Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we usually discuss the how’s and why’s of prices we are seeing for items sold at auction…but today, we’re looking to our virtual storefront on eBay. The item in question is a limited edition Bowen Designs statue of Maila Nurmi’s Vampira! The Vampira Statue The Lot An actress and…
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…
Welcome 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…
Welcome 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…
Welcome 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…
Well, 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…
Hey 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.…
Hey there fans. I’m back this week with a new Fabulous Find. It’s another musical find and this week I’ve pulled out a 45 rpm record by Detroit’s own The Pleasure Seekers! This was an all-female band featuring the Quatro sisters and a couple of their friends. And yes, this song features a young Suzi…
And here is the B-side: Thanks for stopping by this week and I hope you enjoyed this lost garage band classic song. See ya next week for a new RETRO REVIEW and another Fabulous Find. be seeing you …
Time for another musical Fabulous Find, so this week I’m presenting to you; The Girl With The Long Black Hair by The Other Half. There were a number of bands across the country named The Other Half, but this one hailed from Chicago, Illinois. They originally were known as The UFO’s when they first came…