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.
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Also NEW! -- Introducing the 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! 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.
- New: the Old Magazines for Sale Store
- I opened this store in late 2006 to complement my eBay store. Despite its name it features both magazine back issues and movie cards and collectibles. As of this writing there's about twice as much stock on this site as there is in my eBay Store and it's all different items!
- My eBay Store - Collecting Old Magazines
- This is my eBay Store, completely different (though similar) stock from the store above, focusing on magazine back issues, movie cards and collectibles and sports collectibles. Everything vintage and original. I've been eBay since 2000, accumulated over 5,000 feedbacks with 100% rating (okay at 99.9999% I'm about as pure as Ivory Soap!).
Movie Profiles & Premiums Blog
Updates on my sites, auctions, and e-commerce in general
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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!
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triathlontraining
Very cool lens! 5* :) Posted June 19, 2008 |
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things-and-other-stuff
Thanks Billco, appreciate your visit. Never got into autographs much myself, too specialized with too much fraud, not that I don't appreciate the hobby. I'll have to check out your lenses, Cliff Posted May 02, 2008 |
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Billco
Gave your blog 5 Stars. Very nice. Posted May 02, 2008 |
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frostcry
Very nice lens and great stuff on ebay Posted November 06, 2007 |
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Tom Murphy
Great lens Cliff. Always glad to see people interested in ephemera and the like. Keep up the good work. Posted October 05, 2007 |
Popular News and Literary Magazine Back Issues for Sale
From my eBay Store - Don't forget to check my off-eBay Store as well
Popular General Weekly Magazines for Sale:TIME Magazines
LIFE Magazines
Newsweek Magazines
LOOK Magazines
Saturday Evening Post Magazines
Collier's Magazines
Popular Literary Magazines for Sale:
The Atlantic Monthly
Haprer's Monthly
The North American Review
The Partisan Review
The New Yorker
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:
Sports Magazines and Collectibles:Sports Illustrated
Other Sports Mags including The Sporting News
Misc. Sports Cards & Collectibles
Movie Magazines, Cards and Collectibles
Movie Magazines & Related Magazines
Movie Cards & Collectibles
Don't forget to check Old-Magazines-for-Sale.com as well!
Key Collecting Links
- The Movie Profiles & Premiums Newsletter
- Over 60 issues sent since 2002, the Movie Profiles & Premiums Newsletter is now a monthly that I send out through Constant Contact. Each issue features a movie star profile written by one of our two regular professional writers plus the latest links to new Photo ID Guides and monthly round-ups written by yours truly. Subscription is free!
- 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
Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide
Magazine collectors have to have this -- mine is dog-eared and filled with my own annotations. I've made some good money hunting items down that were listed in this guide!
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
The American Card Catalog the Standard Guide on All Collected Cards and Their Values
Jefferson Burdick classic - if you know who he is, go get this!
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
The Magazine in America, 1741-1990
Great read about the history of magazine publishing in the U.S. Along with the next title I used it for a lot of my research and I run into familiar lines from it on other sites too.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
MAGAZINES IN 20TH CENT
Another great read. This and the Tebbel book above combine to give a pretty complete history of magazines in the U.S.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
Hollywood Movie Stills: The Golden Age
They probably published it to share the photos, but it was the text that elevates this one onto this list.
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
New Del.icio.us bookmarks
Sites that I've tagged "collectibles"
More on Amazon
Netflix Movies
What I've been watching and what I am watching
Usually I buy my classics, but I rent my new releases. I've been a Netflix subscriber since 2004 and have nothing but great things to say about them. I take them 3 at a time, here's what's at the house right now:
- The Invasion
Shipped on 07/22/08.
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Buy collectibles directly from me
Here are some key links to buy vintage collectibles and magazine back issues from me:
Old Magazines for Sale.com
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Old Magazines - Movie Collectibles - Sports Collectibles - Ephemera
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