Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Each week, we illustrate what we’ve learned in thirty years of selling collectibles using examples from our recent auctions. This week, our attention is drawn to an unexpected result from our December 11 auction session. Imagine you were presented with three comics. Two are among the most iconic Spider-Man issues…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Monday, this column seeks to highlight the offbeat cool stuff that Back to the Past proudly handles each and every day. Often, that means comics and toys, but not today. No, today we’re looking to another category of collectible: lighters. We’ve recently begun working with a huge…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied to them…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops! Every week, we teach you a lesson about value illustrated by recent auction items. This week’s lesson is a tad abstract, but one that’s worth knowing. It revolves around the various action figure sets based on the classic Rankin/Bass Christmas specials that sold in our 12/15 auction, how they relate…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Monday, we stop to truly appreciate the cool collectibles items we handle every day and/or consider them in their proper cultural context. Today tends more towards the latter, where we’re looking at how a department store holiday giveaway fits into the larger trend of Santa Claus battling…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied to them…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we learn lessons about the collectibles industry from the realized prices our wares fetch at auction. For this installment, we’re looking back to March for a copy of Batman Adventures #12 that sold for $750 and a copy of Star Wars #42 that sold more recently. Specifically, they’re teaching…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Wednesday, I delve into the history of one of our collectible wonders and this week is no exception. However, the history of this piece hits very close to home: we’re looking at a Herman Munster (Cowboy Outfit) variant action figure sold exclusively by Thundermall.com….AKA Back to the…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied to them…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops! Each week, the collectibles specialists at Back to the Past share our collective decades of experience with you, our adoring public. This week, we’re looking at some pieces from the NASA collection we’ve been handling. Specifically, we are looking at what they can tell us about how what a piece…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every week, Back to the Past stops for a moment to gush about one of the cool items we offer, and this week is no exception. In the not-so-distant past, we sold a mint-in-box U.S.S. Flagg, the legendarily gigantic G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero aircraft carrier. Today,…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied to them…
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