🛍️ What We Buy – Milwaukee & Nationwide Inquiries

Cream City Pickers is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and buys vintage toys, inherited vintage and antique jewelry, watches, retro video games, antiques, and collectible collections.

Whether you’re sorting through a loved one’s belongings, downsizing a collection, or ready to sell childhood favorites, send us photos and a brief description. We’ll discuss your items and make a no-obligation offer after reviewing them.

Milwaukee & surrounding areas: We come to you by appointment and pay cash on the spot if you accept our offer.

Outside the Milwaukee area? We welcome nationwide inquiries. Contact us to discuss your collection and shipping arrangements before sending anything.

Call or text 201-486-1420, or contact us online to get started.

Estate Jewelry, Vintage Costume Jewelry & Watches

Have jewelry or watches inherited from a loved one? We buy vintage and antique jewelry and watch collections from family members handling estates, as well as collectors ready to sell.

We’re interested in:

  • Brooches and pins
  • Rings, bracelets, and earrings
  • Necklaces and pendants
  • Matching jewelry sets
  • Signed and unsigned vintage costume jewelry
  • Vintage and antique watches
  • Mixed jewelry boxes and unsorted collections

There’s no need to identify every piece before contacting us. Send a few clear photos and tell us roughly how much you have.

Learn about selling your estate jewelry and our nationwide mail-in process →

🧸 Toys, Toy Cars & Collectibles

We buy all types of vintage toys and collectible items, including:

  • Vintage toy cars and trucks: Pre-1980 Hot Wheels and Matchbox/Lesney, plus vintage Corgi, TootsieToy, Arcade, Marx, Buddy L, and other collectible vehicles.
  • Slot cars of all eras: Aurora, Thunderjet, AFX, Tyco, Cox, Scalextric, and other makers.
  • Action figures and vintage toy lines
  • Toy robots (Godaikin, Chogokin, Voltron, Transformers, GoBots, Japanese tin toys)
  • Barbie and dolls (pre-1970 preferred)
  • American Girl dolls and accessories
  • Vintage board games and character games
  • Tin toys, wind-up toys, and cast iron toys
  • Lunch boxes and thermos sets

Coins, Currency & Stamps

We are always looking to buy:

  • Coins (antique, vintage, U.S. and foreign)
  • Paper currency
  • Stamp collections (U.S. and foreign, early 1900s and older)
  • Cigarette cards and cigar cards

📚 Comic Books & Paper Collectibles

We purchase:

  • Comic books (1970s and older preferred)
  • Original comic art
  • Pulps, horror magazines, and vintage publications
  • Comic Con exclusives (SDCC, NYCC, etc.)
  • Antique books, signed books, and limited editions
  • Sheet music and early printed materials

🃏 Trading Cards & Sports Collectibles

We buy:

  • Trading cards (Topps, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids, non-sports cards)
  • Baseball, football, basketball, and sports cards from the 1970’s and older
  • Vintage card collections and sets
  • Cigar and Tobacco cards and gum cards

🎮 Video Games & Electronics

We buy:

  • Retro video games and systems (Nintendo, Sega, Game Boy, etc.)
  • Video Game Consoles: Neo Geo, Atari Jaguar, Nintendo NES & Super Nintendo (SNES), Sega Master System & Genesis
  • Vintage electronic collectibles: LCD Handheld Video Games
  • Retro Computing: Big Box PC Games, Commodore 64/128, Games, Boxes, & more!

🎵 Vinyl Records & Music Memorabilia

We are interested in:

  • Vinyl records (LPs, 45s, record collections) – 1960’s & 1970’s Rock n’ Roll Bands
  • Vintage concert posters and band t-shirts
  • Music memorabilia and collectibles
  • Instruments (guitars, violins, flutes, trumpets, banjos, and more)

🎬 Movie, TV & Pop Culture Memorabilia

We buy:

  • Original Vintage & Retro Movie posters and lobby cards
  • TV and film collectibles
  • Star Wars and Star Trek memorabilia
  • Vintage TV merchandise (1960s–1970s)

🎖️ Military, Historical & Political Items

We purchase:

  • Military collectibles (Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, etc.)
  • Uniforms, medals, field gear, and weapons
  • Election memorabilia (pins, buttons, badges, signed items)
  • Early Boy Scout and Girl Scout items

🏭 Advertising, Signs & Vintage Items

We are always buying:

  • Vintage signs (oil & gas, petroliana, store signs, advertising)
  • Coca-Cola and soda advertising memorabilia
  • Gas pumps and automotive signs
  • Old neon signs and display items
  • Duck Decoys and other vintage or antique hunting related items

🧰 Antiques, Tools & Miscellaneous Collectibles

We also buy a wide range of unique items, including:

  • Vintage auto parts and hubcaps
  • Fishing lures and outdoor collectibles
  • Matchbooks and vintage lighters (Zippo, Ronson, Dunhill)
  • Watches and clocks (non-gold included)
  • Pens, fountain pens, and writing instruments
  • Bottles, ink wells, and antique containers
  • Small vending machines and soda dispensers
  • Antique telephones and electronics

🎯 Specialty & Niche Collectibles

We are interested in many niche items, including:

  • Railroad lamps
  • Vintage Christmas ornaments, toppers and lighting
  • Vintage Halloween JOL decorations, buckets, decor of all sorts
  • Circus and carnival memorabilia
  • Route 66 memorabilia
  • NASA collectibles
  • Vintage diner collectibles
  • Halloween and Christmas collectibles
  • Vintage ephemera (letters, postcards, scrapbooks, WWII letters)
  • Taxidermy and unique display items

📞 Ready to Sell Your Items?

If you’re looking to sell collectibles, antiques, or vintage items, Cream City Pickers is ready to help.
Call or text: 201-486-1420
Email: [email protected]
Contact us today for a fast, no-obligation offer.

🛍️ Not Sure Whether We Buy Your Items?

The categories above are a guide, not a complete list. If you have vintage toys, inherited jewelry, retro games, antiques, or an unusual collection, send us photos and a brief description. We’ll let you know whether your items are a fit.