Archive for the 'Collecting' Category

The First Thing to Know When Selling a Comic Book

Knowing how much your comic book is worth is the first step you should know when you attempt to sell your comic book. Comic books range in value both monetarily and emotionally, based on a collector’s personal tastes. What may be worth a great deal to one collector is not worth as much to another, […]

Facts about Selling Comics You Should Know About

There have been many people throughout history who make their money off of exploiting other people who may not have known the true worth of a collector’s item.
This is something that unfortunately has also happened to a large amount of comic book collectors who ended up selling their collection before checking to find out […]

Commemorative Coin Honoring Louis Braille

Next year will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille. He is well known for his invention of the Braille System. This system is used worldwide by the blind and visually impaired to read and write. To celebrate this important anniversary, the United States Mint will be issuing a special commemorative coins […]

GI Joe Action Figures–The History Of A Phenomenon

It all began in 1963 when Stan Weston, who was a toy inventor, saw how the Barbie doll for girls had become such a huge success. He invented a military themed “doll”,which could be marketed to boys. Don Levine, who was the creative director of Hasbro at that time,thought this was a good idea […]

Collecting Teddy Bears–A Profitable Hobby

Collecting teddy bears is a really great hobby. It often starts with your childhood teddy bear since many people find it hard to part with their “friend”. They will keep it around for years and this makes a pretty good starting point for a collection of teddies.
Whether you collect expensive and hard to find […]

Collecting Trading Cards–Make Money With Your Hobby

Trading cards are an extremely popular collectible for both adults and children. These sets of color printed cards, usually presented as a series or a theme, are traded with other collectors, bought and sold and saved in albums. When people think about trading cards, they most often visualise sports trading cards. Sports cards […]