A general discussion of collecting cool things.
I visited the DC Big Flea yesterday and was thrilled to see the number of vendors with pop culture collectibles in their booths was bigger than ever. I’ve been to this show many times and it just gets better and better for people like me who aren’t too interested in antique furniture but can’t get [...]
A Collection a Day #49 – Mexican lobby cards, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Have you ever tried to get a movie poster or lobby card at an auction or from a reseller only to find that it was way out of your budget? After that happened to me too many times to count, [...]
Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m a huge fan of the History Channel’s “American Pickers.” One thing that always aggravates me about the show is the lack of pop culture finds. Every now and then, Mike and Frank stumble across an antique toy or a vintage movie poster, but for the most part [...]
A Collection a Day #47 – Modern Library Books, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. In 1917, the Modern Library series was introduced, and over 750 titles have been printed since then. The goal of the series was to reprint the world’s best books. They are an affordable way for the masses to read and [...]
A Collection a Day #45 – “Mars” books, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I’ve been doing a lot of books lately. I guess I may be reaching the limit of my collections, but I probably have enough books to bore you for weeks! Here is another idea for a collection — books with a [...]
A Collection a Day #43 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Edgar Rice Burroughs is the grand-daddy of science fiction and fantasy novels as we know them. If you have never read his John Carter of Mars series, do yourself a favor and check them out. It still amazes me how [...]
A Collection a Day #42 – The War of the Worlds, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. One of my favorite kinds of collections is one that shows a variety of depictions of the same thing. Here are four different paperbacks of H.G. Well’s classic, “The War of the Worlds.” This book has been around [...]
Christie’s auction house in New York will be holding an auction on July 14-15 featuring the remarkable collection from the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in association with High Noon Western Americana. The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum closed their doors last fall after over four decades of celebrating one of the most [...]
I was a fan of Pawn Stars long before tonight’s episode, but now I will be glued to the tube whenever a new show airs, hoping they feature something as great as they did tonight. Rick and Chumlee visit the home of Will, who has a serious Transformers habit. It looks like this guy has [...]
This big green bit of plastic goodness arrived on my doorstep yesterday. Over 30 years ago, I was a wee lad when I was first introduced to this big guy. No matter how much I whined, I could never crack my parent’s resolve to ensure this ugly thing never made it into our home. I [...]
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