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May 2005 eBay Vintage Toys Barometer
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 June 2005 - eBay has compiled several "top ten" lists - an eBay Barometer to track trends. Shown below are the lists for the Vintage, Antique Toys section of eBay:
Top 10 Hot Categories
1. Play Sets
2. Tin Toys Characters
3. Cowboy, Western
4. Cast Iron
5. Wind-up Toys
6. Toy Parts
7. Tin Toys Reproductions
The "hot categories" are the categories which had the highest conversion rates, meaning the categories which had the most successful listings (completed auctions) from the total number of listings.
Top 10 Buyer Searches
1. vintage classic toys
2. fisher price
3. marx
4. tin
5. vintage toys
6. memorabilia
7. boat
8. car
9. airplane
10. motorcycle
Quote from eBay Category Manager, Jim Migdal: "Fisher-Price, which has its 75th anniversary this year, has risen to become one of top search terms in Vintage and Antique Toys this month."
  
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