A general discussion of collecting cool things.
A Collection a Day #47 – Superman and Batman, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Here’s another “unintended” collection of mine. I’ve been collecting vintage Batman and Superman items and many of the items were produced for both characters. I’m pretty sure I could make a similar collection for Spiderman, but a guy has to [...]
A Collection a Day #24 – Vintage Superman toys, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Just below the Batman shelf is the Superman shelf. I primarily collect vintage Superman items which helps to limit the sheer volume of items to drain the wallet. The items in the picture above are fairly common items from the [...]
Man, I need to move. Last week, the Goonies held a big anniversary event in Oregon, and this week there’s a Superman celebration in Metropolis (Illinois). Scheduled guests include: Noel Neill — the original Lois Lane Laura Vandervoort — Clark Kent’s sexy cousin, Kara, on Smallville Sam Witwer — Doomsday from Smallville Carmine Infantino — [...]
Profiles in History is selling all kinds of goodness in an auction beginning this Thursday and running through Saturday. There are more than 1,500 lots up for bid that include items any pop culture collector would dream of owning. Do you want Michael Keaton’s original Batman costume? John Robinson’s laser rifle from Lost in Space? KITT’s [...]
A Collection a Day #14 – Superman banks, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I honestly don’t know why I even have any of these but I think I must have been attracted to their weirdness. In the back row is a recent version, based on Brandon Routh from the “Superman Returns” movie. Superman has [...]
A Collection a Day #12 – Superman bubble bath bottles, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Everyone knows that Superman is squeaky clean. Yesterday, it was Batman bubble bath bottles, and today it’s his good buddy Superman. Somehow, I managed to acquire three of the 1978 Avon Soaky bottles with Superman and the Empire State [...]
A collection a day – Superman, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I seem to have a lot of Superman items laying around. I didn’t set out to collect Superman items, it just seemed to happen. I’d see something in a yard sale box and think it looked pretty cool, and before I knew it, [...]
A pristine copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, sold at ComicConnect.com for $1.5 million to an undisclosed buyer. This is the third time this year that the record price for a comic book has fallen. This particular copy is the highest graded copy of Action Comics #1 known to exist (CGC [...]
I went hunting for pop culture collectibles at the D.C. Big Flea this weekend. This show comes around a few times a year and is filled with antique furniture, jewelry, and glassware, but there are usually a few good booths of toys and memorabilia. My favorite booths are easy to spot. They’re bright and colorful, [...]
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