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What to Consider When Selling A Collection

Want to Sell a Collection Yourself?                              Here are Some Factors to Consider Selling a Collection Yourself Can Be More Difficult than You Realize. Selling a collection is hard. It’s not only hard in the sense that a collection is hard to part with because it represents a lot of love, time, and money invested, but because selling a collection and getting value from it is difficult on a practical level. Here are a few things to consider when selling your collection or someone else’s that you have inherited. You will not get full value selling in… Read More »What to Consider When Selling A Collection

The Fairy Box

Copyright © 1994 Rob Weiman It wasn’t a large box, but it was special. She sat it on the table by her bed so she could see it, and she looked at it a lot. Her Mother said it used to belong to her grandmother, and that she had brought it from someplace called, “The Old Country”, but her older brother said it was a Fairy Box and that was why it was so fancy. Alicia knew that what her brother told her was true. He said that if you waited until night time, just before you went to sleep and you turned off all the lights in the room… Read More »The Fairy Box

Where is the Toy Market Heading As We Enter 2019?

Top Trends in Toy Collecting in 2019 How the Toy Market is Changing in 2019 The toy market can be a fickle thing. Bubbles form and burst, like the Beanie Baby craze, trends come and go. One thing that will never change is that the collector toy market is driven in principle by two main drivers: fandom and nostalgia. There was a time when toys stood alone without being backed by any intellectual property, like Barbie and the original incarnation of GI Joe. When companies like Mego began licensing popular properties like Star Trek and Marvel, the door started to open for figures based on popular media. The Kenner Star… Read More »Where is the Toy Market Heading As We Enter 2019?

Comic Book Movies Are Doing Wonders for the Value of Bronze Age Keys

Marvel Bronze Age Key Issues on the Rise Marvel Movie Dominance Leads to Rising Bronze Age ValuesComic book history is split up into four principal periods: Golden Age, SilverAge, Bronze Age, and Modern. The Golden Age encompasses the early days from the late 30s until 1950. In the 50s and 60s, the Silver Age came and saw the birth of many of the superheroes and incarnations of superheroes we know and love today. The Silver Age saw the rise of Marvel Comics and the birth of iconic characters like Spider-Man, Hulk, The Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. TheBronze Age saw these iconic series expanded, with many beloved characters introduced. It’s… Read More »Comic Book Movies Are Doing Wonders for the Value of Bronze Age Keys

Selling your vintage comic book collection

If you find yourself with a vintage comic book collection to sell you need to get someone to help you that knows what they are doing.  Here is why. If you try to do it yourself you are going to get beat up by bullies. Comic book buyers can be a rough crowd to deal with. They will argue with you about the grades you assign the books. They will argue with you about shipping. If you take your time and ship it well, they will complain that you took too long. If you pack the books really well, many of them will complain about the cost, if you don’t spend… Read More »Selling your vintage comic book collection

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