Black Canary Barbie vs Showgirl Barbie Originally published Dec 12 2008 Black Canary Barbie isn’t your typical Barbie from Mattel. Based on DC Comics superheroine of the same name, she features fishnet stockings, short shorts and a black leather outfit that is…
Their Work was Child’s Play What’s in the Attic? Linda Hamer Kennett The Fisher Price Toy Company was formed in 1931 by Herman Fisher, Irving Price, and Helen M. Schelle. While none of the three had much experience in the field of toy manufacturing, they…
Michael Schriner alerted us to this auction on eBay for a collection of letters written to his mother from 1949 to 1951 from the future New York Yankees boss. He pointed us to the following story on Sports Collector Daily: “Steinbrenner Letters Now on eBay A…
From BoingBoing comes the story of a old Nintendo NES system and five games selling for $13,105 on eBay on February 10, 2010. It turns out it wasn’t the system that sparked the bidding war, but one of the games – an obscure title from Bandai called Stadium…
Bidders still after bargains By Richard Morrison, Financial Post November 26, 2009 “Jim Snider, auctioneer and owner of the Rockford Auction Centre in Owen Sound, Ont., says the prices realized for nearly all types of collectibles have been on the decline for…
It had to happen, the economics and scams following the death of a popular culture icon: Caution Urged on Michael Jackson Autographs, Memorabilia (Santa Ana, California) — Collectors and fans are cautioned about the anticipated explosion of fake Michael Jackson…
Ending today, this auction of an original Michael Jackson White Glove is attracting a lot of attention on eBay at the moment. As of the posting, the auction currently has 259 bids and is sitting at $85,900 with about 5 hours to go. Apparently the glove which is…
Quality rock memorabilia has some highly collectible items as evidenced by some of the live eBay auctions that are currently going on:
As eBay makes sweeping changes to their business model, the sellers who built the goliath are re-examining their businesses as well… The thrust of this article is that eBay is moving and favoring a fixed price (or buy it now) model: Auctions on eBay: A Dying…
We are big fans of Gary Hendrickson’s site “The Auction Rebel”, and if you haven’t checked it out before you can catch it here. His post from today references some of the things to look out for in the upcoming garage sale season, and includes…