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1875-CC Twenty-Cent Piece
Coins · Updated 8 days ago
# 1875-CC Twenty-Cent Piece The twenty-cent piece is one of American numismatics' most interesting failures. It existed for only four years (1875-1878), was produced in only a few denominations, and was largely hated by the public who constantly confused it with the similarly-sized quarter dolla...
1935 Dobro Model 27 (Roundneck, Nickel-Plated)
Musical Instruments · Updated 8 days ago
# 1935 Dobro Model 27 (Roundneck, Nickel-Plated) The Dobro Corporation made resonator guitars during a brief and turbulent decade, and the instruments they produced have become some of the most collectible acoustic guitars in the American market. The Model 27 represents a mid-range offering with...
1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe (Orchestra Model)
Musical Instruments · Updated 8 days ago
# 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe (Orchestra Model) There are rare guitars, and then there are instruments in a category essentially by themselves. The 1930 Martin OM-45 Deluxe occupies that second category. Only 14 examples were recorded as ever having been made, all produced in 1930, making it one of...
2004 Bowman Chrome Miguel Cabrera Rookie Autograph
Sports Cards · Updated 8 days ago
# 2004 Bowman Chrome Miguel Cabrera Rookie Autograph When Miguel Cabrera won the American League Triple Crown in 2012, the first player in 45 years to do so, the baseball card market responded with immediate and substantial appreciation across all his certified rookie autographs. The 2004 Bowman...
Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 (1984, Alan Moore's First Issue)
Comic Books · Updated 8 days ago
# Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 (1984, Alan Moore's First Issue) In February 1984, a relatively obscure DC Comics title about a plant-based hero became the starting point for one of the most celebrated runs in the history of American comics. When Alan Moore took over Saga of the Swamp Thing with i...
1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar
Coins · Updated 8 days ago
# 1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar Among the 96 date-and-mint combinations in the Morgan Dollar series, the 1889-CC stands at the top of the rarity list for Carson City issues. With a mintage of only 350,000, it is the lowest-mintage of all CC Morgans, and the survival rate in collectible grades is ...
2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! SJC-EN001 Crush Card Virus (Prize Card)
Trading Cards · Updated 8 days ago
# 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! SJC-EN001 Crush Card Virus (Prize Card) In the world of competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, few cards carry the weight of the Shonen Jump Championship Series prize cards. These were not pulled from packs and not available for purchase. They were handed only to tournament champions at off...
1979 Kenner Alien 18-inch Figure (Complete with Dome)
Toys & Figures · Updated 8 days ago
# 1979 Kenner Alien 18-inch Figure (Complete with Dome) No toy from the late 1970s carries more infamy than the Kenner Alien. At 18 inches tall, with a glistening dome head, articulated inner jaw, and a poseable body faithful to H.R. Giger's design for Ridley Scott's 1979 film, this was the firs...
1885 US Special Delivery 10-Cent (Scott #E1)
Stamps · Updated 8 days ago
# 1885 US Special Delivery 10-Cent (Scott #E1) Scott #E1 holds a distinction that no other US stamp can claim: it was the first stamp issued for the Special Delivery service, a postal innovation that allowed letter senders to pay for immediate delivery at the destination post office. Issued Octo...
1909 Bluish Paper 15-Cent Washington (Scott #366)
Stamps · Updated 8 days ago
# 1909 Bluish Paper 15-Cent Washington (Scott #366) Scott #366 occupies a special place in US philately: it is one of the rarest Washington-Franklin stamps in existence, not because of political significance or printing error, but because of a paper experiment that most people at the Bureau of E...
Bulova Accutron Spaceview (1960s, Tuning Fork Movement)
Watches · Updated 8 days ago
# Bulova Accutron Spaceview (1960s, Tuning Fork Movement) The Bulova Accutron Spaceview is one of the most consequential watches ever made, and certainly one of the most visually arresting. Remove the dial, expose the tuning fork movement underneath, and you have a timepiece that functions as a ...
1960 Danelectro Longhorn Bass (Double Cutaway)
Musical Instruments · Updated 8 days ago
# 1960 Danelectro Longhorn Bass (Double Cutaway) Very few electric bass guitars have a silhouette as immediately recognizable as the Danelectro Longhorn. The exaggerated double-cutaway design, with horns sweeping dramatically outward and upward, looks like nothing else from the late 1950s or ear...
2009 SDCC Exclusive Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics He-Ro
Toys & Figures · Updated 8 days ago
# 2009 SDCC Exclusive Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics He-Ro For Masters of the Universe fans, the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive He-Ro figure represents a moment over two decades in the making. He-Ro, the legendary ancestor of He-Man who wielded the Power of the Universe before Princ...
Tiffany Studios Dragonfly Lamp (Hanging Head, Leaded Glass)
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 8 days ago
# Tiffany Studios Dragonfly Lamp (Hanging Head, Leaded Glass) Among the hundreds of leaded glass lamp designs produced by Tiffany Studios between roughly 1893 and 1933, the Dragonfly stands apart as one of the most recognizable and most coveted. The Hanging Head variant, where the dragonfly bodi...
1890 US 90-Cent Perry (Scott #229)
Stamps · Updated 8 days ago
# 1890 US 90-Cent Perry (Scott #229): The Last Bank Note Giant If you had to pick one stamp from the entire 1890-93 Regular Issue series to crown as the prize of the set, it would be Scott #229 without a second thought. The 90-cent Perry is the highest denomination of the last classic bank note ...
D&D Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (1976, 1st Printing)
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 9 days ago
# D&D Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (1976, 1st Printing) Of the four original supplements published for the 1974 Dungeons & Dragons rules by TSR, Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry is the most consequential for the game's development. Published in 1976, written by Gary Gygax and Brian...
1987 Mattel BraveStarr Tex Hex (MOC)
Toys & Figures · Updated 9 days ago
# 1987 Mattel BraveStarr Tex Hex (MOC) BraveStarr was Filmation's answer to Masters of the Universe: a science fiction Western set on the planet New Texas, featuring a Galactic Marshal named BraveStarr who drew on Native American mythology for his powers. The animated series aired in 1987-1988, ...
1971 Topps #341 Steve Garvey (Rookie)
Sports Cards · Updated 9 days ago
# 1971 Topps #341 Steve Garvey (Rookie) The 1971 Topps Baseball set is one of the most beloved and most condition-sensitive sets in the hobby. The black-bordered design that made these cards visually striking is the same element that makes finding them in high grade so challenging. Steve Garvey'...
2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Mike Trout Superfractor 1/1
Sports Cards · Updated 9 days ago
# 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Mike Trout Superfractor 1/1 There is only one. In the entire production run of the 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks and Prospects set, Topps produced exactly one Superfractor parallel of the Mike Trout autograph card. The Superfractor is the highest-tier parallel in the ...
2001 US 34-Cent Inverted Jenny Reprint (Scott #3505a)
Stamps · Updated 9 days ago
# 2001 US 34-Cent Inverted Jenny Reprint (Scott #3505a) The 1918 24-cent Inverted Jenny is the most famous stamp error in American philatelic history: a single pane of 100 stamps printed with the biplane image upside down, now worth millions of dollars per individual stamp. In 2001, the United S...
Peter Tosh – Legalize It (1976 Columbia First US Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 9 days ago
# Peter Tosh – Legalize It (1976 Columbia First US Pressing) Peter Tosh released his debut solo album, Legalize It, in 1976 after his departure from the Wailers. The album is a direct political statement: its title track is an explicit advocacy for marijuana legalization, accompanied by a cover ...
1897 China Red Revenue Small 2-Cent Surcharge
Stamps · Updated 9 days ago
# 1897 China Red Revenue Small 2-Cent Surcharge The 1897 Red Revenue surcharge stamps of Imperial China represent one of the most dramatic and consequential episodes in philatelic history. The "Red Revenue" stamps were created by overprinting and surcharing existing Chinese revenue (fiscal) stam...
Weller Sicard Vase (Jacques Sicard, c. 1903-1917)
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 9 days ago
# Weller Sicard Vase (Jacques Sicard, c. 1903-1917) Weller Sicard pottery occupies a unique position in American decorative arts: it combines the production infrastructure of one of Ohio's largest pottery manufacturers with the singular artistic genius of a French ceramist who brought a secret i...
1985 Topps #401 Mark McGwire (1984 USA Baseball Team Rookie)
Sports Cards · Updated 9 days ago
# 1985 Topps #401 Mark McGwire (1984 USA Baseball Team Rookie) The 1985 Topps Mark McGwire rookie card is one of the most complicated collectibles in the baseball card hobby. The card itself is a legitimate historic artifact from the same 1985 Topps set that produced the Dwight Gooden rookie car...
Elvis Presley – "A Big Hunk O' Love" (1959 RCA Victor 47-7600)
Vinyl Records · Updated 9 days ago
# Elvis Presley – "A Big Hunk O' Love" (1959 RCA Victor 47-7600) When Elvis Presley entered the United States Army in March 1958, RCA Victor faced a challenge: how to maintain the commercial momentum of the most successful recording artist of the era while he was unavailable to record. Their sol...