Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we usually seek to learn from realized auction prices. Today, we’re looking away from our own auction house and decade to news about the estimated value of Mark McGwire’s 70th Home Run ball. Big Mac himself during that fateful season. The Lot St. Louis Cardinal Mark “Big Mac” McGwire…
DetailsWelcome once more to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we look at items from our consignors with a particular “cool factor.” We once more turn our eyes to what we call the “Florida Collection”, a G.I. Joe immortalizing one of DC’s classic war comic heroes. Dreams & Visions Unknown Soldier Four Color Star Spangled War…
DetailsHey everyone! Welcome back to another Fabulous Find. This month I’ll be taking a look at a fanzine from the Spring of 1969. So without further ado, I present Capt. Biljo Comics #1. The fanzine was written, drawn and published by Biljo White. It’s only sixteen (16) pages long and it contains a single, twelve…
DetailsWelcome back to Hammer Drops, where we discuss the how’s and why’s of prices we are seeing for items sold at auction! Today, we’re looking at how movie hype changes price over time with Lot #154 from our May 30th session. The Lot in Question The Lot 1986’s Legends #1-6 was DC’s second major crossover…
DetailsWelcome to Consigned, Cool, and Collected, where, as we sort through a new collection, we’ll pick out an item that has a particularly notable “Cool Factor” about it. Today we’re looking at a 2011 American Toy out of The Florida Collection whose roots go back to Italy circa 1987 and whose popularity is owed almost…
DetailsWelcome to Hammer Drops, where we discuss the how’s and why’s of interesting or unexpected prices we are seeing for items sold in our auctions! This week, we’re looking at Lots 65 & 67 from our May 16th session. The Lots Both lots were copies of Sabrina The Teenage Witch #1 from 1971, the inaugural issue…
DetailsHi Folks! (Scott here. I’m going to share the updates in my usual meandering way, but if you want to jump ahead to the important bits, just scan down the page to the red lines below.) Being holed up during the Coronavirus health crisis is no fun. It gets lonely and we miss all your…
DetailsWell, we are all still in quarantine/lock down here in Michigan. It looks to continue till the end of May. Hopefully, by then, things will be better and much safer to return to, what will be, closer to normal. We really don’t know what that will look like yet, but I’m looking forward to that…
DetailsHey all, I hope you are all safe while we are dealing all the craziness around us! It’s time for another musical Fabulous Find! So this week I’ve pulled out another great 45 rpm record, it’s entitled; Talk Talk by The Music Machine. The Music Machine was an American band formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1966.…
DetailsOur world is in the middle of a crisis the likes of which most of us have never experienced in our lifetimes. Back to the Past, just like everyone else, is prioritizing the safety of our employees and customers while at the same time trying to find the path to still be in existence and…
DetailsWell, here I am again, for another Fabulous Find. This week/month I’ll be taking a look at another local Detroit fanzine. This time it’s The Fan Informer # 10, cover dated January 1969. This Detroit based fanzine was edited by Desmond Jones and the front cover is penciled by his brother, future comic book professional…
DetailsHello everyone, I’ve been missing in action since the end of last year. I thought I would retire my columns after submitting them for the past ten (10) years. Yikes, that’s a long time writing for the Back to the Past website! But I received an outpouring of requests to continue, even at a reduced…
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