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Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978 Chrysalis First US Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 months ago
## Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978 Chrysalis First US Pressing): The Perfect New Wave Record Few albums in the history of rock music arrived with the concentrated quality of Parallel Lines. Released on September 8, 1978 on Chrysalis Records, this was the moment Blondie graduated from a well-regar...
1930 Graf Zeppelin $2.60 (Scott #C15, Mint)
Stamps · Updated 2 months ago
## 1930 Graf Zeppelin $2.60 (Scott #C15, Mint): America's Most Celebrated Airmail Stamp In the spring of 1930, the United States Post Office Department did something genuinely unusual. It issued three airmail stamps at denominations so high that only a small fraction of the population could reas...
2018 Magic: The Gathering Ultimate Masters Box Topper Liliana
Trading Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 2018 Magic: The Gathering Ultimate Masters Box Topper Liliana of the Veil The 2018 Ultimate Masters Box Topper version of Liliana of the Veil is one of the most sought-after premium treatments of a card that has been a Modern format powerhouse since her original printing in 2011. This extende...
1869 24-Cent Declaration of Independence (Scott #120)
Stamps · Updated 2 months ago
## 1869 24-Cent Declaration of Independence (Scott #120): America's First Pictorial Stamp MasterpieceThe 1869 Pictorial Issue occupies a singular place in American philatelic history, and within that set, the 24-cent Declaration of Independence (Scott #120) stands apart as one of the finest examp...
Root (2018 Leder Games First Edition, Kickstarter)
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 2 months ago
## Root (2018 Leder Games First Edition, Kickstarter): Asymmetric Strategy in a Woodland WorldWhen Root arrived through Kickstarter in 2018, it did something that most board game designers would consider extremely ambitious: it built a fully asymmetric strategy game where every player sits down a...
1855-S Quarter Eagle (San Francisco First Year)
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
## 1855-S Quarter Eagle and the San Francisco Mint's Early Gold Coinage A note before we begin: collectors researching a "1855-S Quarter Eagle" will quickly discover that no quarter eagles were actually struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1855. The mint struck its very first quarter eagle in 185...
Tiffany Studios Poppy Lamp (Favrile Glass, Bronze)
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 2 months ago
## Tiffany Studios Poppy Lamp (Favrile Glass, Bronze): The Pinnacle of American Decorative Art Few objects in the American decorative arts canon command the reverence, the scholarly attention, and the auction room drama of a Tiffany Studios leaded-glass table lamp. Among all the designs produced...
Song Dynasty Ru Ware Brush Washer
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 2 months ago
## Song Dynasty Ru Ware Brush Washer: The Rarest Chinese Imperial Ceramic There is a category of Chinese ceramics so rare that scholars can list every known surviving example by name, and Ru ware sits firmly at the top of that category. Produced for only about twenty years during the Northern So...
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Full Dinner Service (80+ Pieces)
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 2 months ago
## Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Full Dinner Service (80+ Pieces): The World's Most Expensive DinnerwareThere are luxury dinner services, and then there is Flora Danica. Royal Copenhagen's Flora Danica pattern exists in a category of its own -- a hand-painted botanical porcelain collection with o...
1894 Barber Quarter (Philadelphia Proof)
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
## 1894 Barber Quarter Philadelphia Proof: Silver Age American Coinage at Its Finest The 1894 Barber Quarter Philadelphia Proof is the kind of coin that rewards careful study. Struck by the United States Mint specifically for collectors and presentation purposes rather than commercial circulatio...
1984 Kenner Star Wars POTF Yak Face (Last 17, MOC)
Toys & Figures · Updated 2 months ago
## 1984 Kenner Star Wars POTF Yak Face (Last 17, MOC): The Holy Grail of Vintage Star Wars CollectingIf you spend any time in vintage Star Wars collecting circles, a handful of names come up repeatedly when the conversation turns to the rarest and most valuable figures. Yak Face sits near the ver...
Doom Patrol #99 (1965, First Beast Boy)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## Doom Patrol #99 (1965): The First Appearance of Beast Boy In the sprawling landscape of Silver Age DC Comics, *Doom Patrol* #99 holds a specific distinction that keeps it permanently relevant to collectors: it is the first comic book appearance of Garfield Logan, better known as Beast Boy -- ...
1919-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
## 1919-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar: Collector's Guide to a Silver Classic The 1919-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar stands as one of the more desirable issues in a beloved 20th-century series. Struck at the Denver Mint during a period of economic transition after World War I, this coin carries b...
1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
## The 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar: America's First Half Dollar When the United States Mint first opened its doors in Philadelphia in 1792, the young nation faced an immediate practical challenge: producing enough coinage to actually function as a monetary economy. The 1794 Flowing Hair Half D...
7 Wonders (2010 Repos Production First Edition)
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 2 months ago
## 7 Wonders (2010 Repos Production First Edition): The Game That Created a New Award CategoryNot many board games can claim they were so good that an entire awards organization had to invent a new prize category to accommodate them. The 2010 first edition of 7 Wonders by Antoine Bauza, published...
2011 Magic: The Gathering Innistrad Liliana of the Veil
Trading Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 2011 Magic: The Gathering Innistrad Liliana of the Veil: The Definitive Collector's GuideIf you asked Magic: The Gathering players to name one planeswalker that defined the Modern format for most of a decade, Liliana of the Veil would top a significant number of lists. Released in the original...
2011 ThreeA Toys Ashley Wood WWRp Caesar (1/12 Scale)
Toys & Figures · Updated 2 months ago
## ThreeA Toys Ashley Wood WWRp Caesar (1/12 Scale): A Complete Collector's Guide The ThreeA Toys WWRp Caesar series represents a fascinating intersection of studio-art collectibles and action figure design, one that changed how serious collectors thought about designer toys in the 2010s. Made b...
1959 Ideal Shirley Temple 35-Inch Playpal (Complete Outfit)
Toys & Figures · Updated 2 months ago
## 1959 Ideal Shirley Temple 35-Inch Playpal: The Life-Sized Doll That Changed Toy HistoryWhen Ideal Toy Company put a 35-inch doll on the market in 1959 and called her Shirley Temple, they were doing something that had never quite been attempted before at commercial scale. This was not a doll yo...
Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition (1993 Games Workshop Box Set)
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 2 months ago
## Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition (1993): The Box Set That Built a Hobby Empire Ask anyone who got into tabletop wargaming in the early 1990s where their hobby began, and there is a good chance they will describe a specific box: red artwork, a dramatic battle scene between Space Marines and Orks, ...
Emile Galle Marquetry Side Table: Art Nouveau Mastery in Inlaid Wood
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 2 months ago
## Emile Galle Marquetry Side Table: Art Nouveau Mastery in Inlaid WoodAmong the decorative arts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, few names carry as much weight as Emile Galle. The Nancy-born designer transformed everything he touched -- glass, ceramics, and especially furnit...
2002 Pokemon Expedition Base Set Charizard Reverse Holo #6
Trading Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 2002 Pokemon Expedition Base Set Charizard Reverse Holo #6 When collectors talk about underappreciated Pokemon cards with serious upside, the 2002 Expedition Base Set Charizard Reverse Holo comes up regularly. It sits at an interesting intersection: it features one of the most beloved Pokemon...
Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975 Casablanca First Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 months ago
## Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975 Casablanca First Pressing): The Vinyl That Launched a Funk Galaxy When Parliament dropped *Mothership Connection* in December 1975, it didn't just change funk music. It created an entire cosmology around it. George Clinton and his ever-expanding collec...
1986 Donruss #39 Jose Canseco Rated Rookie
Sports Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 1986 Donruss #39 Jose Canseco Rated Rookie: The Card That Defined an EraEvery generation of baseball card collectors has a card that serves as a touchstone -- something that encapsulates the excitement of the hobby at a specific moment in time. For anyone who collected during the late 1980s an...
New Gods #1 (1971, Jack Kirby)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## New Gods #1 (1971): Jack Kirby's Fourth World Masterpiece If there is a single comic book that encapsulates the creative ambition of Jack Kirby at the peak of his powers, it is *New Gods* #1, published by DC Comics in February-March 1971. This issue launched one of the most ambitious mytholog...
2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! Gold Sarcophagus TAEV-EN078 (Secret Rare, 1st Edition)
Trading Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! Gold Sarcophagus TAEV-EN078 (Secret Rare, 1st Edition): A Collector's Deep DiveFew Yu-Gi-Oh! cards occupy the intersection of competitive history and collector prestige quite like the 2007 Gold Sarcophagus from Tactical Evolution. Printed as TAEV-EN078 in Secret Rare, 1st Editio...