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What Sold! Looking at my toys, books an games! - Tom Ray's Retro Vlog

What vintage and retro items I sold from my collection today

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I take a look at some of the vintage and retro things I sold online getting ready to ship them out. See these items from my collection of toys, games, books, and other memorabilia from the 50s through the 90s. Enjoy taking a look at these items from my collection with me!

And at the end, I show one of my webcomic diary pages.

This is a video of my daily life since I decided to sell collectibles and pop-culture items I collect on eBay to help support my art career instead of taking on freelance work.

More vintage pop-culture items available in my eBay Store https://ebay.to/2vMYStC

Check out the other things I do too! :)

- Tom Ray's Art Podcast (interviews with artists) 

- My webcomics 

- My webcomic eBooks "Then This Happened..." on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3cQa0bz


Music at the end of this video by my band Lorenzo's Music, listen on Spotify https://spoti.fi/2JJF39Q


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