bit of a weird question....

[lcg]

but i was clearing out my loft and came across a vintage monopoly set with wooden/cardboard characters (all there) and a matching board. does anyone know how much this is worth? i've tried looking on the net, but haven't got very far. patent no. is:453689. how can i find out about it's value and where can i flog it? strange....but mtia for any suggestions x

[Ann]

How old would it be icg?

[lcg]

ww2 - 1940-45 production as far as i can tell. x

[Jonathan-Joe]

In the 50s my family had a set with cardboard tokens stuck into a wood base and wooden houses / hotels rather roughly cut. Like thois http://stcroiss.blogs...-photograph-aged.html . Probably produced to war time "austerity" standards. I have no idea of value.

[lcg]

thanks, jj. my set is earlier than that and have dated it to 1940. the pieces are more rudimentary and slightly different in pattern. thanks for your interest tho x

[missprim]

Have you looked to see if anyone is selling something similar on ebay?

[lcg]

yeah...99p and counting! i think not x

[tinkerbell23]

Ebay selling a ww1 one just now...3days left though 99p at moment. Said all bits are there but box is a bit tatty!!!

Have a look and see what it sells for in a few days xx

[lcg]

ta tinkerbell. have advertised it for now somewhere - along with a raft of other crap i want to be rid of! and all because i had my loft done x

[tinkerbell23]

$12.99 on a website somewhere too! But people collect things like that im sure someone will want it!! One mans junk and all that xx

[tinkerbell23]

Ps stick it all on ebay i never make less than about 200quid every 6-12months and its nothing special what i sell xx

[lcg]

cheers.aiming to get a bit more than that if i can. don't s'pose you want it, tinks? x x x x x

[shoota]

Local auction house - a similar vintage 'Totopoly' went for £35 on Flog it the other day.

[tinkerbell23]

If i had money!! Lol.... U can use reserve prices on ebay remember. Im addicted to ebay. Well when i had an income i was! X

[Jonathan-Joe]

If it's not worth the hassle of selling, maybe you could donate it to a museum. The Museum of Childhood, Hackney has aa lot of old toys and games.

[wolf63]

Try this website - seems a good starting point ;-)

http://www.monopolycollector.com/

[vulcan]

Sometimes auction houses have specialised sales and this attracts collectors from around the world. If you can find one that's selling toys, this will increase the number of potential buyers.