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Why Are Shipping Costs So High and What Can You Do About It?

Chris Walker — Wed, 11 May 2022 10:45:27 +0000

Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Every Wednesday, Back to the Past Collectibles shares some of its wisdom accumulated across thirty years selling collectibles. This week, we’re looking at how shipping factors into the world of collectibles selling. If you’re going to sell online, you are going to be shipping stuff out. It’s unavoidable and the…

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Artifacts: Estate Finds and Paper Ephemera

Chris Walker — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:40:42 +0000

Dive into history with 300 lots worth of fantastic estate finds, including paper ephemera! This session includes a wide variety of interesting items, from the vintage to the antique. This includes a 1996 Olympic jacket, glass photo negatives, vintage dog tags (both military and literal), Ripley’s Believe It or Not strips clipped from newspapers, a…

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Back Issues: Golden to Bronze Age Comics with Toys

Chris Walker — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:03:36 +0000

We’ve got issues – lots of them! 300 lots, to be specific, mostly consisting of comic books from the Golden through Bronze Ages (with a few modern ones sneaking their way in). They are bolstered by toy lots that range from a Marx Guns of Navarone playset from the 1970s up to modern toys based…

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(Near) Minty Fresh: Modern Comic Books & Toys

Chris Walker — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:51:16 +0000

It’s Wednesday once again and Back to the Past returns with 200 lots worth of comics and toys that may as well be brand spanking new! The bulk of this week’s session consists of comic books from the late 80 to the present, all looking like they just got set out on the new issue…

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What is a Pedigree Collection?

Chris Walker — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:45:42 +0000

Welcome back to Hammer Drops! If you follow auction news like we do, you saw a pretty interesting headline this week. Over one-thousand books from the personal library of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg are coming to auction later this month, courtesy of Bonhams auction house. This got us thinking about the idea of…

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Golden Days: Estate Finds & NASA Memorabilia

Chris Walker — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 17:56:20 +0000

Relive the days of yore with 300 lots of vintage estate finds, antiques, and NASA memorabilia! This session includes: – NASA memorabilia and collectibles including mission patches, framed space-used items, a real heat shield tile, toys, magazines, and more! – Tarzan novels, toys, and lobby cards! – Vintage to Antique scientific and industrial equipment like…

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Jump Scare: Comic Books, Toys, & Magazines

Chris Walker — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:27:34 +0000

We all know that moment: it’s a horror movie. It’s dark. It’s tense. Suddenly, something leaps from the shadows and scares the pants off the hero (and the audience)….but its only a cat. Cue a sigh of relief before the audience now notices the monster lurking in the background…. This auction? It’s the cat. Our…

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Licensing Horror Stories (Or “Rarity For Odd Reasons”)

Chris Walker — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:00:25 +0000

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Buy Low, Sell High (Or “Don’t Be Like Todd McFarlane”)

Chris Walker — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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Movies Without Legs (Or “Hype Vs. Value Over Time”)

Chris Walker — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000

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