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A collector was 'bitten by the postcard bug' 80 years ago; see some of his favorites
Hundreds of thousands of postcards from all over the world have found a home in 92-year-old Donald Brown's personal collection in Myerstown, Pa.
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VHS copy of 'Back to the Future' sells for $75,000, setting new auction record
A sealed, near-mint condition 1986 VHS tape of "Back to the Future" recently sold at auction for $75,000, setting a new record for a videotape.
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James rookie card sells for record $1.8m
A rare LeBron James trading card sells for a record $1.8m at auction - nearly doubling the previous record.
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Inside the heartwarming world of Hot Wheels collecting
What seems like a simple hobby can take you across the world.
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Baseball card apps bring a classic hobby into the digital age
An old hobby gets a digital glow-up
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Nintendo PlayStation is real, and you can bid on it for $250K
Nintendo and Sony worked on the console in the late '80s.
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The Joy of Collecting Stamps From Countries That Don't Really Exist
"Bogus Cinderellas" can come from micronations, outer space, or parallel dimensions.
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Kurt Cobain's iconic 'Unplugged' unwashed cardigan sold for a record-breaking $334,000
The green cardigan Kurt Cobain wore for Nirvana's famous "MTV Unplugged" appearance in 1993 sold at auction for $334,000, making it the most expensive sweater auction of all time. Julien's Auctions announced that the sweater, which was worn by Cobain in New York City on November 18, 1993 and hasn't been washed since, exceeded its projected sale value and smashed the record amid a wave of fresh interest in Cobain memorabilia.
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This Babe Ruth Baseball Card Found in a Piano Could Sell for Over $100,000 at Auction
A rare Babe Ruth rookie baseball card found in a piano is up for auction—and the online bidding is nearing $100,000.
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'Super Mario Bros.' sells at auction for world record $100K
A sealed and graded copy of the original NES video game, 'Super Mario Bros.', sells at auction for slightly more than $100K.
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Datsun 240Z: Why are prices surging?
Datsun 240Z values seem to be surging in the past two years, bucking the recent 'cooling' in the classic car market. Why is this? What do you think?
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Transformers® G2 Racing Rig with Greasepit Complete
Complete, c9 (excellent). Comes from the collection from an ex-Hasbro employee who was active in the early years of Botcon Images are RealPics™ and show the actual item or items. Item guaranteed 1990s original and not a re-issue or knock-off unless stated in this description. TFL ID TB-01
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Creepy or collectible? Why people spend thousands of dollars to buy celebrities’ hair.
The haircut was like any other. John Lennon was preparing for his role as Gripweed in the film “How I Won the War.” The performance was unmemorable. So too was the coif. But on Saturday, nearly 50 years after it was chopped from his head, Lennon’s lock of hair sold for $35,000. The clipping garnered triple the amount Dallas auctioneers expected it to sell for. And not because some crazed Lennon fangirl really wanted...
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Inside the world’s biggest record collection: An interview with Zero Freitas
Nearly everyone interested in records will have, at some point heard, the news that there is a Brazilian who owns millions of records. Fewer seem to know, however, that Zero Freitas, a São Paulo-based businessman now in his sixties, plans to turn his collection into a public archive of the world’s music, with special focus on the Americas. Having amassed over six million records, he manages a collection similar to the entire Discogs database.
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Inside the Sweet, Strange World of Cereal Box Collectors
Duane Dimock once paid $450 for a box of cereal. But this wasn't the makings of a week of very expensive breakfasts: Rather, it was the box itself that he was after. Dimock belongs to a small niche group of hobbyists who collect cereal boxes, and in their world, $450 doesn't raise many eyebrows. Last summer, an unopened package of Post Ten — the now-defunct variety pack of mini cereal boxes — dating back to 1961 sold for a whopping...
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Ty Warner introduces Cecil™ the Lion Beanie Baby®.
Ty Warner, Founder and Chairman of Ty Inc, has created Cecil the Lion Beanie Baby in memory of the beloved lion tragically killed July 2, 2015. Ty has pledged 100% of profits from the original sale to WildCRU, the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of University of Oxford in Oxford England.
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The Sneakerheads Racing to Save Their Kicks From Decay
Chemical flaws in the materials used to make sneakers cause the shoes to break down over time. Sad news for collectors, who are finding new ways to preserve their beloved kicks.
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What Made People Lose Their Minds Over Beanie Babies?
In July of 1999, I traveled with my family to Tenby, Wales. The town is said to be picturesque, but I have no memory of its scenery—except for a small toy store we passed on our drive in. As soon as we settled into our hotel, my sister and I begged our father to trek to the shop and search for the Britannia Beanie Baby, sold exclusively in the United Kingdom. The Britannia bear wasn’t just a toy, we explained; it was an investment, projected to be worth thousands...
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Schindler’s list is up for auction
“Schindler’s List” is being auctioned off on eBay.No, not a DVD of the Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg film, but one of the original Schindler’s lists — the only one...
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