Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we look back into the history of the cool stuff we see on the daily. Today, we’re looking at the Piggy Cook toy from our eBay store, an electronic toy from the 1950s that represents a proud legacy of Japanese toy making. Our Yonezawa Toys Piggy Cook…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we expound upon what we’ve learned in our thirty plus years in the collectibles racket, using recent auctions for illustration and examples. Today, we’re looking at few recent lots of modern Horror Comics that sold at auction for between $45-65 a piece. Lot 14 from December 9, sold for…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, where we put names to the faces of the custom action figures in the collection of the same name! This week’s focus on Private Lancelot Strong, the secret identity of the second Archie Comics hero known as The Shield! Our Private Strong figure! A Short-Lived Revival In 1959, the superhero…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where your pals at Back to the Past pause to really appreciate the cool stuff we work with every day. Today has us looking at two items we’ve recently handled featuring Batman villain Roxy Rocket, her first appearance in Batman Adventures Annual #1 and her first action figure…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we here at Back to the Past use our decades of experience and recent examples to guide you through the hazardous world of collectibles buying and selling. Today we’re turning our eyes to a somewhat sensitive topic: how real life events can change a collectible’s value. Black Panther #5,…
DetailsWelcome back our ongoing examination of the voluminous My Hero Collection of custom action figures! This one takes us away from the world of comic books, though not very far, as today’s hero is Pollux from the 1990 TV series The Flash! Our Pollux figure, as seen on eBay. The yellow showing through in some spots…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we stop to learn a bit of the backstory behind the cool collectibles we sell. Today sees us taking a step away from our usual pop cultural comfort zone by looking at Pickle Castors, a type of antique item that just came into the shop. Chris said…
DetailsWelcome back to our weekly dip into the depths of the My Hero collection, one unidentified madman’s quest to immortalize in plastic the most obscure comic book characters ever created. That built up the collection of hundreds of hand-altered action figures that now reside in the Back to the Past warehouse and that I have…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, where the motley assortment of weirdo characters in the My Hero Collection get their moment in the sun! This week’s star is the Human Flying Fish, a (mostly) one-off Aquaman foe from 1960’s Adventure Comics #372. Our custom Human Flying Fish. I think his body comes from a Marvel Super…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we use examples from recent auctions to illustrate lessons from our thirty years in the collectibles game. Today’s we’re looking at two lots, both key issues for the same character, from our November 28th and December 2nd sessions – first appearances of the Luke Fox Batwing. Batwing #19, 1st…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, where one-off super heroes are more worthy of notice than ones with 300 issues under their belt! Today’s selection from our Custom Action Figure Collection is Joshua, a costumed vigilante who originated in 1969’s Teen Titans #20. Joshua, as he appears in our Custom Action Figure Collection. A One-Off Titan…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we’re breaking from the usual format and hitting you with something akin to one of Greg Turner’s old Retro Reviews or my old 1 out of 5 reviews. We’re looking at Lot #143 from our December 26 auction session, a copy of the Public Service Announcement comic…
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