You must still keep an album of stickers that you had a hard time filling in your childhood in a drawer in your house. If so, you’re in luck. Nostalgia made the return of eighties music, pre-90s movies, and also collecting: Demand increased by 56% in the first four months of 2023 Compared to the same period last year, according to data compiled by Milanuncios. The month of April recorded the biggest boom in sales of this type of second-hand product, with an increase of 108%. From them, trading cards jumped 161% Compared to the same month of the previous year, badges and comics are at 140% and 110%, respectively. Thumbnails and posters, which have grown by 81% and 72% compared to the same period of the previous year, are also in the center of attention.
It may seem like a lagging market, but the truth is that collectibles always have loyal followers and are expanding to more and more people. This application in 2022 Represented a value of more than 79.6 million euros. In the first four months of 2023, 68% of this figure has already been created. And what is the most sought after? Comics like football cards, Pokémon cards, and Captain Thunder stand out among the more than 195,000 new ads released in a year. In the collectible football stickers, the first place goes to the fashionable football player Messi, as it used to be.
The Pikachu series fever is also doing well on second-hand pages around the world, so much so that adults in Japan recently banned the purchase of this product for children’s amusement. third place The classics of the comic book world are the ones that attract the most attention. By buyers due to the appearance of iconic characters like Captain Thunder, Tintin or Mortadelo and Filemón. This is exemplary because comic book prices fell 38% in April compared to the same month last year, despite rising due to inflation.
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On this collector’s list You can’t miss miniatures like scale cars. All sorts of detailed recreations of vehicles and trucks are back, as well as well-known companies like Warhammer or Hot Wheels toys, according to data from Milanuncios. Movies, TV shows, and video games have also been instrumental in increasing demand for figures like Star Wars or Funko Pop, which are launching new models by leveraging the latest developments in the audiovisual world. Miniature craze directly influenced Prices increased 38 percent in April compared to the same month of the previous year. Finally, coins remain one of the favorite items due to the huge demand that exists to purchase currencies of great historical and economic value from certain years. In April alone, coins were by far the most sought after item among all other items.
“In an environment like the one we live in, the used market has become an alternative for sellers to recover some of the investment they made that day and for buyers to find that collectible item they wanted so much but couldn’t find. Íñigo Vallejo, spokesperson for Milanuncios. From the page that specializes in buying and selling, collectors can find the “best” in mobile applications. Possibility to communicate with sellers at the other end of the country“, as well as expanding and facilitating your search to get the long-awaited item.