A general discussion of collecting cool things.
Philip Weis Auctions recently sold a copy of the first Detective Comics for $25,000.00. Throw in a little Batman a few issues later and you get over a million, but $25k is nothing to sneeze at. Detective Comics #1 (March 1937), has cover art by Vin Sullivan depicting the Fu Manchu-style Oriental villain Ching Lung.
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The third auction of the incredible Donald Kaufman Collection of vintage toys will take place April 16 and 17, 2010 at Bertoia’s gallery in Vineland, NJ. The collection is so massive that it will take five auctions to sell all the items. The first two auctions hauled in over $7 million! If old toys are [...]
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, and [...]
Just the thing for the Twilight or Trueblood fan in your life:
Original, 19th century Vampire killing kit. No kidding. These sell for upwards of $25,000 on the closed market on which they trade. And they don’t trade often. This one is the most comprehensive we’ve ever seen and it includes, among other implements, a crossbow [...]
Alright, I’ve scrounged around in the sofa cushions and raided my kid’s piggy bank — $18.34. I don’t think that’s going to be enough to bid on the copy of Detective Comics #27 up for auction at Heritage. The price currently stands at $425,000.00 which is a record for a comic book auction. Sure, Supes [...]
In 1938, the man of steel was introduced in Action Comics #1, and the world would never be the same.
Earlier today, ComicsConnect.com sold an extremely rare, high-grade copy of that comic for $1,000,000.00, shattering all previous records for a comic book. Prior to this sale, the record price for a comic was a lesser grade copy [...]
It might seem strange to see a post on Cool & Collected about J.D. Salinger, but to a lot of us, the author’s Holden Caufield was the coolest person we ever ‘met” in our formative years. The Catcher in the Rye is a part of our pop culture, so we think it’s fitting to mention [...]
If that headline made no sense to you, then this article probably isn’t up your collecting alley, but read on anyway and get a little education! Coins are graded like every other collectible, but they are graded on a scale from “poor 1″ to “mint state 70″ with many levels in between. The grading of [...]
This guy has a houseful of stuff that would give me a serious case of heebeejeebies. Seriously, you have got to see this VR tour of his place. The nooks and crannies of the nooks and crannies are filled with eclectic items ranging from skulls, to taxidermy, to minotaurs. I think every serious collector should [...]
Who knew zombies were popular in 1952? This incredible poster is up for auction this week at emovieposter.com. Zombies of the Stratosphere was a Republic Serial with 12 chapters. I am an absolute sucker for Republic movie posters, and this is a great one – zombies, spaceships, a robot a with fireman’s axe – I [...]
