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Wahoo! A Bounty of Historical and Antique Books!
Having attended many types of collectibles (sports memorabilia, coins, comic books, etc.) and antique shows over the course of the past few decades, I can attest that the event that held my attention...
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Keep Your Kindle, Nook Your Book, Save A Page – Collecting Books
Newsweek announces the death of their paper copy. Hans Brinker, A Great Child’s Book My fascination with books did not happen early in my childhood. As a slow reader I took to short stories and science...
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Call Me, I’m In The Book: Early Telephone Books
There are a lot of emails and blog posts that talk about how old you are if you remember certain artifacts of the past. Among these artifacts are telephones. Few kids today recognize a land-line...
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Collecting the Creeps: Eerie Archives #11
The late 1960s were the Golden Age of horror comics… or rather, “horror newsstand publications”. In order to evade the strict Comics Code, which specifically preyed on censoring horror and violence...
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Why Collectors Say, “Hello, Cutie!”
As resident Queen of Kitsch, you may be surprised that I’m often reluctant to discuss my so-called “kitschy” collectibles. Out and about, buying and selling, I can avoid mention of the kitsch stuff...
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Alice In Wonderland, (Now) a Friendly Collectible
I realize that there are a lot of Alice in Wonderland collectors out there. But as a youngster, I recall seeing the movie and being frightened by it. I am not sure why, other than the characters were...
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Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley’s Curious Collection
I’m a big fan of skulls. I once has a fair collection of my own, comprised of some pretty mundane specimens: deer, small mammals, a few birds I’d found around the valley, but I’ve since given them all...
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Top 10 Gifts For Pickers & Collectors Of Antiques
Whether the collector in your life heads out into barns and outbuildings like Mike & Frank on American Pickers, or peruses flea markets and antique malls, these 10 items are “must haves.” 1....
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Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection by Stephen J. Sansweet
Collecting is a tough hobby. If you’ve ever collected Star Wars action figures, you know the hundreds of little variations and complications inherent in the ongoing line, and with Hasbro’s unceasing...
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Top 10 Gifts For Bibliophiles
There’s more to get book lovers, readers, and book collectors than “just books.” Here’s my list of the ten best gifts to give a bibliophile. 1) Fine Books & Collections Magazine: Reviewed here,...
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Collecting the Collector by Andy Broome
Andy Broome seems like a guy who knows the darkness, or unmitigated weirdness, at the heart of every collector. As the senior vintage card grader at Beckett, the world’s standard for meticulous sports...
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5 J.R.R. Tolkien Collectibles to Rule Them All, 5 Collectibles to Find Them
The Middle-earth market has exploded ever since Peter Jackson’s big-screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings captured moviegoers’ imaginations a decade ago, cementing the epic...
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Fearful Symmetries: An Anthology of Horror
We’re big fans of Kickstarter. Not only does it allow for unique and interesting projects to find life, but it’s also an excellent place to find very limited edition collectibles. One project that...
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Little Golden Books Hankies: Nothing to Sneeze At
The Saggy Baggy Elephant Well, I thought I had seen everything there was to see in collectibles. Having been “in the biz” for over 40 years, I have seen a lot of interesting items, but a recent estate...
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There and Back Again: 5 Cool Hobbit Collectibles Inspired by the Animated...
What do you do when you’ve seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey so many times that the movie theater staff is beginning to worry about you, you just watched the extended edition of the Lord of the...
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Political Collectibles: Campaign Buttons Not the Only Use for Celluloid
This celluloid photo album shows Theodore Roosevelt in his Spanish-American War Rough Rider uniform. I have seen some pretty impressive collections of political photographs in my time. And I don’t just...
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Tracking U.S. Navy Specialties: The History of Radarmen
Many people collect U.S.Navy rating badges and many other folks collect ephemera. Still other collectors pursue metal insignia and uniform devices. But the question I have is, how many of them combine...
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Twain in Vain: Five Classic Mark Twain Collectibles Sold at Auction
“One mustn’t buy autographed items without first consulting an expert or being presented with a certificate of authenticity.” – Unknown Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison failed to follow this age-old saying...
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Solid Perfume Compacts, What’s in a Name?
Estee Lauder A few years ago, I found an Estee Lauder solid perfume compact at an antique mall in Illinois. My daughter had worked at a famous department store on her breaks from college and I recalled...
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Suitable For Framing: Illustrations by Diana Thorne
Dogs by Diana Thorne ©1932Saalfield Pub. The label on the wrapper for this charming book called “Dogs” read “lovely pictures – suitable for framing.” I loved the little pup on the cover. Other than the...
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