Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Monday, Back to the Past pauses to enjoy something from our warehouse of collectible wonders! This week, we’re looking at some stuff that super collectible but, somewhat unusually for us, not vintage. *gasp* What? We are the one and only licensed affiliate retailer in the state of…
Welcome 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,…
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…
Welcome 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…
Welcome 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,…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every week, we here at Back to the Past stop for a moment to share the histories behind the nifty stuff we handle every day. Today, we’re having a look at Lot #158 in our November 6, 2021 auction session: a Space Voyagers Lunar Roving Vehicle toy vehicle!…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we here at Back to the Past share some of the signs and portents that need to be read to find the best value in a collection. Last week, we covered how the surprise success of an indie darling can make a modern comic worth good money. Today, we’re…
Hey there, collectors and dealers! Your pals at Back to the Past are here to announce our next two live events. We’re Heading to Motor City Comic Con! We are going to be at Motor City Comic Con October 15-17! We’re super excited to see some old friends and meet a whole bunch of new…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, wherein we here at Back to the Past stop to smell the roses and admire the cool stuff we sell. Today we’re looking at some lots from our October 14th session of Magic Cards, Comic Books, & Collectible Toys, specifically Magic: The Gathering “Dual Lands” cards and why…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops, your source for tips and tricks for getting the best value from your collection! Today, we’re taking a look at the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Alley Viper (1994) figure we recently sold on eBay for a cool $72.56. The Battle Corps Alley Viper The Lot While the G.I.…