Press Release: SERIOUSTOYZ’ AUCTION #55, TWICE DELAYED, IS ONLINE NOW AND WILL END MAY 30-31; NEARLY 1,300 LOTS ARE BEING OFFERED (CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Serious Toyz’ Auction #55, twice delayed, is online now (at SeriousToyz.com) and will end May...
What’s in the Attic? by Linda Hamer Kennett (reprinted with permission) With a body modeled after May West and an attitude to rival Madonna’s, she has evolved into a cult figure with thousands of fans world wide. Although only a cartoon character, her...
Buying blind builds excitement starbulletin.com | Features | /2008/02/26/ By Gary C.W. Chun gchun@starbulletin.com Hawaii collectors line up for the newest French Dunny figures “Wanna buy a Dunny? Collectible French Dunny designer toys went on sale Thursday at a...
A TV Superhero Collectible With Staying Power By RALPH and TERRY KOVEL The Hartford Courant February 22, 2008 “Toys based on popular television heroes sell well, but often a number of years after the TV show has aired the meaning of the toy has been forgotten....
Hummel prices swing to extremes Bradenton Herald 10/27/2006 Julie McClure About Antiques “This column could be titled ” and all the different values we can find for the same thing.” I cannot think of any collectible that shows so clearly the wide...
Midnight Red Barbie doll sets world auction record Yahoo! News By Jeremy Lovell Tue Sep 26, 2006 “LONDON (Reuters) – Barbie in Midnight Red, dating from 1965, sold for a world record 9,000 pounds ($17,000) on Tuesday as collectors from around the world...
Vintage Barbies, Green Ears and All, Go on Sale at Christie’s Bloomberg.com: Europe By Linda Sandler “Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — Mattel Inc.’s Barbie dolls, with retail sales of about $3 billion a year, get their first solo auction at...
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May the Force be with you. We’re were trolling around the toy category on eBay, and noticed that Star Wars is one of the most popular searches for that particular category. In fact, in the action figure category there are (as of today) over 20,000 listings. Some...
What makes something collectible? deseretnews.com By Carma Wadley Deseret Morning News June 30, 2006 “…The mid-to-late 1980s saw a huge increase in collectible lines, he says, with introduction of such artists and collections as Pipka, Precious Moments and...