A general discussion of collecting cool things.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Collection a Day #34 – 80′s Fantasy Movie Posters, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Here are some more movie posters for your viewing pleasure. The title says “80′s” movie posters but the “Lord of he Rings” poster is from 1978. How do I know this? Well back in the old days (prior to [...]
A Collection a Day #30 – Ace Double Sci-Fi Paperbacks, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Who doesn’t like a two-for-one deal? Ace Doubles are two novels in one book. Finish one novel and then you just flip it over and you have a whole different novel with its own cover. Sci-fi greats such as [...]
eMovieposter.com is listing 999 one sheets in next Tuesday’s auction. As always, the selection is diverse in subject and date, and a few gems are in the mix. Here are a few that caught my eye… Images reproduced with permission from emovieposter.com
A Collection a Day #29 – Vintage Movie Posters: Allan “Rocky” Lane, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. One of my largest collections, in both size and quantity, is movie posters. I’ve held off on photographing any so far simply because I couldn’t figure out how to effectively photograph a group of them. I think [...]
In this episode, Danielle sends Mike and Frank to the hills of Pickens, South Carolina where they meet up with a couple of other pickers. Nathan and his 14-year-old son, Dakota, are two generations of dumpster divers. This picking duo have some really great stuff for the guys to pick through, but the crown jewel is [...]
Every week I find myself in strange places, mostly frequented by old ladies with knitted handbags. Why you may ask? Well, it’s not because of their sweet perfume or blue tinged hairdos. It’s because I go where I can find old stuff, and antique stores, flea markets, and yard sales are where that stuff is [...]
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