memorabilia

The quantity of counterfeit goods entering the U.S. is increasing, and it gets worse around an event like the Super Bowl. Federal agents recently seized more than $6 million of counterfeits and shut down more than 300 illegal websites. But consumers are at risk for more than just getting a shoddy NFL jersey.

Anyone who ever enjoyed a horror film knows the fascination a gruesome death can provoke. But no fictional horror can produce the frisson generated by the items for sale on websites like SerialKillersInk.net and MurderAuction.com: Real artifacts and artwork from the crime scenes and prison cells of the world's most famous serial killers.

As America prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, eBay is seeing a surge in sales of relics and memorabilia from the World Trade Center and the terrorist attacks, fueled partly by speculators, and partly by our desire to connect with history, however painful.

Showbiz memorabilia had its closeup in the past few weeks, with items made famous by Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson and Judy Garland fetching an over-the-rainbow prices at auction. Why are people compelled to buy these items, and who's drawing the biggest bucks? Read on...

Just after Elizabeth Taylor's death, would-be entrepreneurs started looking for ways to profit from the iconic entertainment legend's passing, as they did following the deaths of Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Princess Diana, John Lennon and Michael Jackson. But the Better Business Bureau warns that...

Elizabeth Taylor fans have been flocking to eBay to pick up memorabilia since the movie star died last week, reportedly doubling prices for some merchandise. But are these collectibles worth the investment? Appraisers from Antiques Roadshow weigh in.

When someone recently asked basketball great Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest player in NBA history, whom he thought was better -- LeBron James or Kobe Bryant -- he blurted out "Kobe." Based on what people pay for their sports memorabilia, it appears collectors would tend to agree.

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...

Poor Bea Arthur has only just left us, but the nostalgia for The Golden Girls may be eternal. Bonhams & Butterfields, a fine art auction house that regularly hosts Hollywood-themed sales, has announced it will be hocking the personal effects of Estelle Getty, who played wisecracking Sophia...

The inauguration of Barack Obama as president is more than a key moment in history. For presidential memorabilia collectors, it's another jump-start to the Obama souvenir market that has grown around his candidacy and now into his presidency. Instead of focusing on political memorabilia from the...