Karen brown recently started selling vintage books on Etsy, where her shop is named “RetroFirsts.” Her main focus is something near and dear to my heart, vintage first editions. Over a span of three months, her shop has evolved from selling somewhat ordinary first editions – with a few select gems interspersed – to some […]
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Collector Profile: Bill Cooper, Frisbee Collector
Bill Cooper lives in Vancouver, B.C., and has been collecting “frisbees” since the late 70’s. Bill currently has 7,280 frisbees, and his collection is growing every day. He is no stranger to eBay, which has facilitated over 475 transactions for his flying toy habit. Bill’s collecting areas are primarily focused on topics such as alcohol (175), […]
Collector Profile: Philo Copenhagen — Frisbee Flinger and Aficionado
Over 300 million flying disc toys, commonly referred to as frisbees, have been sold in the last 60 years, and there are plenty of rare collectible discs in that mix. Philo Copenhagen is a full time frisbee collector, designer, and “suburban killing machine” based in Cleveland, Ohio. He has assembled an amazing collection of frisbees […]
Collector Profile: Desi Scarpone – board game collector and proud owner of the Great Garloo (among other things)
Desi Scarpone works in the Motion Picture Industry in Los Angeles, and he has a serious collecting habit. Desi is the leading expert on vintage board game collecting, and has written two books on the subject. I asked him a few questions about his collections, and here is what he had to say… How did […]
Collector’s Roundup – Weekly Update June 1, 2018
This Week’s Pop Culture News Geppi’s Entertainment Museum to close Steve Geppi is donating much of his massive comic and art collection to the Library of Congress. Top Gun 2 starts production Maverick is being dragged out of retirement and will fly the skies again. Funko Cereal is on the way A mini Funko Pop! […]
Modern Collector: Dr. Mark Glassy
This! This! This! This is how you make a video about a collector and his collection! Dr. Glassy has an amazing sci-fi collection, and an even more amazing life–it’s such a great story and the video is beautifully done. I could watch profiles like this all day long. Thank you Sideshow!