I wonder what I will find at the local car boot sale this year?

[StarWarsFan]

Some good pickups starwarsfan. I didnt really get anything star wars related this week. I bumped into the toy dealer who I gave my number to regarding his vintage figures the other week, he sold all 70 of them the day before, usual story I guess!

Thanks
chrisfnx

 

[StarWarsFan]

My brother picked up an emperors royal gaurd with cape all in good nik for £1 i found nothing.

I always remember a few years ago a boot sale i visited every week and got there early. I had been out the night before and suffering a bit so got there late and i saw a guy walking off with a rebel transport filled with figs under his arm and a falcon in his other hand.

Big smile on his face.

Lucky guy, last year a dealer we all call the weasel got a vintage falcon for £5 I missed it by a minute I had slept in my alarm failed to go off, did buy it off him for £7 so not to bothered but still annoying.

 

[Sabreman]

I love car booting but rarely do I find anything, yesterday I got a couple of Action Jack figures, the lady wanted 10p but I gave her a pound. About four weeks ago I got a Rankor Keeper and Farmboy Luke for two pound each.
Last year I got a decent Diecast Star Destroyer for a pound.
Not to bad but if you don't get to the car boot early stuff has usually gone as I seem to have plenty of people after what I am after. They are doing it to make money I do it to expand my collection.

 

[StarWarsFan]

I love car booting but rarely do I find anything, yesterday I got a couple of Action Jack figures, the lady wanted 10p but I gave her a pound. About four weeks ago I got a Rankor Keeper and Farmboy Luke for two pound each.
Last year I got a decent Diecast Star Destroyer for a pound.
Not to bad but if you don't get to the car boot early stuff has usually gone as I seem to have plenty of people after what I am after. They are doing it to make money I do it to expand my collection.

Nice finds agree about the dealers after stuff to make money for me its for my own collection.

 

[pizzathehutt]

I think there are a lot of people that go there knowing what to look for so that they can make just a profit and not actual collectors

some said they were collectors but when you question them about what they have they go a bit funny and don't like to tell you I find

if I see anyone walking around with a loose falcon or a bag of figures I usually go "oh yeah! picked up a nice bit of vintage did ya? any last 17?" and most of the time they look uncomfortable and just walk off with no reply :lol: as if I've just said to them ' I know what your up to!'

 

[StarWarsFan]

Agree with what you say quickly popped to the local one round the corner from work picked up a couple of bits will post later

 

[Stubbs]

Agree with what you say quickly popped to the local one round the corner from work picked up a couple of bits will post later

I hope you play the lotto mate you seem to be really lucky with the boot sale finds.

Looking forward to seeing what you picked up.

 

[StarWarsFan]

Agree with what you say quickly popped to the local one round the corner from work picked up a couple of bits will post later

I hope you play the lotto mate you seem to be really lucky with the boot sale finds.

Looking forward to seeing what you picked up.

Thanks mate did win £25 on Saturday not life changing but better then nothing. Purchases from today. Leia and The Emperor 50p each £5 for Peter, Ray Egon and the mug was a freebie

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Cool thread, guys Love hearing about successes at car boots. I love the damned things but I'm pretty much sticking to Ford this year. The good days are the more dealer-heavy flea markets on Thursday and Saturday (0730 start) which have about a dozen car booters and Sunday is the main car boot but is (invariably) filled with the same old **** they couldn't flog the 51 previous weeks of the year. I don't know why they bother.

As for turning up early, up until about 4 weeks ago I spent the last 25 years believing it. I've actually found it pays off to turn up about 20 mins after Ford starts. In fact, my decent finds have trebled as a result.

I go to carboots to find treasure! Stuff that I want for myself but mainly for stuff to clean. repair/restore, play with then sell on. At the moment it's a hobby which helps pay for SW but it's soon going to be my job as I'm thinking about giving up work to do it on a part time basis. I love it and do pretty well out of it.

Not much toy stuff from me and this wasn't all last weekend (although msst of it was) and all within the last 10 days. Ford is a goldmine particularly the dealers and house clearance guys. They like to think they know the value of things but usually don't have a scoobie :lol: Unfortunately it means that things that you'd be happy to pay the going rate for go unbought. A nice scarred COO Snowtrooper that was filthy but in good condition had to be left because the twat wanted £10. It was his only SW item so he didn't have a goddam clue what he was on about.

Anyway, here's a few of the more interesting bits from the last 10 days. Description of each item is above the photo as it can get confusing!

1) Digby Dragon - £6. Tough one to research. From what I can find it was actually an American toy produced in 1979 under licence in the UK by Burbank Toys. One of a series of three woolen hand puppets that came in the plastic cages with plastic "meat" they could eat. I've found a photo of a catalogue from the time that shows these things had an RRP of £5.59! This or 5 Palitoy 12 backs? If only I could find the latter instead of this! When I bought it the box was split at every corner and it had years of loft filth. Now the unused toy (still had the carboard insert to give the puppet shape when on the shop shelf) is looking great.

2) Sony TC-366 Reel-to-Reel tape machine. This and the TC-161 (photo 3) came from the same guy. Both are mint. I don't mean really nice or good for their age of barely used. I mean mint. The R2R doesn't play and autostops immediately but I'm quite confident it's the old grease that's dried up and is causing the jam. I'll strip it, degrease then regrease it and all being well it'll be a fully functional work of art again. Not pictured is the smoked acrylic cover that came with it.

3) Sony TC-161. Came with the above reel-to-reel. When I used the AUX out to plug into an old radio to use as a speaker I couldn't believe it. The sound quality is stunning. Who knew cassettes could sound so good? Well impressed with this and if I didn't have a good tape player on my Panasonic GS-4000 turntable I'd keep it. I paid £40 the pair. This is worth around £60-£70. The TC-366 , on the other hand, when working should be around £400!

4) Cheated a bit here. Think I bought this about 2 weeks ago. It's a Roberts R707. This was the quad-band so is actually useful as the VHF is FM. It was filthy when I got it with stickers over the display at the top and much on the grill. An hour cleaning it and it's come up as almost new. It works very nicely. Not bad for a fiver. In this condition it should go for about £80.

Lots more bits and pieces to put up but have to go and tend my dear wife who broke her foot gardening today :?

 

[StarWarsFan]

Thanks mate, nice finds there. Sorry to hear about your wife hope she is feeling better soon.

 

[Stubbs]

I live in Portsmouth and have ventured over to ford a couple of times and I think its a savage boot sale every car that opens its boot has twenty people in it before they can get a table out.

That was my experience of it.

 

[StarWarsFan]

I live in Portsmouth and have ventured over to ford a couple of times and I think its a savage boot sale every car that opens its boot has twenty people in it before they can get a table out.

That was my experience of it.

The one in York is like that like vultures they are.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

I live in Portsmouth and have ventured over to ford a couple of times and I think its a savage boot sale every car that opens its boot has twenty people in it before they can get a table out.

That was my experience of it.

You're not wrong. My current pet hate is record dealers and computer games guys. That said I met a nice bloke there the other week who was happy to chat and share some knowledge. Most of the game guys are bottom feeding lowlife, though. I'm sure the games they're after have more grey matter than them. Don't get me wrong, if I saw someone drive past with a boot full of vintage I'd be following that car and as soon as the driver door was open I'd say "I'll take it", but come on, PS1 and Nintendo 3DS games are not exactly rare! Chill out and wait until the poor sods have unloaded. When I used to do boot sales regularly in my 20s I made a point of telling people to get out of the boot and anyone who asked for anything got ignored. It went on sale when it made it to the pasting table and not before. I refuse to ask for stuff. I'll wait in front of the table and see what I can see. Sure, if I see something about to come out I'll ask to have a look at it (no point in being too patient as you're on a loser there!) but I won't be hasslin folk. Principles before profit.

That said, Ford isn't as bad as the bootsales I used to do around Chester. They were like the monkeys at Longleat Safari Park, there!

Ford is brilliant for hunting. Had some great SW finds there. Always small but been really happy with things. My R5-D4 in Palitoy baggie was the best find I had and that cost me 2 quid.

Wife's milking the foot for all it's worth :lol: Doing my bloody head in but I'm trying to be nice, poor girl.

 

[StarWarsFan]

record dealers and computer games guys

Its an on going battle at our local one with these guys almost ended up in a punch up one time not good.

 

[StarWarsFan]

Stormtrooper and Royal guard £4 each, Baggie £6 and the pro droid £10.

 

[Stubbs]

Nice finds again this is a great thread it is out there. Gives me the kick up the ass to get up at six and get my ass down there.

 

[StarWarsFan]

Thanks Stubbs its worth it. I got back into it a couple of years ago. About 4 years ago I stopped collecting and missed 2 Anakin's, a Barada and a Imperial Dignatuy for £3 each by about a minute still kick myself so thought right no more mr nice guy lol.

 

[pizzathehutt]

What time do you get to yours for?

 

[StarWarsFan]

What time do you get to yours for?

About 5.50am

 

[pizzathehutt]

What time do you get to yours for?

About 5.50am

oh crickey! yeah that'll do it, I'm not surprised you are doing well

baggie salacious is a cool find

i've got a driving lesson this sunday so I cant go to my local one in chroleywood