Cleaning company’s “toy store” becomes a treasure trove, auctioned for nearly a million
Closed Toy Store Cleaning Company Becomes Treasure, Auctioned Off for Nearly a Million
Osaka, Japan’s “不用品回收ゼロ” company, which specializes in recycling used goods and cleaning houses, accidentally discovered a large collection of vintage toys while cleaning a closed shop. Later, when the company auctioned off the toys online, it made an additional 4 million yen (890,000 baht), much to the surprise of the company’s CEO, Tomomichi Nagatome.
According to the website encount , the เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย location where the valuable collection was found was an old candy and toy store in Osaka. Which had closed down. The building owner hired a cleaning company to clear the area.
The operator revealed that the store was full of discarded toy boxes and items. If calculated in volume, the volume would be around ten two-ton trucks. However, most of the items were empty or items of uncertain value. However, during the sorting process. The company found some toys that were well-preserved, both without packaging and still in the boxes. The company therefore decided to sell these items through an online auction website.
Mr. Tomomichi Nagatome admitted that he is not a toy expert. So he initially set the starting bid at 800 yen (179 baht) per piece, not expecting to make a high profit. But when the auction started, the price quickly rose, with some toys selling for more than 100,000 yen (22,000 baht).
Even small, seemingly unattractive items such as “Likachan’s Shoes (リカちゃんの靴)” were auctioned off. With prices reaching into the tens of thousands of yen. Within the first month, the company made 2 million yen (440,000 baht). And the following month it rose to 2.5 million yen (560,000 baht). The auction is still ongoing. And the income is a huge amount compared to the original cleaning fee of 1 million yen (220,000 baht). So much so that all the employees could hardly believe their eyes.
The discovery reportedly comes from the Showa era, with robots, figures, mahjong models and some old game software that even the company itself could not identify. But remarkably, two small toy cars can sell for as much as 60,000 yen (US$4,000), leading Mr. Tomomichi to exclaim, “These are priceless treasures!”
He added that his company has dealt with more than 6,000 discarded items in the past. But has never encountered a situation like this before. He advised that if anyone has to deal with a large number of items, they should check the value of the items first. Especially items that are in new condition and have not been opened. Which may have high collectible value.