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.
I seriously need more walls. Look what the mailman dropped off on my doorstep today… This is truly a thing of beauty. if you know me, you know my love for monkeys in movies, especially King Kong. This is an Italian poster from the 60′s for the original King Kong movie. The poster is a [...]
I’m still sad about missing out on buying this poster last week. This incredible Dracula poster by Martin Ansin was available for $45 and I made it all the way through the Paypal checkout until the very last screen stalled out, until it finally showed me that the item was sold out. Sigh. So goes [...]
How appropriate that this should arrive in my mail box today: Sure, 7-11 is offering free Slurpees today, but if I had that flux capacitor working on my time machine, I’d be headed back to 1976 to pick up on of the free plastic cups they were handing out. I bought this poster on eBay [...]
Look what my Mexican connection delivered today. Can’t you just smell that pulpy goodness through your computer screen? I think I’m in love. The original King Kong movie was released in 1933 and is one of my favorite movies, and collecting interests — you can never have enough King Kong in your life. This Mexican [...]
Marvel Studios is set to release a new Captain America movie this summer, and we can only hope it lives up to the same level of awesome as displayed in their 1979 offering… A hang glider attached to his motorcycle. Sweet! There was romance — and Christopher Lee playing magic hands! Cap’s jet-powered bike launches [...]
A Collection a Day #56 – James Bond movie posters, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. If you’re not a fan of James Bond movies, well I don’t think I want to know you anymore. James Bond is an enigma. What other pop culture icon has lasted as long as him and still managed to [...]
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 [...]
EMovieposter.com has a couple of great foreign Batman posters up for sale in their Tuesday auction this week. Check out this huge two-sheet from Italy. The gang’s all there, the Riddler, the Joker, Catwoman, the Penguin, and you can’t leave out that evil shark latched on to Batman’s leg in the lower right corner! The [...]
Man I wish was a 50 ft. man. Just look at her. But I digress. This tattered and soiled poster recently sold on eBay for $3,827.00 after receiving 30 bids. Movie Synopsis: When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after cheating husband [...]
If you like your Mel Gibson as a vigilante who takes out road-raging psychopaths of post-apocalyptic Australia, then you’re in luck. Emovieposter.com has an original one sheet from Mad Max up for bid now. Check it out. Image reproduced with permission from emovieposter.com.
