Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! In this column, we act as your tour guide to the wonderful items we handle every day. This week’s find is a Captain America’s Sentinels of Liberty reproduction pin from Planet Studios. Produced in 1990, this pin was limited to 2500 pieces. It is based on the pin…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past identify and delve into the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection. 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 by…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where Back to the Past breaks down the trends of collectible value. Today, we’re looking ahead of us rather than behind and talking about how “Other Media” adaptations influence comic value. And how comics influence Other Media adaptations, influencing value. We’ll do this by looking at some lots from this…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! This week, we are highlighting an item coming to the auction block and its seasonal relevance. Specifically, we’re looking at Lot #121, The Marvelous Land of Oz treasury edition. It is one of the many nifty comics coming to auction this week, but the most seasonally appropriate. Why?…
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 Back to the Past shares the lessons of decades in the collectibles business! This week, we’re not looking at something we sold. No, we’re looking at something we chose not to buy and why that is. Bonus Lesson: 90s Anime Toys Can Hold A Nice Value Let me tell…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where Back to the Past tells you the nifty history behind the collectibles we carry! A collection of Electronic Gaming Monthly back issues recently went up on eBay. It includes the 1989 first issue, listed for $300. In celebration of that, we’re looking at the history of EGM…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past identify and delve into the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection. 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 by…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we talk about the lessons that you can learn from the realized prices at our auctions. In keeping with the t-shirt theme from Monday’s blog post, we’re looking back to Lot #294 from our August 14 session. Casual observers were taken aback when a box of t-shirts sold for…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we’re breaking from our usual format a bit this week. Oh, we’re still highlighting a nifty collectible item you can buy on eBay, but not one of ours. See, t-shirt seller Cleveland Sleeves was our booth neighbor at Motor City Comic Con a few weeks backs and…
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 Monday, Back to the Past Collectibles shares with you the tips and tricks we’ve learned in thirty years of collectibles buying and selling. This week, we’re looking at why we included an item in an auction rather than why it realized a price at auction. Why? Well, simply put,…
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