My Vintage Collectibles and Collecting Resources

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Collectibles: A little about my collecting days, dealer days, and sites

I've been working on getting this page set up as a hub to my various sites.  Well, there's not that many, but it's pretty cool to collect them all in one spot.  As you'll see following this intro there are two informational sites that I run, one about magazine back issues, the other all about early movie stars and collectibles.  Also I run two stores online, each with unique content - no items are crosslisted.  One is my eBay Store and the other is my eventual eBay escape hatch when that rate hike comes along that finally pushes me off the ledge!

 I started out collecting baseball cards and was a dealer at card shows by my early teens back in the 80's.  I always come back to sports collectibles in one form or another, but along the way I've collected (and usually sold!) books, old toys and games, stamps, comic books, and especially movie collectibles and magazine back issues.  They are the focus of this lens.

For more of my collecting/dealer biography please see the About Us page on my movie collectibles site.

My collectible sites

things-and-other-stuff.com - Movie Stars & Collectibles Info
This was my first site featuring information on classic stars, films and especially collectibles from the days of the Silents through the Golden Age of Movies.
Collecting Old Magazines ... All about magazine back issues and how to collect.
Another informational site that I run featuring information on collecting old magazine back issues plus histories of several of the publications themselves.
My eBay Store - Collecting Old Magazines
This is my eBay Store focusing on magazine back issues, movie cards and collectibles and sports collectibles. Everything vintage and original. I've been eBay since 2000, accumulated over 10,000 feedbacks with very close to a 100% rating (well, it actually was 100% before they started tinkering with the feedback, but 99.9% isn't bad either!)

Immortal Ephemera

Movie Stars - Movie Cards - Movie Collectibles

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Inherited Values

Antiques & Vintage Collectibles NOT By the Book

Here's some of my latest contributions to Inherited Values, a site for collectors focused on the passion of collecting with articles written by various dealers. We don't talk shop on Inherited Values though, it's all about collecting and collections! I post articles to Inherited Values 3-4 times per month.
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Reader Feedback

Feel free to post your own, I'd love to hear from you!

There's plenty more below this section, so feel free to keep reading before you come back and give your feedback. I did want to move this module up the page a little though so you wouldn't have to hunt too much if you were looking for it!

  • MamaBelle Jan 31, 2011 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    Good work, enjoyed my visit, Thanks.
  • stodin Oct 7, 2010 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    Love the lens, it is always good to see another collector of paper based memorabillia. Keep up the good work
  • Redmoonrider Apr 10, 2009 @ 10:33 am | delete
    Fascinating! Great lens!
  • BusyQueen Dec 22, 2008 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Merry Christmas to you and thanks for visiting my lens! 5*****
  • AndrewMilburn Aug 25, 2008 @ 4:06 pm | delete
    Thank You for a great Lens. It is full of cool stuff for ebayers and other online sellers. Keep up the good work and well done.

    Andrew
    http://www.squidoo.com/MyAuctionEmpires
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magawiki

There's a brand new (as of August 2007) part of things-and-other-stuff.com called the magawiki, which I've been working on for a few months and am now unveiling since I've got a few hundred pages up. Ever see an old magazine for sale on eBay without any details? Look intriguing? Well, hop on over to the magawiki, and if I've sold that specific issue before you'll be able to look up the complete contents on my new site! Currently growing a little bit day by day, enjoy!

Popular News and Literary Magazine Back Issues for Sale

From my eBay Store - Don't forget to check my off-eBay Store as well

Other Collectible Magazines Currently for Sale:

Miscellaneous Magazines:

19th Century Publications (All)

20th Century Publications (Other)

Don't forget to check Old-Magazines-for-Sale.com as well!

Sports & Movie Magazines, Cards & Collectibles for Sale:

Key Collecting Links

Following are a few popular and informative links about collecting from my two informational sites:
What We Sell - Movie Collectibles
A guide to the different types of cards, photos, premiums and supplements that I offer for sale. May help you to identify what you have, or...
Index to Movie Collectibles Photo ID Guides
...will lead you here, the main gateway to specific Photo ID Guides of rare vintage movie collectibles.
Grading Guide - Movie Collectibles
Separate sections describing grading methods for magazines, photos and trading cards. This is how I grade.
Grading Guide - Magazines
A more magazine-specific grading guide from my magazine collecting site.
Links to Magazine Cover Galleries or Checklists
Collected all in one spot, here you'll find valuable links to other sites which may help you identify magazines you have, or better yet wish to have.
Packing and Shipping Magazines
I wrote this page after a particularly disastrous postal delivery. Sellers, please read this.

Books on collecting

Here are some books I use that can be found either new or used over on Amazon.com.
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New Del.icio.us bookmarks

Sites that I've tagged "collectibles"

Collecting Old Magazines on eBay

Old Magazines - Movie Collectibles - Sports Collectibles - Ephemera

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