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 Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Monday, we here at Back to the Past pause a moment to go gaga over the cool stuff we’re handling every single day. Today’s specimen sold at auction over the weekend, but the collection it came from is far from through. It’s an authentic piece of Skylab,…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! In these pages, Back to the Past dives into the histories of the cool stuff we handle each and every day. Today’s subject is the program from the March 21st 1969 basketball game played by Los Angeles Lakers against the Atlanta Hawks. That game was deemed “Elgin Baylor…
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! 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! 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 Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we here at Back to the Past put our usual break-neck pace on pause to really appreciate the cool stuff that surrounds us. Today’s subject is a nifty little stamp set printed in the Republic of Abkhazia. It depicts Groucho Marx and John Lennon. The Historical Marx…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we here at Back to the Past stop to appreciate the cool stuff whizzing by us every day. Today, we’re looking at some lots from our upcoming Rockin’ Around the Clock: 50’s & 60’s Cards, Comics, and Toys auction session, specifically lots #97, 224, and 293. Each…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we take a moment to appreciate the cool stuff that passes through our doors every day. Today, we’re looking at lot numbers one-hundred-and-thirteen and two-hundred-and-thirty-two from our Saturday May Eighth auction session: Very Good copies of Amazing Adventures #11 & #14! Rescues From Comic Book Limbo Amazing…