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Fellow denizens of B'Town,

A friend and I have been tasked with selling a very large toy soldier collection for his wife's co-worker. The co-worker's husband passed away, suddenly, and she was at a loss as to what to do with the collection. My friend's wife volunteered us since in her eyes, one small lead miniature is just like any other.

Now while he and I have been gaming together for over twenty years, and are somewhat familiar with these types of collectibles, we are just not quite sure where the biggest market for these might lie. So while he searches the web for leads I wanted to see what advice the good folks here at Bartertown could offer.

The miniatures are mostly painted, 40mm lead figures but there is a smattering of other scales and materials mixed in. 54mm plastic, 28mm lead, etc. etc. There is also a wide variety of periods such as Colonial, WWII, Napoleonics and ACW.

So put on your thinking caps, reach into that vast well of knowledge and experience and tell this good Samaritan where to start!

Thanks for all your assistance,

BTWilliams

if you could I would suggest taking pics of everything you have,folks here seem rather good at identifying and helping give realistic values on stuff

Search for boards for people who play games other than GW's.
There are a couple sub boards here, but realisticly, B-town is GW-centric.

I know there are others, but since I don't play or follow most other 'wargames', I don't recall the names of the boards. I know a couple guys who follow them alot. I see them every couple weeks. I'll try to remember to ask them then.
But it'd probably be quicker to do a web search for wargame forums, toy soldier forums and such.

If you have a lot of historicals, I'd recommend the Miniatures Page. link: http://theminiaturespage.com/ They have a large group of Historical gamers there. They'll also most likely be able to identify any historical stuff your not sure of. They do more than just historicals, but I know that happens to be where alot of those type gamers happen to congregate.