Welcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past identify and delve into the obscure characters 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 major…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where the experts at Back to the Past illustrate their decades of collectibles knowledge using examples from our auctions. This week, we’re looking to our April Twenty-Fourth and our May Fifteenth sessions – both featured fairly well-preserved copies of Incredible Hulk #181, but the latter auction’s specimen was coverless. How…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we here at Back to the Past stop and smell the roses AKA nerd out on the cool stuff we deal with day in and day out. This week, we’re looking at two CGC graded comics that recently passed through out doors: Spawn #174-175, the first and…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, our weekly dip into our collection of custom action figures! A lone superfan spent years repainting, resculpting, sewing capes, and generally altering dozens of action figures to capture the likenesses of the most obscure characters in all of comicdom. We were so taken with his life’s work that we bought…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we discuss what realized prices mean in the wider context of collectibles dealing. Today, we’re looking at Lot #212 from our June twelfth auction session, a NM run of Adam: The Blue Marvel #2-5 that sold for $325. Why did a near complete mini-series starring a character you’ve likely…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where the collectibles experts at Back to the Past stop to smell the roses and wax lyrical about the cool stuff we sell. This week’s piece is a 2007 promotional poster sent to comic shops by Dark Horse Comics for their then-upcoming mini-series The Umbrella Academy. A Surprise…
DetailsThe Whizzer, as seen in the My Hero Collection. Welcome back to My Hero, our weekly dip into our collection of custom action figures! A lone superfan spent years repainting, resculpting, sewing capes, and generally altering dozens of action figures to capture the likenesses of the most obscure characters in all of comicdom. We were…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we are following up on last week’s lesson about why you won’t be able to retire on VHS tapes with some specific guidance on where there is value in your home media collection. To do that, we’re looking at Lot #91 from our August Fourth auction session. It’s a…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we dive into the deeper background of the collectible goodies we carry here at Back to the Past. Today, the Fugitoid collector figure we’ve got up on eBay – sketched on and signed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird – has lead us to reflect…
DetailsWelcome back to My Hero, our weekly dip into the world of customized action figures! A lone superfan spent years repainting, rescultping, sewing capes, and generally altering dozens of action figures to capture the likenesses of the most obscure characters in all of comicdom. We were so taken with his life’s work that we bought…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we here at Back to the Past Collectibles use our vast experience to help guide you through the pitfalls of maximizing your collection’s value. Today, we’re looking to the news instead of a recent auction: I was checking my personal email account the other day and saw a clickbait…
DetailsWelcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we take a moment to appreciate the cool stuff that passes through our doors every day. Today, we’re looking at lot numbers one-hundred-and-thirteen and two-hundred-and-thirty-two from our Saturday May Eighth auction session: Very Good copies of Amazing Adventures #11 & #14! Rescues From Comic Book Limbo Amazing…
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