Cool and Collected - collecting pop culture memories and memorabilia
A general discussion of collecting cool things, such as vintage and modern toys, comic books, ephemera.
Mike Bartley, a friend of Cool & collected sent in this great recap from his visit to last Weekend’s Steel City Con. I rarely get to go to conventions anymore, with two kids and a working wife. So, to find one that’s affordable, and that my wife agrees driving to, is a rare thing. The [...]
I’ve been hearing about the York Toy Extravaganza in York, Pennsylvania for a few years now and this is the year I finally made the trip. On Sunday morning, I hit the road at 6:30AM, which is an ungodly hour for a holiday weekend, but I was a man on a mission. York, PA is [...]
This weekend, Old Town Auctions is hosting a 3-day toy collector auction at the Grand Venice Hotel in Hagerstown, Maryland, but don’t worry if you can’t make it in person, because they offer online bidding prior to the event. I was fortunate to attend a space toy auction put on by old Town Auctions last [...]
This holiday season, the Action Figure and Comic Art Community is taking time to honor the Men and Women who serve and sacrifice to protect their freedoms. On December 7th, beginning at 6:00 PM EDT, TheBigToyAuction.com will be holding a Charity Auction to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The auction features donated toys, custom pieces, sculpture and original pieces of comic art. [...]
Guest post by Chris, from the stuffwelikecast.com. I lived in a small town in Missouri for 33 years. I moved to Orlando a year ago with my lovely wife and have not missed living in the Midwest except of course my family and the ToyMan toy show, for which I have not yet found a [...]
There are thousands of incredible pop culture collectibles up for bid at Hake’s right now, but I thought I would post a few of my favorites, starting with this amazing Batmobile display… “BATMAN” HUGE AND IMPRESSIVE 1966 “BURRY’S COOKIES” VACU-FORM DISPLAY W/ BATMOBILE KIT OFFER. THE LONE RANGER 1957 LARGE & IMPRESSIVE GENERAL MILLS STORE [...]
The latest catalog from Hake’s arrived in my mailbox last week, which made for some excellent weekend reading. Hake’s Auction #204 is going on now, and you can bid online until November 8-10. Hake’s catalogs are bursting with information for the pop culture collector. No matter what you collect, Hake’s has something that will blow [...]
Last night, somewhere in Texas, all Hell broke loose. A bunch of lucky people were loaded onto buses and delivered to an abandoned shopping mall for a surprise movie. This was the ninth Mondo Mystery Movie and being right before Halloween, you kind of sensed something great was about to happen. A friend of Cool [...]
Frank Onorati is a friend of the site and was lucky enough to attend the opening of the Garbage Pail Kids art show at Gallery 1988 in Melrose, California. The show is currently open and runs through October 1, 2011. Frank sent over lots of pics. Of course, my favorites were the ones that reference pop [...]
Comic and Toy fans put their money where their hearts were last weekend for the first ever Heroes Give Hope charity auction. The Live Online Auction event featured dozens of custom made action figures and works of art specially commissioned for the event, and raised nearly $1000.00 for the Disaster relief agency ConvoyofHope.org Sponsored by internet Auction House TheBigToyAuction.com, the [...]
