Catawiki Revisited

Friday, May 1, 2020
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Catawiki Revisited

It's been 8 years since I've written about Catawiki. I had done a search for a toy, and Catawiki's name came up, along with a toy that I was seeking. Catawiki most certainly has successfully grown in reputation and in how many auctions they conduct. It's a European company located in The Netherlands (Holland). Catawiki has many experts in their respective field(s) of expertise to be able to identify and suggest opening bids for their clients. As well, not only do they auction toys, but there are many other categories

"Catawiki was founded by René Schoenmakers, a Dutch comic collector, and Marco Jansen, a Dutch developer. It went online on 10 September 2008 as an online wiki-based compendium of collector's catalogues. First focusing on comics, the database later covered items such as postage stamps, coins and telephone cards.^[ The name "Catawiki" is a portmanteau of the words "catalogue" and "wiki".

Since 2011 Catawiki has been hosting auctions for thousands of different objects. The site was originally in Dutch, but was made available in English in 2011, in French and German in 2012, and in Spanish, Italian and Chinese in 2015

Catawiki has been curating weekly auctions since 2011, across a number of categories such as art, books, curiosa, model trains, stamps, wine and classic cars. Catawiki's auctions are online-only. Bids are open for all to see. Winners pay what they bid via a secure payment service to receive the object from the seller. Catawiki operates a network of over 100 experts who value, authenticate and curate objects.The site makes money by charging the buyer 9% and the seller 12.5% (ex VAT) of the sale price."**

History of Catawiki courtesy of Wikipedia.

Please click here to read more about Catawiki

Copyright  2020      Catawiki

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Copyright  2020      Catawiki

Please do not use without their written permission

Copyright  2020      Catawiki

Please do not use without their written permission

Copyright  2020      Catawiki

Please do not use without their written permission

Copyright  2020      Catawiki

Please do not use without their written permission

Copyright  2020      Catawiki

Please do not use without their written permission

Description:

Lot details

Nr of items

1

Brand

CK-Toys (Japan) #

Object

1930's "WONDER ACROBAT" in Original box !!

Period

1930-1939

Country of Origin

Japan

Condition

Very good

Packaging

with original box

Material

Metal & Celluloid

I'm sure that I will be returning to Catawiki in order to write more about their auctions on old toys.

That's all for today,

and have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

You can contact me anytime at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman