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July 12, 2013 By 11 Comments

Highlights from Hake’s Auction #209

There’s another incredible auction going on over at Hake’s Americana & Collectibles this month. Whenever a new auction is announced, I always head straight to the Batman category to see what treasures are up for bid and, as expected, this auction has plenty of amazing items that will (hopefully) someday find their way to my shelves. I thought I should expand my horizons a bit this time around and explore the other categories, imagining what I might buy to add to spiff up the man cave a bit. Here’s what I came up with…

hakes gumball machines

I can’t really explain it, but I love old gumball machines. They just have a great look to them, and you can display all sorts of small collectibles inside their glass globes. Hake’s has this lot of four vintage gumball machines that would look great in the cave.

hakes batman batcopter ride

Seriously, every man cave needs one of these–a Batman Batcopter carnival ride car. Now I want to know where the rest of the ride ended up!

hakes astounding stories

Every man cave also needs a good stack of reading material and this lot of Astounding Stories pulps would certainly fit the bill. There are only four covers shown, but there are actually 17 different issues in the lot!

hakes comic spinner rack

I desperately want an old comic spinner rack in my cave, and this one is a beauty! I would stock this thing with golden age comics or maybe only issues  from the month and year I was born.

hakes batman robin bookends

Let’s not forget the books on the shelves–they’re going to need some support. These Batman and Robin ceramic bookends are surely up to the task!

hakes buck rogers card game

When the guys come over to play cards, we won’t be playing poker. Nope, in my house, we’re playing this vintage Buck Rogers card game.

hakes disney ski jump target game

When we’re not playing cards, this Disney Ski Jump Target Game will help us to pass the time. I do love vintage target games!

hakes evel knievel poster

I can’t think of a cooler item to have hanging up in the man cave than this Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon Jump poster. This thing just captures the look and feel of the time period like nothing else–love it!

hakes george magician poster

Talk about capturing a period of time, does it get any better than vintage magic posters? I have wanted a Carter the Great poster forever, but this poster for George the Supreme Master of Magic is pretty “great” in its own right.

hakes vintage movie posters

The Hound of the Baskervilles or Forbidden Planet original movie posters would be the prize of any movie poster collection.

Posters are great, but how about some original art?

hakes gunfighter cover art

This original art for the cover of Gunfighter #14 by Johnny Craig is one of the best things in the entire auction. It’s hard to believe this is over 60 years old.

The cave is looking better already! This must be what it’s like being Justin Bieber.

Hey, I’m not the only one going on fictional shopping spree at Hake’s this week. Check out Shezcrafti, Branded in the 80’s, Random Nerdness, G.I. Jigsaw, and more to see what they’re buying!

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  1. kngfu says

    July 12, 2013 at 10:40 am

    I would love that HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES poster too.

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  2. Dex (@Dex1138) says

    July 12, 2013 at 11:20 am

    Holy cow! How did I miss magic posters?!? They’re right up there with spook show posters for me. A couple years ago I had a day-to-day desk calendar with a different magician poster every day. It was Awesome!

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  3. Shawn Robare says

    July 12, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Hmm, you just gave me an idea for how to display my millions of pinback buttons (in a bubblegum machine!)

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    • Brian says

      July 12, 2013 at 12:28 pm

      I used to have my bubblegum machine filled with plastic dinosaurs. Now, it’s filled with M.U.S.C.L.E.s.

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  4. ShezCrafti says

    July 13, 2013 at 9:51 am

    I love the idea of using old gumball machines to display small collectibles! Might have to steal that one from you for my, uh, female version of a man cave. I was going to say woman cave, but I think that’s another subject entirely.

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    • matt says

      July 20, 2013 at 8:40 pm

      lol

      Reply
  5. Rich (The Nerd Nook) says

    July 14, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    nice assortment. That Batcopter is pretty epic.

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  6. Stacey Rader says

    July 15, 2013 at 10:05 am

    That is my dream spinner rack since it includes Archie and Spidey (and is the one I remember from my youth). I have two wall mounted racks, but the idea of being able to display and peruse my collection via spinner rack is amazing.

    And Jaime, I think we should call the female version a “Lady Lair” because you’re right about woman cave.

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    • Brian says

      July 15, 2013 at 10:26 am

      I like it! Man Caves and Lady Lairs — the title of my next book. 😉

      Reply
  7. Miss M says

    July 15, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Totally in love with Lady Lair! I will have to stop using Archival Room now. I love that idea Stacey!

    I also really like the idea of the comic spinner rack. That would be something nice to display comics.

    Reply
  8. Joe B says

    July 18, 2013 at 6:50 am

    Love the unified line-up on top of the comic spinner rack. Great selections Brian!

    Reply

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