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Archive for September 2008

Insuring Your Valuable Collectibles

Sep 21st, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: About Collecting

 The collectibles markets are full of passionate people. These aren’t people who have ‘pack rat fever’ and save items just to have them, but people who decide to enter a specific collectibles market because it is a rewarding and fun experience for them. And it seems people will collect just about anything including: teddy bears, […]



300 Collectible Barbie Dolls

Sep 21st, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Movies to watch

On this movie, you’ll see 300 collectible Barbie dolls from a splendid, beautiful and large collection. If you want to see the entire collection, you absolutely have to visit www.barbiecollector.gr



Kovel’s Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2009

Sep 17th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Magazines

KOVELS’ ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES PRICE GUIDE 2009, 41st edition (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-57912-785-5, $27.95, $31.95 CAN), with actual prices of more than 44,000 items, is now available wherever books are sold.

The book is written by Ralph and Terry Kovel, who share the insider’s edge in this new and improved full-color 41st edition […]



Lushpad has launched!

Sep 17th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Antiques

Lushpad.com makes it easier for modern design and contemporary art fans to buy, sell or find out more about that extra special piece.
Lushpad is a unique online home for lovers of mid-century Modern furniture, accessories and related objects sought by vintage collectors and anyone else interested in contemporary design and art. In the spirit of […]



Exhibition: Greatest Hits of Korean Art

Sep 17th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Events

Kang Collection showcases classic and contemporary masterpieces of Korean art, including ink, court, Buddhist, and folk painting, during Asia week
“Greatest Hits of Korean Art” will feature the finest example of orchid painting by Prince Regent Yi Ha-ung (Dae won gun). Father of King Kojong, Prince Yi (1820-1898) was best known for his exquisite orchid paintings, […]



Movie Posters can be Money in the Bank

Sep 17th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Miscellanous

Movie Posters and Entertainment Memorabilia Can Be Money In The Bank
With rare exceptions, such as some of the Batman movie posters, most new release movie posters can be purchased for as little as $15-$20. With this knowledge in hand, most people look at movie posters with a sense of ho-hum when thinking about entertainment memorabilia […]



Original 1890’s Pabst Tin Litho Advertising Sign

Sep 17th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Moment's Item

Collectos.Com’s Object of the Week is a rare original tin litho advertising sign from the 1890’s of the “Pabst Brewing Company”. The original brewery was founded as The Empire Brewery, later Best and Company, in 1844 by the immigrant German brewer, Jacob Best. The brewery was run by Jacob, Sr. and his sons Phillip, Charles, […]



Morphy’s Fine Doll Auction: Sisters’ lifetime collections!

Sep 17th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Auctions

As the follow-up to a heavily attended May 17-18 debut that grossed $1.5 million, Morphy Doll Auctions has prepared an equally diverse selection of dolls, dollhouses, miniatures and teddy bears as the foundation of its Fall Fine Doll event. The 950-lot auction will take place on Oct. 10 and 11, and features dolls of excellent […]



Buffalo Bill and the Wild West of Our Imagination at LiveAuctionTalk.com

Sep 17th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: Miscellanous

(by Rosemary McKittrick*)
Santa Fe, Sept. 15, 2008 — Picture if you will, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. The year is 1902. The Star Spangled Banner is playing. The doors of the arena open and out gallops four horses lugging a stagecoach.
The Indians race in behind the coach and the chase is on around the showground. […]



Vinyl Record Collecting Alive and Well

Sep 8th, 2008 | By CollectOs | Category: About Collecting

(by Robert Benson) 
According to a recent report from eBay, the online auction giant, they sell more than three million vinyl records each year. It is also reported that eBay users buy and sell six vinyl records every minute (or an average of one every ten seconds). It seems the vinyl record, just a few years […]



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