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Rolex Daytona Ref. 6263 (Big Red, Steel)
Watches · Updated 2 months ago
## The Watch That Defined Vintage Rolex Collecting If you want to understand why vintage Rolex watches command the prices they do, start with the Daytona Ref. 6263. Produced from approximately 1971 to 1987, this manually wound chronograph has become one of the most recognized and desired watches...
Batman #181 (1966, First Poison Ivy)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## The Birth of Gotham's Most Dangerous Botanist In June 1966, Batman was riding high. The Adam West television series had turned the Dark Knight into a pop culture phenomenon, and DC Comics was scrambling to give fans more colorful villains to fill the rogues' gallery. The result was Batman #18...
Dungeons & Dragons White Box (1974, Original Print Run, TSR)
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 2 months ago
## The Game That Started Everything In January 1974, a small company called Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) published a boxed set that would create an entirely new form of entertainment. Dungeons & Dragons, written by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, was the world's first commercially published rol...
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993 Loud First Pressing)
Vinyl Records · Updated 2 months ago
## Nine MCs, One Microphone, One Masterpiece On November 9, 1993, a collective of nine rappers from Staten Island released a debut album that would rewrite the rules of hip-hop. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan did not sound like anything else on the radio. Produced entirely by RZ...
Showcase #4 (1956, First Silver Age Flash)
Comic Books · Updated 2 months ago
## The Book That Launched a Revolution When DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz greenlit a reimagined version of the Flash for the September-October 1956 issue of Showcase, nobody could have predicted they were about to ignite an entirely new era of American comic books. Showcase #4 introduced Barr...
Outkast - Aquemini (1998 LaFace First Pressing, 3xLP) Value & Price Guide
Vinyl Records · Updated 3 months ago
Outkast's Aquemini landed in September 1998 and immediately redrew the boundaries of what hip-hop could be. Released as a triple LP on LaFace/Arista Records, the original pressing spread sixteen tracks across six sides of vinyl, giving Andre 3000 and Big Boi's most ambitious work the physical spa...
Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Vase (Meiji Period, Signed) Value & Price Guide
Antiques & Decorative Arts · Updated 3 months ago
Japanese Satsuma earthenware represents one of the most visually striking categories in Asian decorative arts. These cream-bodied, finely crackled vessels -- decorated with elaborate scenes in polychrome enamels and lavish gold gilding -- captivated Western collectors from the moment they debuted...
X-Men #101 (1976, Origin of Phoenix) Value & Price Guide
Comic Books · Updated 3 months ago
X-Men #101, published in October 1976, marks one of the most transformative moments in Marvel Comics history. This issue introduces the Phoenix, as Jean Grey emerges from Jamaica Bay in a burst of cosmic energy, forever changing the X-Men franchise and establishing a storyline that would resonate...
1967 Topps #150 Mickey Mantle Value & Price Guide
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
The 1967 Topps #150 Mickey Mantle holds a bittersweet position in the hobby. This card captures The Mick in the twilight of a career that redefined what a baseball player could be. At 35, Mantle was battling injuries that would force his retirement two years later, but the card itself radiates th...
1999 Pokemon Base Set 1st Edition Poliwrath Holo #13 Value & Price Guide
Trading Cards · Updated 3 months ago
The 1999 Pokemon Base Set 1st Edition Poliwrath Holo #13 occupies a fascinating middle ground in the original Pokemon card hierarchy. Sitting just below the headline-grabbing Charizard and Blastoise, Poliwrath represents exactly the kind of card that savvy collectors target: recognizable enough t...
2003 LeBron James Topps Chrome Refractor #111
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
# 2003 LeBron James Topps Chrome Refractor #111 LeBron James arrived in the NBA with more hype than any player since Michael Jordan, and the 2003-04 Topps Chrome Refractor #111 has become the card that channels all of that expectation, all of that talent, and all of that legacy into a single, sh...
1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
# 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle In the shadow of the most famous baseball card ever made lives one of the hobby's most underappreciated gems. The 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle was produced in the same year as its legendary Topps counterpart but receives a fraction of the attention and commands...
1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
# 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is not just a baseball card. It is the baseball card. The single most recognized, most coveted, and most valuable post-war trading card in existence. A PSA 9 example sold for $12.6 million in August 2022, making it the most expensive s...
1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb (Bat Off Shoulder)
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
# 1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb (Bat Off Shoulder) The T206 set is the Sistine Chapel of baseball card collecting. Produced between 1909 and 1911, distributed in cigarette and tobacco packs by the American Tobacco Company and its subsidiaries, and featuring hand-painted lithographic portraits of nearly 5...
2002 Wizards of the Coast Star Wars Miniatures
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 3 months ago
# 2002 Wizards of the Coast Star Wars Miniatures In 2004, Wizards of the Coast, already the publishers of Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, launched the Star Wars Miniatures game with pre-painted collectible figures. Building on their earlier 2002 Star Wars Roleplaying Game line of ...
Omega Speedmaster CK2998 (Alpha Hands)
Watches · Updated 3 months ago
# Omega Speedmaster CK2998 (Alpha Hands) Before the Speedmaster went to the moon, before it became NASA's official flight-rated chronograph, and before it earned the "Moonwatch" nickname that would define it forever, there was the CK2998. Produced from 1959 to 1963, the CK2998 is the second-gene...
GI Joe USS Flagg Aircraft Carrier (1985, Hasbro)
Toys & Figures · Updated 3 months ago
# GI Joe USS Flagg Aircraft Carrier (1985, Hasbro) The USS Flagg is the Mount Everest of toy collecting. At seven feet, five inches long and retailing for $109.99 in 1985, Hasbro's GI Joe aircraft carrier was the largest mass-produced playset in toy history. It was enormous, it was expensive, an...
1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan Rookie
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
# 1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan Rookie If there is a single card that represents the pinnacle of modern sports card collecting, it is the 1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan rookie. This is the card that launched a thousand eBay searches, the card that has driven more grading submissions than any othe...
1960 Fender Jazz Bass (Stack Knob)
Musical Instruments · Updated 3 months ago
# 1960 Fender Jazz Bass (Stack Knob) When Leo Fender introduced the Jazz Bass in 1960, he was not just releasing a new product. He was inventing the modern electric bass guitar as we know it. The Precision Bass, introduced in 1951, had proven that the electric bass was viable. The Jazz Bass prov...
1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
# 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie There are cards that define a player, cards that define a set, and cards that define an entire era. The 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr. manages all three. It was the very first card in the very first set produced by Upper Deck, featuring the player ...
Tomb of Dracula #10 (1973, First Blade)
Comic Books · Updated 3 months ago
# Tomb of Dracula #10 (1973, First Blade) In July 1973, a new character burst onto page 24 of Tomb of Dracula #10 with a wooden stake in each hand and an attitude that made every vampire in the Marvel Universe nervous. Blade, the Vampire Slayer, created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Col...
1957 Fender Twin Amp (Tweed, 5E8-A Circuit)
Musical Instruments · Updated 3 months ago
# 1957 Fender Twin Amp (Tweed, 5E8-A Circuit) The tweed Fender Twin is the amplifier that made rock and roll loud enough to matter. Before Marshall stacks and stadium PAs, when electric guitar was still finding its voice, Leo Fender built an amplifier with two 12-inch speakers, enough clean head...
King of Tokyo (2011 IELLO First Edition)
Collectible Toys & Games · Updated 3 months ago
# King of Tokyo (2011 IELLO First Edition) When the creator of Magic: The Gathering designs a board game about giant monsters fighting for control of Tokyo, the result is going to be something special. Richard Garfield's King of Tokyo, published by IELLO in 2011, distilled the joy of kaiju cinem...
1954 Topps #94 Ernie Banks Rookie
Sports Cards · Updated 3 months ago
# 1954 Topps #94 Ernie Banks Rookie Ernie Banks never played in a World Series. He spent his entire 19-year career with the Chicago Cubs, a team that was mostly terrible for most of that time. And yet, "Mr. Cub" is one of the most beloved baseball players who ever lived. His relentless optimism,...
Rolex Submariner Ref. 1680 (Red Submariner, Mk IV Dial)
Watches · Updated 3 months ago
# Rolex Submariner Ref. 1680 (Red Submariner, Mk IV Dial) The Rolex Submariner Ref. 1680 holds a unique place in horological history. Produced from 1967 to 1979, it was the first Submariner to feature a date complication, and early examples carried a dial detail that would become legendary: the ...