Some posters just look better when they’re covered in Japanese writing. Some collectors believe the most valuable version of a movie poster is the one released in the same country that the movie was released in, but after seeing some of these Japanese one sheets, I tend to disagree. Check out the Army of Darkness or The […]
Rare Nintendo Game Nets $13k+ on eBay
Raise your hand if your mom sold your comic book collection when you went off to college. Nowadays, those same moms are selling off their kid’s video game collections. A woman recently put up an old Nintendo system with a few games she had stored in a closet. One of those games was an extremely […]
Farewell J.D. Salinger
It might seem strange to see a post on Cool & Collected about J.D. Salinger, but to a lot of us, the author’s Holden Caufield was the coolest person we ever ‘met” in our formative years. The Catcher in the Rye is a part of our pop culture, so we think it’s fitting to mention […]
Is it AU55 or MS63?
If that headline made no sense to you, then this article probably isn’t up your collecting alley, but read on anyway and get a little education! Coins are graded like every other collectible, but they are graded on a scale from “poor 1” to “mint state 70” with many levels in between. The grading of […]
WETA to Produce District 9 Collectibles
From the WETA folks: We’re very proud and excited to be able to announce a range of limited edition collectibles from District 9, Neill Blomkamp’s acclaimed 2009 movie. The collectibles are of course created by the same artists and craftspeople who created the original designs, props and creatures in the movie. I just hope that […]
Princess Leia Never Looked So Good
Sideshow Toys recently announced their latest addition to the Star Wars collection: You’re Going To Regret This – Princess Leia VS Jabba The Hutt Diorama. This detailed piece captures the classic Star Wars scene as the enslaved Leia (in every fanboy’s favorite costume) fulfills her promise to the big guy. This sculpture would make a stunning […]