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I recently found a box of King and Country (as well as some William Britain) figures in an attic. There are over a hundred figures, mostly WW2. I was able to identify two sets VN002 and Arnhem 44', but haven't had much luck identifying all of the individual figures.

I was wondering if anyone had advice as to how best identify what I have, and the best way I could go about selling them. I would love to know more about their history and releases, but have haven't had much luck navigating the King and Country website.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am in the process of photographing them, but it obviously is going to take a while to document all of them.
 
Photos would help.

In addition, try looking at www.sagerssoldiers.com

He has photos of most of the items K & C has produced.

Are there any glossy figures or are these just matte?

Do any of the figures come with boxes?

As far as selling, once you've identified them, you could do do here. There is always eBay, of course.

Brad
 
Awohlers said:
I recently found a box of King and Country (as well as some William Britain) figures in an attic. There are over a hundred figures, mostly WW2. I was able to identify two sets VN002 and Arnhem 44', but haven't had much luck identifying all of the individual figures.

I was wondering if anyone had advice as to how best identify what I have, and the best way I could go about selling them. I would love to know more about their history and releases, but have haven't had much luck navigating the King and Country website.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am in the process of photographing them, but it obviously is going to take a while to document all of them.
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Hello Awohlers,
Believe the following is a complete listing of the K&C Arnhem '44 sets:

King & Country World War II Figures
Arnhem ’44 Series Produced 1994-1995
Model Number
Description
Comments
AN01
"Battle for the bridge" - Radio operator, Bren gunner, sniper, sten gunner and glider pilot from the 2nd battalion.

AN02
"Fighting Withdrawal" - a crouching sten gunner, prone rifleman, officer helping wounded comrade, para running with captured schmeisser and glider pilot bren gunner.

AN03
"Walking wounded"

AN04
"The Gunners" - 75mm howitzer, 3 man crew and 4 ammo boxes.

AN05
"Captured" - A para officer questions an SS SPG gunner while his glider pilot guards him.

AN06
The Recce Jeep

AN07
The Ambulance Jeep

AN08
"Support section" - Mortar and 2 man crew and para with PIAT anti tank rocket.

AN09
"The supplies trailer" - A quartermaster sergeant directs a para carrying a jerrican of petrol and mortar bombs while the nearby airborne jeep trailer contains 14 jerricans, 3 ammo boxes, more mortar bombs and a backpack.

AN10
"The attack jeep" - reinforcements for the recce squadron. Two seated paras and a jeep armed with twin Vickers and carrying extra supplies of fuel, water and ammunition.

AN11
Single Para with Thompson

AN12
Street Fighters

AN13
"The Defenders" - Vickers machine gun and 2 man crew.

AN14
Command set - Maj Gen Roy Urquhart, Lt Col John Frost and Lt Gen Brian Horrocks with map

AN14A
Maj Gen Roy Urquhart

AN14B
Lt Col John Frost

AN14C
Lt Gen Brian Horrocks with map

AN15
Bren Gun Carrier and 3 man crew

AN16
Dailmer armoured car and 3 man crew

Also have photographs of a majority, if not all, of the above sets. Please advise.
Trust this will be of assistance.
Arnhem Jim
Arizona Territory
 
Condition will be important relative to value. A sales avenue is right here with treefrog using their consignment service on the main store page.
Tom
Identification is fairly easy on kc, just post Pictures and we can do that fairly simply.
 
Yep, if you can take some photos and post them, that will help us help you to identify them

Welcome to the forum, and best regards!

Prost!
Brad
 
Thank you for the response, and I apologize for my ignorance regarding these sets. I only have Battle for the bridge, I had no idea there were so many other parts of the Arnhem set. I will upload photos as soon as I can.
 
Although consignment is an option, you do have to pay a fee whereas if you sell direct to collectors you don't.
 
Awohlers said:
I recently found a box of King and Country (as well as some William Britain) figures in an attic. There are over a hundred figures, mostly WW2. I was able to identify two sets VN002 and Arnhem 44', but haven't had much luck identifying all of the individual figures.

I was wondering if anyone had advice as to how best identify what I have, and the best way I could go about selling them. I would love to know more about their history and releases, but have haven't had much luck navigating the King and Country website.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am in the process of photographing them, but it obviously is going to take a while to document all of them.
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A simple way to determine value would be to go on Ebay, type in the set numbers, click on sold listings and see what the ranges of sold prices are.

Ebay is a great way to sell for people such as yourself who aren't plugged into the hobby.

Another option would be to contact auction houses that specialize in toy soldiers, just google it.

Whatever you decide, best of luck, it can be overwhelming for sure.

Just take your time and don't be overanxious and you'll be fine in the end.
 
Warrior said:
A simple way to determine value would be to go on Ebay, type in the set numbers, click on sold listings and see what the ranges of sold prices are.

Ebay is a great way to sell for people such as yourself who aren't plugged into the hobby.

Another option would be to contact auction houses that specialize in toy soldiers, just google it.

Whatever you decide, best of luck, it can be overwhelming for sure.

Just take your time and don't be overanxious and you'll be fine in the end.
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Further adding to this; google "Ray Haradin toy soldier auctions" and you'll find him, he and Norm Joplin I believe have an auction service.

I haven't dealt directly with Ray, but I can tell you Norm is one of the nicest guys I've met in this hobby, always enjoy seeing him at the Chicago show every year.

So there you have it.
 
Warrior said:
Further adding to this; google "Ray Haradin toy soldier auctions" and you'll find him, he and Norm Joplin I believe have an auction service.

I haven't dealt directly with Ray, but I can tell you Norm is one of the nicest guys I've met in this hobby, always enjoy seeing him at the Chicago show every year.

So there you have it.
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George: You have never met and talked to Ray Haradin at all those Hackensack Shows?
Ray Haradin has a great auction house: www.oldtoysoldierauctions.com/
 
BK Trade said:
George: You have never met and talked to Ray Haradin at all those Hackensack Shows?
Ray Haradin has a great auction house: www.oldtoysoldierauctions.com/
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I haven't had the chance, I'm usually up to my eyeballs in customers at that show. I have chatted with Norm more times than I can count, just a tremendous person, never in a bad mood, always happy, always upbeat whenever I see him at the Chicago show.
 
Norm is amazing!
I met him in person for the first time in chicago - didn't speak to him at all in the interim and he remembered me and my name the next year in chicago!
 
Based on commissions, I'd say your better off here, consignment or on Ebay. Auctions commissions can be quite high. That being said, it's worth a call to find out what they'd charge you.
 
I think places like Old Toy Soldier Auctions look for big collections as they only have auctions a few times a year. However, there are plenty of auction houses around who may be interested. It may not cost much as auction houses charge a buyer's commission of around 20%.
 
I'll second contacting Ray, he's a very good fellow to trade with. I agree, an auctioneer's fee may turn out to be more than you'd like to pay, and would cut into what you could realize on the sale, but as the others have said, it can't hurt to ask.

Ray is also the publisher and editor of "Old Toy Soldier", a quarterly publication on toy soldiers. He took over the magazine when Steve Sommers decided to step down from running it.

I wish you good luck, whatever the route you choose!

Prost!
Brad

PS--Do you happen to have any gloss figures among the Britains?
 
I've purchased a few things through the OTSA auctions and Ray and his team do a wonderful job of selling and packing things at the conclusion of the auctions.
 
You have an assortment of Arnhem 44, Vietnam, some early German sets and a few Americans thrown in. You seem to have a lot of Vietnam. The Civil War is not K & C. What you should do is go to the brochure section of Sager's Soldiers and start around 1993 or so and go up through 2003 or so.
 
Civil war are britains. I think with the collection you have your best bet is to get them in proper sets using sagers site and put them on eBay. If you don't have boxes you will have to carefully wrap each figure individually and pack. The rifle tips on those sets will break, they are notorious for doing so. Treefrog consignment is an option too for the size of what you have. Yes there are fees on both, but somewhat hassle free. Other option is you can offload the entire lot to a dealer on here and expect 50% or less as a dealer will need a market price when eventually sold. I.e. If they are worth 30 per figure on average a dealer will give you 15 or less depending on condition or box, etc.
hope all that helps.
Tom
Feel free to email or pm if you have identification issues.
 
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