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Slide Block Puzzles
Slide Block Puzzles Collector’s Corner By Michele Alice AuctionBytes.com August 22, 2004 “I acquired my first mechanical puzzle from the neighborhood five-and-dime when I was six. It was a slide block puzzle known as the “15 Puzzle.” It consisted of 15 small numbered…
Spider-Man Lunchboxes
Spider-Man is going to lunch The Olympian MARIA SONNENBERG GANNETT NEWS SERVICE “So long, SpongeBob. Hello, Spidey. The ever-cheerful yellow denizen of the deep has given way to the angst-wracked superhero in kids’ highest fashion statement —…
Postcards and Writing
Playing his cards right South Florida Sun-Sentinel By Chauncey Mabe Books Editor Posted August 22 2004 “Robert Olen Butler, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer, is a collector. …Postcards are the third most popular collectible in the world, Butler…
5,000 Collectible Penguin Books
5,000 Collectible Penguin Books Half Price Books purchases rare Penguin archive from England; Books being sold on Abebooks.com 5,000 Collectible Penguin Books Now Offered on ABEBOOKS.COM “VICTORIA, BC, Aug. 17 /CNW/ – Abebooks.com, the world’s…
Pump up your eBay profits
How to pump up your eBay profits The online auction site’s most prolific sellers share some of the lessons they’ve learned. August 19, 2004: 3:37 PM EDT By Jonah Freedman, MONEY Magazine “NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) – On July 10, a lucky eBayer…
The Heart of Collecting
Rinker on Collectibles has a good analysis of the collectible market: Older collecting categories may fade, but new ones take their place mcall.com From The Morning Call — August 20, 2004 “Collecting is driven by memory. Historically, collectors and…
Baseball autographed by Babe Ruth
A little more detail in this news story: Northern Kentucky man finds baseball with Babe Ruth autograph AP Wire | 08/19/2004 Associated Press FLORENCE, Ky. – A northern Kentucky sports memorabilia collector has stumbled upon a valuable find – a baseball…
Babe Ruth Baseball
Collector Finds a Bargain-Basement Babe Ruth Baseball KYW Newsradio 1060 – News “It’s the baseball collector’s find of a lifetime. Rich Tiberi bought a box of unidentified, autographed baseballs for $250 at Plant Collectibles in Florence,…
Roger Maris Game Jersey
Auction house sells jersey off Maris’ back The San Diego Union-Tribune UNION-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES August 14, 2004 “A jersey worn by Roger Maris during his record-breaking 61st home run game was sold for $302,000 yesterday at an auction to an unidentified…
