Collectors Corner: Mobo Toys
Mobo may be one of the most popular toymakers that few Americans have heard of. The company had its origins in 1921 when David Sebel, a Russian immigrant to England, founded D. Sebel and Co., […]
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Collectors Corner: Belsnickel, a Collectible Christmas Visitor
Often described as a more crotchety version of Jolly Old St. Nick, Belsnickel (also spelled Belsnickle, Pelznickel, and several other variants) arrived in America with German immigrants in the early 18th century. According to German […]
Collectors Corner: Halloween Jack-O’-Lanterns
Everyone knows that Halloween is more than witches on brooms, wailing ghosts, and black cats. It’s also greeting cards and masks and costumes and candy corn and noise makers and all the decorations that make […]
Collectors Corner: MAD Magazine
“What, me worry?” Alfred E. Neuman After 67 years of poking fun at popular culture, politics, the entertainment industry, and just about anyone and anything that managed to get in their crosshairs, MAD magazine is […]
Collectors Corner: Mobile Phones
It may be hard to believe, but the personal mobile phone (aka the cell phone) has been around long enough that early examples are now considered “vintage” and can be highly collectible. Mobile telephone service […]
Collectors Corner: Yard-Sale Hand-Tool Finds (Woodworking/Carpentry)
You don’t have to be a professional carpenter to admire the form and functionality of old woodworking tools. After all, who’s attention at a yard sale hasn’t been captured by the numbered segments of a […]
Collectors Corner: Yard-Sale Hand-Tool Finds (Mechanic’s)
Across the nation, yard-sale season is in full swing. Led by the Boomer generation (and inspired by Marie Kondo, who has been applying her organizational skills to helping the less tidy), residents everywhere are downsizing […]
Collectors Corner: Coins in the News, Spring 2019
Whether or not you collect coins, you might want to pay particular attention to your pocket change over the next several months as the first-ever Great American Coin Hunt is well underway. Launched during this […]
Collectors Corner: Mouse, Mouses, Mice
No, not that kind. We’re referring to the computer kind. The kind that used to be connected via a cord to the back of the gigantic CPU taking up half your desk. The kind that […]
Collectors Corner: Terry Kovel on Antiques and Collectibles Trends
It’s no secret we’re big fans of the Kovels – their guides helped us immeasurably in our early days of online selling when we scoured yard sales and auctions for treasures, and we still consult […]