Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! This is a weekly dive into the history of the fabulous collectible treasures we sell every day, be they public service announcement comic books or pieces of NASA equipment. We apologize to any readers with coulrophobia, as this week’s subject is a 1948 Bozo The Clown lamp! Bozo:…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Every week, we teach you a lesson about value illustrated by recent auction items. This week’s lesson is a tad abstract, but one that’s worth knowing. It revolves around the various action figure sets based on the classic Rankin/Bass Christmas specials that sold in our 12/15 auction, how they relate…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Monday, we stop to truly appreciate the cool collectibles items we handle every day and/or consider them in their proper cultural context. Today tends more towards the latter, where we’re looking at how a department store holiday giveaway fits into the larger trend of Santa Claus battling…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we learn lessons about the collectibles industry from the realized prices our wares fetch at auction. For this installment, we’re looking back to March for a copy of Batman Adventures #12 that sold for $750 and a copy of Star Wars #42 that sold more recently. Specifically, they’re teaching…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Wednesday, I delve into the history of one of our collectible wonders and this week is no exception. However, the history of this piece hits very close to home: we’re looking at a Herman Munster (Cowboy Outfit) variant action figure sold exclusively by Thundermall.com….AKA Back to the…
Welcome 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?…
Welcome 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…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where Back to the Past explains a bit of the cool factor behind something we’re selling. This week, our eyes turn to the eBay store and the Buck Rogers 25th Century Atomic Pistol we recently listed. There’s a lot of nifty history wrapped up in it, not the…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where the experts at Back to the Past share some industry secrets with you! Today, we’re looking at Lot #2 from our March Thirtieth auction session to look at why it (sometimes) pays to get in on the ground floor of a new title. Boom Studios & Netflix’s New Partnership…
Our October 23rd auction session, which will happen LIVE in the showroom and online, is Halloween themed! It includes plenty of vintage vinyl records that will provide the perfect atmosphere for your Halloween shindigs the following weekend. For this week’s Consigned, Cool, and Collected, we’re spotlighting some of our favorites! Elvira Presents Vinyl Macabre: Oldies…