century, I can't find accurate info on exactly when or what company was first to the market with them. Prior to it being cars, it was things like tin soldiers and horse and buggy, tokens like in an old monopoly set, all kinds of things Originally many were made of lead. Heck Matchbox started in 1947 70's and 80's aren't considered vintage or classic as the 70's were about the time Hot Wheels came in, then Lesney went to "superfast" wheels. sometime in the late seventies or early 80s Hot Wheels bought out Lesney, the name goes on the but the quality doesn't. So Most 70's and 80's are not really considered vintage. ... yet. early 70's, perhaps. Kinda depends on your perspective. When you're as old as me, 70's and 80's was like yesterday. Within the well known brands, quality dropped about that time. then some other brands took up the slack. I don't know all the good brands in the larger scale cars. Heck, there is even some very good stuff coming out of China. You see, what people here fail to understand, is that the people in China can and sometimes do make quality stuff. At one time being made in China meant high quality. That was before Mao. It was "made in Japan" that meant cheap junk. Now made in Japan is a good thing. Why are they making junk? It's because that's what the people ordering the stuff demand. They want it as cheap as possible, and don't really want it to last, they want it to break or wear out quickly so people go buy more.
Amazing video as always! Thanks for sharing!
WOW!!! that is an amazing collection. If the daughter fell on hard times didn't she realise that she had potentially a million dollars sitting in storage. I'm always curious as to why people abandon their storage lockers.
Yeah I mean. If you need the money. Why don’t you just sell the stuff you have in your storage locker.
Watching this video was sooo rewording!
Damn, the daughter missed out on a big payday. I can understand tho, it's hard to sell a collection if you don't anything about it. I hope to have a good collection when I get older. I dunno if I will ever be on this level, lol.
Very nice!!!
Nice to see someone get a great deal like this! Love them cars!
Wow! Thanks for sharing.
Total thumbs up...the buy of a lifetime...unbelievable...well done man...wow...
Just hire somebody to do the eBay listings...
As collector hats seeing boxes being stack and models lying on there side. Condition of the original box and model is so critical to resale values
I’m blown away and I thought I just came in the diecast great video
What an incredible situation. Congratulations!
This is a great example of why you should save up your money from your business. So you will be able to take advantage of that Golden opportunity when it presents itself!
It's a large collection or 1/24 & 1/18 for sure but I have a collection of Nascar & NHRA that dwarfs this in numbers. I've been trying to find a buyer or broker for years to liquidate 20,000+ pieces. with ZERO luck. 75% is 1/64 scale with a mix of 1/43, 1/24 & 1/18 making up the remainder. I remember watching the book values climb to a half million in the 90's & yet today I'd let the whole thing go for 25 cents on the dollar of what I paid for it because it fills an entire spare room in Rubbermaid totes.
...amazing story and what a find.........john will have a great chrstmas this year..........you shoud give him a die cast as christmas present ;)
Oh, one more thing, i might be wrong, but on the start of your video i see you what appears to be holding the camera in your right hand........for yourself, your future grandchild and us viewers ........please get a holder for your camera and put it in the car ........stay safe and good luck
thats to let everyone know we can't take anything with us when we leave this earth. just enjoy the present be kind to everyone
Hi Pete can you share the best source for storage units auctions ,
thanks, great content!
Wow, that is massive!
Ooh, every Franklin Mint car. He will make money on the shit eventually.
It's only a million dollar collection if you can move every single peice at your askig price and it doesn't take you 20 years to do so.
Already sold quarter million dollars worth in 2montha
Some folks just don't want to feel good about some else 's good fortune..
Love this video! I always love seeing a fellow collector do their thing! :)