Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where Back to the Past shares the lessons of decades in the collectibles business! This week, we’re not looking at something we sold. No, we’re looking at something we chose not to buy and why that is. Bonus Lesson: 90s Anime Toys Can Hold A Nice Value Let me tell…
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, where we talk about the lessons that you can learn from the realized prices at our auctions. In keeping with the t-shirt theme from Monday’s blog post, we’re looking back to Lot #294 from our August 14 session. Casual observers were taken aback when a box of t-shirts sold for…
Welcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! 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…
Welcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! 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…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where the experts at Back to the Past stop to talk about why the stuff we handle is so dang cool. This week, we’re talking about a fabulous piece that recently came in: a 1940 Ideal Toys Superman doll! Specifically, we’re talking about Ideal Toys and their place…
VINYL RECORDS FAQ Frequently asked questions about buying and selling vintage vinyl records. What does RPM stand for? RPM stands for “revolutions per minute.” RPM tellS you how many times the record spins around in one minute. This number is important because there are two different speeds: 33 1/3 RPM for 12” LP records &…
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…
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 so taken with his life’s work that we bought…
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