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House and Garden, Supplement of The Canadian Statesman/Independent, April 27,1994 9 Be Careful What You Throw AwavWhen Cleaning House What's Trash for Some is Treasure for Others You could be tossing out a small fortune fortune when you clean house. "No, dust bunnies aren't yet worth their weight in gold," says author Tony Hyman, "but before taking a shovel to your kid's room, consider that at least 50 toys from the 1960s and '70s are worth $ 1,000 or more today." Jeanne, an "over 30" mother of three in Paso Robles, Calif, is one of many people who have found out too late that everyday items can be worth a great deal more than their original cost. "When my son left for college, I put a big bag of Gl Joe® stuff out for the trash man. What does a college kid need with soldiers? Too late, I learned I could have gotten $500 each for seven of those dolls." Action figures aren't the only hot kid's collectibles. Your daughter's $4,000 Barbie 0 from 1964 could pay college tuition, and plastic models of Godzilla and Frankenstein from 1966 can put a grand apiece in your pocket. Trashy trinkets of childhood you can convert to cash include small cars like Dinky® and Tootsietoy®, cap guns, cereal cereal boxes, cartoon character glasses, Disneyland souvenirs, electric trains, rock 'n' roll posters, lunchboxes, balloon-tire balloon-tire bicycles, radio and TV premiums, premiums, board games and sets of plastic cowboys, knights and space figures. Toys may not be your only household household treasures. Beer mugs, pocket knives, fishing tackle, musical instruments, instruments, briar pipes, old toasters and typewriters, war souvenirs, transistor radios, calculators, HummelI® figurines, 78 rpm records...even old 100 magazines magazines and 250 paperback books...will shock you with their current value. At least a dozen fountain pens and perfume bottles worth $10,000 turn up each year, but having something valuable valuable doesn't mean anything unless you also know who wants to buy it at a fair price. There's only one good buyer of cigar boxes in the country, and people who want to buy sewing machines, BB guns, and long play recordings of show tunes can be equally hard to find. In the last 14 years, Hyman has put more than $40,000,000 in people's pockets by introducing them to folks ready to pay cash for everything from stuffed armadillos to Zeppelin parts. Hyman, who hosts a national call-in show, Trash or Treasure, and makes Junior's Toys Can Be Worth $1,000 frequent appearances on other radio and television talk shows, says, "I helped a viewer get $200,000 for a meteorite and a Detroit listener get $176,000 for an old baseball uniform, but I especially enjoy helping people find buyers for the everyday stuff that clutters our lives...the carnival glass punchbowl that brought $10,000 or the Levi's® jacket that brought $1,500." Hyman's says experience proves you get the best deal when you work with certain buyers. The 1994-95 edition of his who's who of the top 1,000 collectibles collectibles buyers in the U.S. and Canada is more than. 500 pages long, but only $24.95 delivered. Order from Treasure Hunt, Box 3028-E, Pismo Beach, CA 93448 or call toll-free with MasterCard/Visa: 1-800-888-9999. Give the name of this paper when you order, and you may request a price guide and a pad of sales letters to be included with your book at no charge. "People are a lot richer than they think," Hyman says, "but most people don't cash in on what they own because they don't know what they have, who wants it, or how much it's worth." More than 2,000 kinds of things are collected today. The average person can't be an expert in lunchboxes, guns, comic books and kitchenware. Neither can the average antique dealer. But you don't need to know whether you have.a $5 fishing lure or a $500 lure, he says, as long as you deal with honest experts. Ask them what you have. They will know, Hyman says, and pay you fairly. "You don't go to your butcher with a. toothache," .Hyman says, "and you don't ask your dentist to fix your flat. Selling collectibles is the same. If you want the best advice and most money, deal with specialists." The best buyers may live many miles from you, which is why Hyman advocates selling by mail. It's easy, his fans say, as long as you describe your items carefully, make a photo or Xerox® copy, and include a self- addressed, stamped envelope. The old saying about one man's trash being another man's treasure has never been more true," says Hyman. 'Something as simple as a plastic Fez® candy "dispenser is worth $400 to one person and a buck to another, Hyman points out, "so I advise people to check out everything and make sure they sell to the right buyer." Expert Offers Tips to Help The Disorganized Child Any mother will tell you that neatness neatness counts -- and that one messy or disorganized child can wreak havoc on an entire household. The most meticulous housekeeper's efforts can be undone in minutes by a pint-sized family member, creating a windstorm windstorm of recrimination, nagging, shouting and disciplinary actions between parent and child. It's a common problem that can be solved with planning and organization, organization, and spring is the perfect time to get going. Stephanie Schur, Tucker Housewares' organizing consultant and founder of Space Organizers, White Plains, N.Y., offers these 10 tips for parents who live with messy children: 1. Lower bar in children's closet to make hanging up their own clothes easier. Use shelving in closet for piling bulky sweaters, sweatshirts, pants. 2. Use different color towels for each family member -- everyone knows which towel is his or hers and it cuts down on laundry. 3. Use the color-coding method in other parts of the house -- to help children children keep track of their own laundry* hangers and toys. 4. If children share a closet, paint rods different colors. 5. Fill a box with items for mending toys -- for example, Scotch or masking masking tape to fix comers of game boxes. 6. Keep all arts and crafts in one area so children can find, use and put back. Store supplies in stackable, see- through containers with lids, such as Tucker Housewares' Serve 'N Store and shoe-sized closet storage containers, containers, for easy access. 7. Give children their own dusting cloth, carpet sweeper and Dust Buster so they can help with cleaning. 8. Have the kids empty the dishwasher dishwasher and set the table. 9. Designate one spot near the front door to serve as a depot for book bags, lunch boxes, library books and permission permission slips. Color-coded bins help keep items sorted. 10. For children of all ages (including (including teenagers) who leave their belongings belongings in other rooms -- collect items and leave by bedroom door. Let child put away. Offer to clean room with child every six months, teaching how to organize. Schur says that stackable storage containers, such as Tucker's Accessibles™, are perfect for items like toys and sweaters because they have transparent window lids, fit well in closets and comers, and take up very little floor space. "The important thing to remember, is that when a child is busy helping you out or taking care of himself, he is a lot less inclined to make a mess," Schursavs. TRANSPARENT LIDS and front openings make Tucker Accessibles storage storage containers perfect for toy and clothing storage. SH940779 AAMCO HOME IMPROVEMENTS Specializing in Vinyl and Aluminum Custom Replacement Windows THERMAL AND STORM DOORS AND WINDOWS PATIO DOORS SIDING AND EAVESTROUGHING SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION All Styles - Picture, Slider, Tilt, Casement, Bow, Bay wmmHMBimmrmiom Quality Workmanship Call FREE ESTIMATES 623-6828 See Us at The Kinsmen Home Show Friday, Saturday, Sunday - April 29 - 30 - May 1 AAMCO HOME IMPROVEMENTS Get Ready To GROW! Plants and Shrubs now arriving! 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