will broker / sell your aviation memorabilia / collection

[tom d. friedman]

I will broker or sell your antique aviation military memorabilia / collection / or a piece. ( not qualified to do actual warbirds but can do anything else) helmets / goggles / survival gear / instruments / military / vintage/ civilian / etc /. I've been doing this for near 30 years now. some wix members will back up my credentials, have other credentials as well on request. i'm easy to deal with, & have 30 plus years in big ticket items & collections, not to mention professional retail experience w/ over 30 years under my belt as well. my top $$ value of brokering was a $40,000 dollar collection in 2011. references are available on request. these are my parameters / guidelines / etc...

1. strictly confidential
2. will work within your comfort zone as to price / details / shipping.
3. can sell your items here in ohio, no need to ship stuff to me, or you can do so as well. your choice.
4. I deal on a hand shake, no contracts. (i'm old fashioned)
5. you set the rules as to price / timeline to sell / shipping etc.
6. my commission is 20 % of selling price. excluding any expenses such as handling, shipping & travel expenses. all expenses will be documented w/ receipts for your files.
7. world wide shipping / packing / customs experience of over 30 years.

that's it!!


please pm me via wix for discussion, questions, your email address, & phone number, & we'll go from their.

thank you!!
tom d. friedman

[JohnB]

As someone with a large autographed book collection, factory desk models and art work...and a wife who is scared to death I die before she does and she's stuck with trying to get rid of the stuff...it's nice that there is an enthusiast out there to help people sell stuff.

[tom d. friedman]

i'm here john. talk to your wife, make your plans w/ her, & contact me when comfortable.

[Taylor Stevenson]

Do you do insurance appraisals for these type of collections/artifacts?

[JohnB]

i'm here john. talk to your wife, make your plans w/ her, & contact me when comfortable.

I'm not dead...yet. heck, I'm not even sick.

[tom d. friedman]

I am not a certified or licensed appraiser, but I have assisted w/ some notable collections & items. I can easily steer you to a top notch guy w/ those credentials. I've done it before. if you recall the b-25-c recovery from lake murray in n. carolina a few years back... I assisted in the gathering of info & documentation of that appraisal over the course of 3 months without leaving ohio. please pm your phone number, sales / brokering are often time consuming & require a patient attitude on my part as well as yours.

[CDF]

PM sent

[tom d. friedman]

message received, will be in touch asap, thanks, tom

[CDF]

message received, will be in touch asap, thanks, tom

thanks very much

[tom d. friedman]

message received, will be in touch asap, thanks, tom

thanks very much[/quo




please pm or email pics to me of items you wish to sell w/ u.s. prices, & that will get things rolling. my email is fbt9598@yahoo.com. thanks, tom

[bdk]

So what is the state of the memorabilia business? Now that many of the participants have passed, are these items more valuable, or less? I have a bunch of autographed lithographs, but the market for these seems to have been flat for 20 years. You can still buy many of them for the issue price, and in some cases less.

[tom d. friedman]

the state of any memorabilia brokering, or selling is what the market will bear....... cut & dry. not just militaria, aviation antiques, fine crystal, works of art etc. ANYTHING THAT IS CONSIDERED COLLECTABLE. it's been that way since the economy crashed in 2008. I used to be a dealer in hummels, when back in the day they went for big $$$, now they can be bought for cents on the dollar. quite a shame. most people in their late teens to mid 30's aren't into "old" as in antiques for the most part anymore, they are into fine dining, travel, anything electronic, partying, etc. it's a different world out their today w/ the passing of people in the ww2 generation..... late 80's to early 90's years of age. that age group passes on at the average of 1000 per day world wide, & their collectable / valuables just are not desired by "gen exrs" & young family heirs for the most part. but there still is a segment of that generation that are, so don't write off antiques & history entirely.

[bdk]

Must be the transition from desiring possessions to desiring experiences. Marketing probably has something to do with it. You generally don't buy a piano more than once or twice in a lifetime, but you might buy a vacation annually or a nice dinner monthly.

[tom d. friedman]

exactly my point!!

[Enemy Ace]

I'm 40 years old, All of my friends my age just do not have disposable income for the most part to collect anything in depth. Most also work more than 40 hours a week. when there is time off and spare $$ most just want to go away and get away from it all for a few days.... And those with children have even less time and money.
I do think that Gen X'ers will slowly begin to do more collecting as they age but I don't think we will as a group ever have the time and financial resources to pursue hobbies like the baby boomer generation.