collectibles

Typos can do more than damage the credibility of a publication. Penguin books in Australia recently had to reprint 7,000 copies of a now-collectible book because one of the recipes called for "salt and freshly ground black people." Correcting that typo will empty the publisher's pockets of nearly...

Hello Kitty, the adorable little feline with no mouth but a great bottom line, has shown the business world how to take a brand and make it appealing across generations. Without question, the almost 36-year old character has developed a cult-like following that includes everyone from preschoolers...

The Wall Street Journal recently reported (subscription required) on Texas 8-track collector James "Bucks" Burnett's plans to open an 8-track museum to display his collection of tapes. Burnett recently held a well-attended gallery show for his collection, and promoters in Denton, Texas offered to...

An 8 bit video game is a far cry from the HD resolution games on the market today, but for one lucky couple in Kansas found that one game in their 8-bit gaming stash is worth enough to purchase the entire catalog of Xbox 360 games. The lucky seller, Dave (whose last name wasn't used), tells Yahoo...

Last week on WalletPop, I looked at how Currier & Ives prints and Kodak cameras have provided vastly different economic returns to collectors over the past 40 years. This week, as promised, I asked a few of the smartest antiques and collectibles experts I know one question: Which antiques and...

Last week, WalletPOP looked at the tanking market for Hummel figurines. But there's at least one brand of kitschy, once-collectible figurines that has fared even worse: Precious Moments. Enesco, a once-leading giftware company, began selling the figurines in the late 1970s, based on the drawings...

It takes two people to execute a truly awful sale: a creepy vendor and a creepy buyer. Unfortunately, there must be enough creepy buyers who collect the letters, post cards, and other personal memorabilia of serial killers to keep creepy vendors like serialkillersink.com in business. I'm at a loss...

The Hollywood cliche is that artists experience new life in the afterlife. So expect a lot of selling and swapping in the days ahead, as collectors check their record bins and sellers scour the Internet for Peter, Paul and Mary valuables. Take a quick cruise on eBay on this morning of...

Youngsters who saved their baseball cards from the 1950s -- as my own father did -- found themselves sitting on a goldmine big enough to make a sizable contribution toward a college education.People who bought baseball cards from the 1980s were less fortunate. The Wall Street Journal (subscription...

When it comes to items of pop culture, few things can hold a candle to the beloved Beanie Babies. Introduced in 1993 by Ty Warner, Beanie Babies soon gained special favor with collectors due to a number of clever marketing strategies. Beanie Babies are special in their simplicity of design, having...