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September 2005 eBay Vintage Toys Barometer
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 October 24, 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. Cap Guns, Cast Iron
2. Play Sets
3. Cast Iron
4. Cap Guns, Other
5. Tin, Character
6. Toy Parts
7. Wind Up Toys
8. Character
9. Paper Toys
10. Other Tin Toys
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. fisher price
2. vintage toys
3. marx
4. tin
5. vintage toys
6. boat
7. airplane
8. vintage
9. truck
10. horse
Quote from eBay Category Manager, Jim Migdal: "Fisher-Price, now its 75th anniversary year, the has taken over the top spot in buyer searches this month."
  
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