Category Archives for "Actively Buying"

Antique German Teddy bears
Jun 06

Antique Steiff Bears, Animals, & Toys

By John | We Buy Antique & Vintage Toys , Actively Buying , United States

Actively Buying

Condition

Want

Pay

Straw and Horsehair Stuffed Toys

Excellent

One

$$$-$,$$$

GI Joe, Star Wars, Lego, etc.

Like New

Multiple

$$-$$$

Superhero Comic Collectibles

Good to Best

One or Multiple

$$ - $$$

100 Year Old Dolls

Good to Best

One or Multiple

$$ - $$$

We pay for shipping

We buy well-crafted, well-designed (100 years old) antique Steiff bears and animals. We’re always interested in buying Steiff stuffed animal toys, We are eager to discuss German toys in general and especially Steiff stuffed animals. We’re also looking for Art deco toys, mid-century modern toys, and some contemporary toys; they are all desired. If you have newer toys in their original packaging like GI Joe, Star Wars, Lego, etc. are all wanted.

Antique toys we buy and want to buy are:

  • Antique (over 100 years old) Steiff Bears
  • Animals stuffed with straw with mohair fur
  • Animals stuffed with horsehair
  • Homemade Antique Toys
  • Antique Games

If you have any antique stuffed animals we’d like to discuss buying from you.

  • Steiff Bears
  • Steiff Rabbits
  • Steiff Dolls
  • We’re happy to look at any type of Antique Steiff Animal

You might have other things we buy. Click to see all the categories we like to buy.

Our Buying Terms:

  • We are not hunting for bargains
  • We pay fair prices
  • We want to earn your business

We BUY from YOU!

  • We are always buying!
  • We pay fair prices
  • We buy all types of dolls; we are not just antique toy buyers.

When you have antique toys to sell, we want you to think of us every time. By paying fair prices, sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

We want to earn your business

We are avidly buying toys every day in the national marketplace. We constantly do research to understand current market prices. This research gives us the confidence to offer you a fair price. Once we come to an agreement we are responsible for the safety, storage, and marketing. You have become a successful seller.

Some people enjoy the experience so much they go out and look for more antiques. We look forward to seeing their discoveries.

Vasarely Black-Gold-Grey
Sep 22

Estate Art, Paintings, Photography, Carvings

By John | Buying Estate Art , Actively Buying , United States , We Buy Estates

We are avid buyers of original art: paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints (signed & numbered).  All art that is made by hand is what we want to buy. We are not looking for mass produced art. We buy estate art collections and single objects of art. Estate art is art collected over a lifetime.

We also buy old wood frames if they are well crafted. We will earn your business. There are many categories of estate art we buy. We are not bargain hunters.

Paintings

Henry George Keller Still Life Oil on Canvas
Henry George Keller Still Life Oil on Canvas

Paintings We buy all types of paintings, oil, watercolors, and acrylic. Signed paintings are best but we’re happy to look at unsigned paintings too. Unreadable signatures are not a problem. Any subject from traditional landscapes, still life, portraits, animals, and children are ok. We’re always happy to take a look. We also buy modern and contemporary paintings.

Sculptures

Meiji Oni Holding Platter
Meiji Oni Holding Platter

We buy sculptures, bronze, iron, wood. We consider any type of sculpture. Signed sculptures are preferred but anonymous sculptures are fine.

Limited Edition Prints

Ellsworth Kelly Prints
Signed, numbered, limited edition prints by Ellsworth Kelly.

We buy limited edition prints from any era. A limited edition is the same as signed and numbered. Sometimes instead of a number “Artist Proof” or “Proof” is where the number should be. That is OK.

Frames

Zig Zag Frame
Zig Zag Frame

We are buyers of old and antique frames. Finely crafted and handmade wood frames are what we primarily buy.

Civil War Flag McIntosh Guards Georgia
Sep 21

Civil War Antiques & Relics

By John | We Buy Civil Rights Memorbilia , Actively Buying , United States

We avidly buy Civil War antiques and relics. We will earn your business. If you find or have Civil War photos, letters, weapons, medals or anything else and are looking for a buyer we want to talk to you about your collection. Civil War relics are the most desirable of all military collectibles. We are militaria buyers from all American conflicts, but we are avid buyers of Civil War relics. We are not bargain hunters.

Civil War Sword

Officer’s swords are the most valuable but any sword from the civil war in any condition has value. We buy confederate swords and union swords in any condition. You deserve a fair price! Don’t leave money on the table.

Civil War Rifle

Rifles, especially long rifles are highly sought. The civil war soldier in the photo is holding a long rifle. The condition of a rifle has a significant impact on its value.  We buy confederate rifles & union rifles in any condition. We pay top prices for weapons. Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish.

Civil War Uniform

Uniforms from the war are still found and have value regardless of condition. Confederate uniforms and Union uniforms are both desirable to us. Officer’s uniforms have the most value since there were fewer uniforms made. Any part of the clothing of a civil war uniform is worth calling us to discuss. Belt buckles, buttons, ribbons, sashes, insignia, and hats are all collectible. We are buyers of all of these civil war items in any condition. Learn how to get top prices.

Civil War Photograph

We buy photos from the Civil War. The photo above is a great example of the type of photo we like to buy, but we’ll look at any civil war photo you want to sell. If you have a photo like this one you’ll get $,$$$.

Civil War Knife

 The soldier in the photo is holding a bowie knife. We buy civil war knives.

Civil War Letters

 Letters & correspondence about the Civil War are often overlooked. We buy civil war letters, correspondence & diaries. We look for letters that describe battles or discuss issues related to the war. Any reference to slavery, abolition or states rights are topics that we like to see.

Civil War Relic

 We are buyers of any civil war relic.  Even if you have Civil War relics we have not mentioned specifically we are still avid civil war buyers of any type of military antique. Military antiques can include civil war memorials, civil war flags, civil war maps, any type of weapon, and all paper items.

Folk Hadmande Furniture and Folk Art
Sep 15

Unique, Unusual, Handmade American Furniture

By John | We Buy Antique Furniture , Actively Buying , United States , We Buy Estates

We go everywhere to buy unique, unusual, handmade American furniture.

Important: We are very selective about the furniture we’re currently buying. This is an example of unique, handmade, well-crafted, well-designed furniture we recently bought. We’re looking for furniture that is UNIQUE (see example photos), furniture we can not find in our area. 

We Pay Fair Prices

We buy all types of antiques; we are not just antique furniture buyers. Due to the volume of submissions, we can not respond to everyone.

NOTE: If your furniture submission does not meet our requirements you probably will not get a response. Brand name furniture is not hand-made it is manufactured.

When you have antiques to sell, we want you to think of us every time. By paying fair prices, sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

Vingate Baseball Cards
Sep 14

Sports Memorabilia and Collectibles

By John | We Buy Sports Memorabilia and Collectibles , Actively Buying , United States

We Go Everywhere

We buy sports memorabilia the things that are sports-related. Older antique sports collectibles are best. If you want to sell something today give us a call. Click to see all the categories we like to buy.

  • Photos, Photo Albums and Real Photo Postcards
  • Uniforms, Hats, Trophies, Equipment
  • Antique Tobacco Baseball Cards
Vingate Baseball Cards
Vingate Baseball Tobacco Cards

Our Buying Terms

  • We are not hunting for bargains.
  • We pay fair prices.
  • We want to earn your business.
Baseball Broadside
Negro League Broadside

We BUY from YOU!

  • Social History in Sports: Photos and anything related to women in sports, and African-Americans in sports the older the better.
  • Special Sports Events: Photos, photo albums and scrapbooks about playoffs, competitions, and trips to unusual locations.
  • Civil Rights in Sports: Photos related to early integration in sports. Jack Johnson, Joe Lewis, and other legendary sports achievers.
  • Women’s Sports: Photos and scrapbooks related to women’s early involvement in sports.

We Pay Fair Prices for Sports Memorabilia

We buy all types of old, antique, and vintage memorabilia related to sports. Real photo postcards (RPPC), photo albums, individual photos, or just unique photos, cabinet cards, carte de visites (CDV), tintypes, and ambrotypes (glass).

When you have vintage photographs or sports memorabilia to sell, we want you to think of us every time. By paying fair prices, sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

We want to earn your business

We are avid buyers.   We constantly do research to understand current market prices. This research gives us the confidence to offer you a fair price. Once we come to an agreement we are responsible for the safety, storage, and marketing. You have become a successful picker.

Some people enjoy the experience so much they go out and look for more antiques. If that sounds like you; we’re already looking forward to seeing your discoveries.

Old Man Framed Photo
Sep 13

Vintage Photos & Photo Albums

By John | We Buy Photos and Photo Albums , Actively Buying , United States

We avidly buy vintage photos, photo albums and we pay for shipping.

We buy vintage photos and photo albums from ANY time period. We are vintage photo buyers of photography focused on historical events and interesting people.

  • Interesting People: For people there has to be something noteworthy about them newsworthy (activists, movement leaders, politicians, actors), notorious (criminals), infamous, unusually dressed, or odd characters.
  • Life in America: We also buy photo albums that tell a story or represent “life in the day”. Any work environments like stores, farms, and factories,
  • Social History Movements:  like labor, woman’s suffrage, civil rights, gay LGBT rights, & immigrant farm labor.

If your photos don’t seem like a good fit click to see all the other things we like to buy.

Selling Photography Terms:

  • We are not hunting for bargains.
  • We pay fair prices.
  • We want to earn your business.

We BUY from YOU!

  • Exotic Travel: Photos related to trips or travel especially exotic faraway places like Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Alaska, & Hawaii  the older the better.
  • Special Family Events: Photos about spectacular honeymoon trips to unusual locations.
  • Animals: Photos of wild animals or safaris
  • Civil Rights in America: Photos related to the civil rights movement, meetings, marches, protests, etc.
  • Women's Sufferage: Photos related to women's suffrage and the right to vote
  • Labor Movement: Photos related to the labor movement, farm later, immigrant labor
  • LGBT Civil Rights: 

We pay fair prices for photography

We buy all types of old, antique, and vintage photography. Real photo postcards (RPPC), photo albums, individual photos by noted photographers (i.e. Van Vechten) or just unique photos, cabinet cards, carte de visites (CDV), tintypes, and ambrotypes (glass).

When you have vintage photographs to sell, we want you to think of us every time. By paying fair prices, sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

We want to earn your business

We are avid photography buyers.   We constantly do research to understand current market prices. This research gives us the confidence to offer you a fair price. Once we come to an agreement we are responsible for the safety, storage, and marketing. You have become a successful picker.

Some people enjoy the experience so much they go out and look for more antiques. If that sounds like you; we're already looking forward to seeing your discoveries.

WWII German souvenir, letter, death telegram and photos.
Jun 26

War and Military Memorabilia

By John | We Buy Military Memorbilia , Actively Buying , United States

We go everywhere

We buy military history memorabilia from ANY time period. We’re always buying all types of weapons, trench art, military photo albums, uniforms, helmets, military letters, military scrapbooks. We are militaria buyers for all wars and conflicts. If you want to sell something today give us a call. Otherwise, subscribe and we’ll keep in touch and give you tips to find valuable items that you didn’t know have a value that you can make money selling. Click to see all the categories we like to buy.

Civil War Soldier Daguerreotype
Confederate Soldier with Weapons, Sword & Rifle

We BUY from YOU!

We are always buying! If you don’t have something to sell today, subscribe and we’ll tell you what to look for.

We pay fair prices

WWII German souvenir, letter, death telegram and photos.
WWII German souvenir, letter, death telegram and photos.

We are militaria buyers of all collectibles & memorabilia. All wars & conflicts from any era are what we like to we buy.

When you have military memorabilia to sell, we want you to think of us every time. By paying fair prices, sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

We want to earn your business

We are avid antique buyers every day in the national marketplace. We constantly do research to understand current market prices. This research gives us the confidence to offer you a fair price. Once we come to an agreement we are responsible for the safety, storage, and marketing. You have become a successful seller.

Some people enjoy the experience so much they go out and look for more antiques. We look forward to seeing their discoveries.

Sterling Mint Julep Cups
Jun 24

Estate Silver

By John | We Are Avid Silver Buyers , Actively Buying , United States

We go everywhere buying sliver or we pay for shipping & insurance

We buy silver in ANY condition.  We buy silver flatware, silver trays, silver pots. We may pay more than scrap value if your scrap silver is well designed. Don’t get ripped off selling Gorham, Tiffany or Mexican Silver for scrap silver. It’s worth MORE THAN SCRAP.

If you want to sell silver today give us a call 912-289-1060.  See what else we buy.

Our Buying Terms:

  • We are not hunting for bargains
  • We pay fair prices.
  • We want to earn your business.

We BUY from YOU!

We are always buying silver and estate silver! 

Hector Aguilar Salad Set
Rosewood and 925 sterling sliver salad serving set designed by Hector Aguilar from Taxco Mexico.

We pay fair prices for sterling silver

We are antique silver buyers that buy all types of sterling silver new or old. Sterling silver has value regardless of age. The design or pattern can increase the value but silver always has value.
When you want to sell sterling silver, we want you to think of us every time. We buy silver and pay fair prices, sometimes we can pay better than scrap prices for silver. Silver sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

We want to earn your business

We are avid silver buyers. We constantly do research to understand current market prices. This research gives us the confidence to offer you a fair price. Once we come to an agreement to buy your silver we are responsible for the safety, storage and marketing.

Some people enjoy the experience so much they go out and look for more antiques. If that sounds like you; we’re already looking forward to seeing your discoveries.

Cloisone Sheep
Jun 22

Asian Antiques

By John | We Buy Asian Antiques , Actively Buying , United States

We go everywhere

We buy Asian antiques from ANY time period. We are avid buyers of soapstone carvings, bonsai pots, vases,  Asian furniture,  Asian prints,  Asian art, Asian clothing, and photographs. We are also always buying all types of Asian militaria. We buy weapons, samurai swords, military photo albums, uniforms, helmets, military letters, military scrapbooks. We are militaria buyers for all wars and conflicts. If you want to sell something today give us a call. Otherwise, subscribe and we’ll keep in touch and give you tips to find valuable items that you didn’t know have a value that you can make money selling. Click to see all the categories we like to buy.

We BUY from YOU!

We pay fair prices

We are buyers of all Asian antiques, collectibles & memorabilia. All type of decorative items and memorabilia from all wars & conflicts from any era are what we like to buy.

When you have Asian antiques or Asian military memorabilia to sell, we want you to think of us every time. By paying fair prices, sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

We are avid antique buyers every day in the national marketplace. We constantly do research to understand current market prices. This research gives us the confidence to offer you a fair price. Once we come to an agreement we are responsible for the safety, storage, and marketing. You have become a successful seller.

Some people enjoy the experience so much they go out and look for more antiques. We look forward to seeing their discoveries.

Signed Dave LM Jug
Jun 21

Antique Pottery, Vintage Pottery & Old Pottery

By John | We Buy American Pottery , Actively Buying , United States

We go everywhere for antique pottery or we pay for shipping

We buy well-crafted pottery from ANY time period,  especially southern, antique, folk pottery from Georgia, Alabama, Edgefield, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi. We’re always buying pottery (especially old pottery), but we also buy well-designed handmade modern pottery. Florida can be a great hunting place for pottery. If you want to sell something today give us a call. Otherwise, subscribe and we’ll keep in touch and give you tips to find valuable items that you didn’t know have value that you can make money selling. Click to see all the categories we like to buy.

Thomas Ritchie Pottery Jar, Signed TR 2, Catawba County NC
Thomas Ritchie Pottery Jar, Signed TR 2, Catawba County NC

Selling Pottery Terms:

  • We are not hunting for bargains.
  • We pay fair prices.
  • We want to earn your business.

We BUY from YOU!

Antique pottery, vintage pottery, or old pottery is what we buy. See examples of the pottery we buy and sell below.

We Pay Fair Prices for Pottery

When you have pottery to sell, we want you to think of us every time. By paying fair prices, sellers return to sell to us and they recommend us to friends and family. We reward you every step of the way if you sell to us or if you refer to us.

We will earn your business

We are avid antique pottery buyers.   We constantly do research to understand current market prices. This research gives us the confidence to pay you a fair price. Once we come to an agreement we are responsible for the safety, storage, and marketing. You have become a successful picker.

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