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04/07/2020 6:40 pm
Looking for help with a lot of cars.
A member of my family has passed, and he was an avid collector of die cast cars. According to the estate attorney, we are looking at a collection of around three to four thousand cars, most still boxed and most appear to be around 1:18.
We are not looking to give them away but also not trying to squeeze every dollar out of them either. We want to do the relative and the collection justice by seeing the cars go to people who will appreciate them. I will not have the time or storage to sell them piecemeal on something like eBay. I am seeking advice and ideas from other collectors on how to deal with such a large collection.
I figure the first step will be to catalog the collection. For my own collections (non die-cast) I have iPhone apps that I can scan a UPC code and have details populated into a database. I have not been successful finding one that will work for die cast cars. While I know that not all of his cars have UPC codes, I figured an app would be successful for the majority of them. Do you know of any apps (iPhone or pc) that can make this easier?
Thanks in advance!
05/07/2020 1:58 am
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