Marx Yeti

[raycastile]

It wasn't showing up last night, but now it is:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marx-Yeti-Abominable-Snow-Man-Mint-in-Box-Japan-/321106667806?pt=Electronic_Battery_Windup_Toys_US&hash=item4ac372e91e&nma=true&si=M1prWr1S4JiqDnKou4A4b7%252FgGLs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[raycastile]

The seller is correct in describing it as the nicest Yeti you are ever likely to find.  You might find one equal to it, but not surpassing it. Still, $2,800 is a lot for a Marx Yeti! That's at least $1,000 more than I would have thought possible for the very finest example. Most are in the $600-$1,200 range.

[Monster Bob]

Thanks Ray. That is nice example!

[jimm]

I think the tree has the coolest actions of the Marx battery ops, so creepy!

[Frankenmarx]

The seller is correct in describing it as the nicest Yeti you are ever likely to find.  You might find one equal to it, but not surpassing it. Still, $2,800 is a lot for a Marx Yeti! That's at least $1,000 more than I would have thought possible for the very finest example. Most are in the $600-$1,200 range.

If you know of one in that range, let me know.  Ray, yours looks to be just about as nice as the one that sold, actually.  A lot of these are going to overseas collectors with deep pockets.  This one may be leaving the country.  If it is the nicest example known, maybe 2800 isn't out of line.  Condition is everything for many collectors, you know.  Me...I like toys that can still be played with, and cars that can be driven.

[Scatter]

I think the tree has the coolest actions of the Marx battery ops, so creepy!

I wanna see!!

[raycastile]

This reminds me of the Penn Plax Creature auction discussed in another thread. People will pay double the usual price for near-mint condition examples. I'm more picky about condition now than I was years ago, but I've never been a stickler. I do want things to be in their original package, and I want that package to be decent, but I don't think going from a C8 to a C10 is worth paying twice as much.

[raycastile]

The more common an item is, the more picky I am. For instance, I'd like to have a boxed Great Garloo. For years, I've browsed eBay searching for "my" Garloo. The toy is pretty common, even in the box. But it still commands several hundred dollars.

Though boxed Garloos are easy to find; mint, unused examples are nearly impossible to find. The round serving tray is always punched out of the box. Inserts and instructions are usually missing. The toy looks played with. The foam on the hands and shoulders is rotted away. In 24 years of collecting, I have never seen a cherry mint, unused, unopened, unplayed with Great Garloo. I have never seen a box with an unpunched serving tray. I don't know what I would pay for one in that condition. I would pay more than the usual price, but I wouldn't pay double. Because, at the end of the day, it's still just a Great Garloo, the same toy you see on eBay every single week. I'm willing to pay for condition up to a point, but I'm OK with a C8 or C9 instead of C10. But a dead-mint Garloo would put that philosophy to the test.

[jimm]

I wanna see!!

Not mine but here you go

Marx Whistling Spooky Kooky Tree For SALE on Ebay

[Scatter]

Not mine but here you go

Marx Whistling Spooky Kooky Tree For SALE on Ebay

Thanks Jimm!! Man, that is nothing short of awesome!!

[Frankenmarx]

The tree is cool, too.  It is on the list, but the Yeti is first....then Kong.  I got the 2nd Hootin Hollow house in today and have been working on it for the last couple of hours.  My wife is learning to hate it, I think.

[Frankenmarx]

Now there is another for sale...and already over 1500.  It is also very nice, but not as nice as the last one.

[horror1o1]

I'm starting to want one of these more and more but i'm fine with a cheap one

[Frankenmarx]

Cheap one?  If you see one, let me know.  I don't think any of them will go under 700 unless they are beaters.

[horrorhunter]

Pinch of fuzz for 20 bucks?.....then there's shipping.....OY!

A cheap Marx Yeti is probably rarer than a real one.