Halloween is fast approaching and I haven’t even posted a single item yet! Well, I managed to scare up this vintage 1965 Munsters lunch box to kick things off… This 1965 Munsters lunch box is a fairly recent acquisition for me, and you can bet it is taking a prime place in my Halloween display […]
Yard Sale Finds — Star Wars LEGO mega score!
My neighborhood held its Fall yard sale this past Saturday. The number of families putting out their junk seemed to have been smaller than usual, but the quality was not too shabby. Here’s what I found… All that for under 20 bucks. I love the old games — you see these fairly often in antique […]
Cool & Collected’s Want List
When I hit the yard sales and antique shops, I don’t really have a specific list of items I’m hoping to find, but I do have specific categories. Granted, I tend to stray from that list fairly often, but when it comes to things I really want to add to my collection, they tend to […]
MAXx FX prototype monster figures
Is it October yet? I’ve been itching to get a jump on the Halloween season, and I can’t think of a better way to do so than with this… My pal, Todd over at Hake’s Americana & Collectibles, tipped me off on some really amazing prototype figures that Hake’s will be listing in their November […]
My most epic yard sale finds (yet)
If you’re new around these parts, you might not be aware that I am a pretty hardcore yard sale plunderer. For the last few years, I have posted here on Cool & Collected, the items I have bought at yard sales, and since this week’s League topic is all about yard sale finds, I thought it […]
I went a little ape at the Big Flea Market
The D.C. Big Flea Market made another visit to town last weekend, and I had a pretty good day of hunting. Surprisingly, most of the items I found were at booths that had no reason to even have toys — most of their stock was antique furniture, handbags, glassware — you get the idea. When […]