Celebrity vintage toy collector Joel “The Toy Scout” Magee will appraise Hot Wheels toys, Barbies, Star Wars toys, comic books and other pre-1980s memorabilia from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, at Hampton Inn and Suites, 2423 Bushwood Drive, Aurora.
The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Options for sellers are drive-up for curbside service, call (561) 628-1990; or indoors at a hotel conference room.
Other suburban locations are Courtyard by Marriott Naperville, 1155 E. Diehl Road, Naperville, Wednesday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Clarion Hotel, 411 S. Larkin Avenue in Joliet.
Magee, who has appeared on the History Channel’s “Pawn Stars” show as a vintage toy appraiser, has been buying, appraising, and selling vintage toys and other premid-1980s items for more than 20 years.
—Al Benson