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1879 Flowing Hair Stella $4 Gold Pattern
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
## The 1879 Flowing Hair Stella: America's Most Beautiful Pattern Coin If you had to pick one coin that captures everything fascinating about the United States Mint's experimental history, the 1879 Flowing Hair Stella $4 Gold Pattern would be a very strong candidate. It is a coin that was never ...
1980 Topps #580 Nolan Ryan
Sports Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 1980 Topps #580 Nolan Ryan: The Million-Dollar Pitcher's Milestone CardThere are baseball cards, and then there are baseball cards that mark a turning point in history. The 1980 Topps #580 Nolan Ryan sits firmly in that second category. This is the card that captured Ryan at the exact moment h...
1965 Fender Jazzmaster (Olympic White, Bound Neck)
Musical Instruments · Updated 2 months ago
## 1965 Fender Jazzmaster (Olympic White, Bound Neck): Where Pre-CBS Heritage Meets Collector Gold The year 1965 is one of the most consequential in Fender's history. In January of that year, CBS Corporation purchased Fender from Leo Fender for $13 million, ending the era that collectors now cal...
1993 Magic: The Gathering Beta Volcanic Island
Trading Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## Magic: The Gathering Volcanic Island (Beta, 1993): Complete Collector's Guide Of all the dual lands in Magic: The Gathering, Volcanic Island holds a unique distinction that sets it apart from the other nine. It was the only dual land omitted entirely from the Alpha set due to a printing error...
Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1974, First Punisher)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1974): The Comic That Launched the Punisher Ask any serious Marvel collector to name the ten most important Bronze Age keys, and Amazing Spider-Man #129 will appear on nearly every list. Published in February 1974, this issue introduced Frank Castle, the Punisher, one...
1994 SP #15 Alex Rodriguez Foil Rookie
Sports Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 1994 SP #15 Alex Rodriguez Foil Rookie: The Hardest-to-Grade Key of the 1990s The 1994 SP Alex Rodriguez Foil Rookie Card #15 sits in a category occupied by only a handful of cards in modern sports card collecting: the type of card that gets harder to obtain in top grade the more you understa...
1990 Playmates TMNT Technodrome (Complete in Box)
Toys & Figures · Updated 2 months ago
## 1990 Playmates TMNT Technodrome: The Complete Collector's Guide The Technodrome is one of the most coveted vintage toys in the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line, and that is saying something in a franchise that produced hundreds of figures, vehicles, and accessories during its peak yea...
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980 Cherry Red First UK)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 months ago
## Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980 Cherry Red First UK Pressing) Few debut albums in the history of punk rock arrive with the same ferocity, wit, and fully formed artistic identity as Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. Released on September 2, 1980, through Cherry Red R...
1873 Seated Liberty Half Dime (Last Year)
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
## 1873 Seated Liberty Half Dime: The Final Year of an American Classic The 1873 Seated Liberty Half Dime carries the distinction of being the last half dime ever struck for general circulation in United States history. After thirty-six years of continuous production, the denomination was elimin...
1959 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins (Western Orange, Filter'Trons)
Musical Instruments · Updated 2 months ago
## 1959 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins in Western Orange with Filter'Tron Pickups There are vintage guitars, and then there are instruments that represent a specific moment when American guitar design hit a peak it would never quite surpass. The 1959 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins in Western Orange is firml...
Aquaman #1 (1962 DC Series)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## Aquaman #1 (1962 DC Series): The King of Atlantis Gets His Throne Long before blockbuster films and streaming adaptations brought Aquaman to mass audiences, the character earned his own monthly title in 1962, an achievement that capped nearly two decades of backup appearances and set the stag...
Detective Comics #225 (1955, First Martian Manhunter)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## Detective Comics #225 (1955): The First Appearance of Martian Manhunter Comic books have given us thousands of first appearances over the decades, but very few carry the same weight as Detective Comics #225. Published in November 1955 by DC Comics, this issue introduced J'onn J'onzz — the Mar...
Sandman #1 (1989, Neil Gaiman)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## Sandman #1 (1989, Neil Gaiman): The Complete Collector's Guide When DC Comics published The Sandman #1 in late 1988 with a cover date of January 1989, nobody fully understood what they had on their hands. A reinvention of a dormant character by an up-and-coming British writer named Neil Gaima...
1985 LJN Thundercats Lion-O with Ring (MOC, Unpunched)
Toys & Figures · Updated 2 months ago
## 1985 LJN Thundercats Lion-O with Ring (MOC, Unpunched): The Crown Jewel of 1980s Toy Collecting If you grew up in the mid-1980s and owned a television, you almost certainly watched Thundercats thunder across your screen every weekday afternoon. The cartoon launched in 1985 and immediately bec...
1966 Mosrite Ventures Model (Sunburst, Vibramute)
Musical Instruments · Updated 2 months ago
## 1966 Mosrite Ventures Model: The Guitar That Defined Surf Rock's Sound When people talk about the guitars that shaped American popular music in the 1960s, the Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul dominate the conversation. But there is a third instrument that deserves equal respect among c...
1993 Topps #98 Derek Jeter Rookie Card
Sports Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 1993 Topps #98 Derek Jeter Rookie Card: The Complete Collector's Guide If there is one card that single-handedly keeps the 1993 Topps baseball set relevant three decades after its release, it is card number 98. That card features a young Derek Jeter, captured early in his minor league days, a...
1912-S Liberty Head Nickel
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
## 1912-S Liberty Head Nickel: The Lowest Mintage Regular Issue of the Series The 1912-S Liberty Head Nickel holds a special place in American numismatic history. With only 238,000 pieces struck, it carries the lowest circulation mintage of any coin in the entire Liberty Head Nickel series, whic...
1993 Magic: The Gathering Beta Mox Sapphire
Trading Cards · Updated 2 months ago
## 1993 Magic: The Gathering Beta Mox Sapphire: The Crown Jewel of Collectible Cards If you ever wanted a single card to represent the entire history of collectible card gaming, the Beta Mox Sapphire would be a strong contender. Printed in late 1993 as part of Magic: The Gathering's second produ...
1850 Double Eagle $20 Gold (Second Year)
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
# 1850 Liberty Head Double Eagle $20 Gold: The Coin That Built the West The 1850 Double Eagle is one of the most historically resonant coins in American numismatics. It is the first year of regular commercial issue for the $20 gold denomination, a coin type born directly from the California Gold...
1953 Danelectro U-1 (Masonite Body, Lipstick Pickup)
Musical Instruments · Updated 2 months ago
# 1953 Danelectro U-1: The Masonite Guitar That Changed Everything There is something wonderfully paradoxical about the Danelectro U-1. It was built cheap, designed fast, sold to mail-order customers who wanted a guitar without breaking the bank, and constructed from materials more commonly foun...
1898 Trans-Mississippi $2 Mississippi River (Scott #293)
Stamps · Updated 2 months ago
# 1898 Trans-Mississippi $2 Mississippi River Stamp (Scott #293) The $2 Trans-Mississippi stamp of 1898 is one of the most coveted pieces in all of American philately. With only 56,200 copies printed and an unknown quantity later destroyed, Scott #293 sits at the very top of the Trans-Mississipp...
1885-CC Morgan Silver Dollar: The Last Stand of the Carson City Mint
Coins · Updated 2 months ago
# 1885-CC Morgan Silver Dollar: The Last Stand of the Carson City Mint The 1885-CC Morgan Silver Dollar holds a special place in American numismatic history. It represents the final year the Carson City Mint struck Morgan dollars before shutting down production entirely, a closure brought on by ...
1988 Happy Holidays Barbie (First in Series, NRFB): The Doll That Started a Tradition
Toys & Figures · Updated 2 months ago
# 1988 Happy Holidays Barbie (First in Series, NRFB): The Doll That Started a Tradition Every December, collectors and gift-givers reach for Holiday Barbie. The tradition started in 1988, and that first doll, in her red sparkle gown with the enormous white bow, is now the most valuable in the en...
1970 Slingerland Radio King Snare Drum (Solid Shell): The Instrument That Built a Genre
Musical Instruments · Updated 2 months ago
# 1970 Slingerland Radio King Snare Drum (Solid Shell): The Instrument That Built a Genre Ask a session drummer what snare drum they keep on hand for studio work, and you will hear the words "Radio King" more often than you might expect. The Slingerland Radio King is not merely a vintage drum, i...
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991 Jive First Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 months ago
## The Album That Married Jazz and Hip-Hop When A Tribe Called Quest released The Low End Theory on September 24, 1991, through Jive Records, they did something that no hip-hop group had done so convincingly before. They stripped the production down to its essentials: bass, drum breaks, and jazz...