What We Buy & Sell (and Loan against) ...
We pay up to 50% more for your gold!
GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM, & STERLING
- Gold: jewelry, class rings, broken, scrap, coins, bullion, dental
- Silver: jewelry, broken, scrap, coins, bullion
- Sterling: flatware, tea services, trophies, serving pieces
- Platinum: all types
- SilverPlate: only complete flatware sets, or old and/or unusual items
JEWELRY
- all types of better quality jewelry
- costume jewelry
DIAMONDS
- 1/2 carat and larger preferred
- all styles at higher grades
- GIA & EGL USA certificates helpful
COINS & BULLION
- US 1964 back
- All silver and gold coins
- Later proof sets
CURRENCY
- US only, all types
WATCHES
- pocket, wrist
- Rolex, Brietling, Hamilton, Elgin, Howard, Dudley . . .
- vintage (1960's and older)
- any designer / battery watches must be either gold, very high quality, and/or rare
- working and non-working
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COMICS
1970 and older (normally 10 and 12 cents)
- Marvel, DC, horror, westerns, sci-fi, funnies, military, crime, romance, action, adventure, premiums, promotional
BOOKS
- Big Little Books
- Little Golden Books
- premiums / giveaways
MAGAZINES & PULPS
- all types from the 1960's back
TOYS
- all types 1960's and older
- cast iron, tin, pressed steel, wooden, battery, friction
- slot cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, model kits, marbles, banks, action figures, lunch boxes, pedal cars, robots, PEZ, Disney, comic, cartoon, premiums
- 1970's and later must be complete in box, or something exceptional . . . Lego, Star Wars, GI Joe, Transformers, Turtles
TRAINS
- all guages: standard, O, O27, S, G, HO ...
- Lionel, American Flyer, Marklin, Bing, Ives
- Aacessories of all types
- newer trains must be new or mint in box: MTH, LGB, Lionel, Rail King
- older trains, unless rare, must be in good, working condition free of extensive damage.
DOLLS & TEDDY BEARS
- late 1800's to early 1900's
- 1900's character dolls
- Steiff
SCALE MODELS
- only the best in original boxes with COA's
SPORTS
- all types preferably early 1960's back
- baseball: cards, bobbleheads, pennants, uniforms, balls, trophies
- autographs must have a recognized Certificate of Authenticity (COA) - PSA, JSA, or Steiner
- fishing: lures, rods, reels
- duck decoys
ANTIQUE FIREARMS
- rifles, muskets, flintlocks, percussion
MILITARY
- swords, daggers, helmets, uniforms, flags, medals, badges
GLASS
- art glass, Tiffany, Steuben, carnival
BOTTLES
- all types of higher quality and rarity
POTTERY
- Weller, Rookwood, Roseville, Moorcroft
DOORSTOPS
- early 1900's cast iron (no later 1950's reproductions)
ARTWORK
- paintings, sculptures, modern . . . by recognized artists
CLOCKS
- wall, grandfather, shelf (must be in working condition, unless rare)
FURNITURE
- very limited in what we buy!
- period, Mid-Century, primitive, painted,
Arts & Crafts, pre-1900
- overall, furniture must be something unusual, or of high value
- no rockers, cradles, high chairs, or cribs
LAMPS
- table, floor, ceiling, Tiffany, Pairpoint, Handel, Mid-Century
RUGS
- oriental, Middle Eastern
TEXTILES
- quilts, samplers
EPHEMERA
- catalogs, posters, old paper
CARDS
- post, trade, sports, non-sports, tobacco
KITCHEN
- Pyrex, FireKing, Fiesta, Jadeite, Griswold, cutlery
STONEWARE
- blue decorated, Cowden, Wilcox, jugs, crocks
ADVERTISING
- signs, tins, trays, buttons . . .
- sports, political, tobacco, soda, gas
AUTOMOTIVE / MOTORCYCLES
- vintage signs, anything related
ELECTRIC
- early 1900's engines
- fans
- typewriters
- sewing machines (working, no treadle)
- kitchen (mixers. etc.)
HOLIDAY
- Halloween, Christmas
POLITCIAL
- Pin backs, buttons, ribbons, banners
PA DUTCH FOLK ART
- fracturs, carvings
VINTAGE CLOTHING
- select pieces in excellent condition
VENDING / COIN OP MACHINES
- soda, candy, gum, cigarette, record, gambling
AUDIO
- music boxes, Victrolas
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
- guitars, saxophones, trumpets, amps
PHOTOGRAPHIC
- cameras, lenses
- photos, slides, cabinet cards, tin types
- Zeiss, Leica, Hasselblad, Nikon
STEREO / AUDIO
- audiophile, audio grade, vintage
- amps, pre-amps, turntables, reel-to-reel
- Macintosh, Sansui, Marantz, Carver, Thorens, Pioneer, Technics, Kenwood, Fisher
- high-grade only (tubes, wooden, heavier, etc.)
RECORDS
- 1960's and older
- 33's (LP's, albums), including early jazz and the Beatles
- 45's of all types
- 78's, only in originally packaged binders with color covers (usually came with 2-4 records)
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COLLECTIBLES
- (1970's and later)
- higher grade items
- should be in original boxes with paperwork, tags, Certificates of Authenticity, and be new to near new
- no NASCAR, Winross, Beanie Babies, Avon
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GIFT CARDS
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ANYTHING OF VALUE
- Items need to have a significant resell value on today's market. No flea market or yard sale items that you know are not of value.
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WHAT WE DON'T BUY
If followed by an asterisk (*) we only buy either very early or very unusual items.
- smart phones, tablets, computers
- televisions
- appliances
- Avon
- baby (doll) high chairs, strollers, cradles, and cribs*
- collector plates, unless sterling silver
- Jim Beam bottles or similar decanters
- NASCAR
- rocking chairs*
- rocking horses*
- sleds*
- Winross trucks
- yard sale items
- tools
- stamps
- china
- most glassware*
