Pop Culture Collecting

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C.Vaughn Selections from The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts went on display in the Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building at ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn For collectors of original comic art - and indeed, art of many different media - the digital age seems to have thrown a monkey ...

Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn Nathaniel Dusk, Private Investigator While it's a distinctly different take than the original, the appearance of Nathaniel Dusk, Private Investigator, in the current DC ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Heritage Auctions has continued to find fertile ground in the world of pop culture, as witnessed by their July 28-29, 2018 Movie Poster Auction ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Collector Jason Versaggi knows both the cold, analytical, logical purchases for his collection on one end of the spectrum, and the nostalgia-laced specter of, ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn In keeping with this issue's special focus on comic books, it seemed like an opportune time to check in with two of the comic ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Following up on last month's column, which saw Hake's Americana & Collectibles on track to set multiple records for the company with Auction #223, ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn After setting records with their previous auction, Hake's Americana & Collectibles looks well on their way to doing it again with Auction #223. The ...

Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn It's 11:52 p.m. on cold January Saturday night in Rivesville, West Virginia on the set of Feast of the Seven Fishes, and ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The theoretical downtime between big auction news events and my own writing deadlines during the holidays granted me a few moments to think about ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The final auction of Hake's Americana & Collectibles' 50th year, #222, was held November 14-16, 2017 and it turned out to be the most ...

Comic Character Collectibles: December 2017 By J.C. Vaughn Comic Book Certification Service, LLC (CBCS), the company headed by President and Primary Grader Steve Borock, has been acquired by Beckett Media ...

Character Collectibles: November 2017 By J.C. Vaughn Sometimes a comic book cover can change your life. Weird, but true. It's happened to me more than once, if you can believe ...

Comic Character Collectibles: October 2017 By J.C. Vaughn Pristine Comics realized record prices for a CGC-certified 9.4 copy of All Star Comics #8 and a CGC 9.6 copy of Sensation ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The world of pop culture collectibles is very far from being a hyperbole-free zone. As a group, we are at least as guilty, if ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The approach of Spider-Man: Homecoming and the character's presence in feature films since 2002's hit Spider-Man hasn't done anything to hurt the prices realized ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn For many years, it seemed as if Philip Zolli, Jr.'s site, The Atlas Archives (atlasarchives.com), was the only place for fans of the short-lived ...

Comic Character Collectibles by J.C. Vaughn Among the more notable prices realized for vintage comic books over the past few months were two transactions at ComicLink. First, the company brokered ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn During the late '70s and into the early '80s, Parker Brothers was a dominant force in the board game business. In 1977, when electronic ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Each year on the first Saturday in May, participating comic book retailers across North America give away more than 6 million comics at participating ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn A Quick Comic Market Recap A CGC-certified 5.5 copy of "Action Comics #1" probably became the most significant comic of the year when it ...

Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn The four-day event ran from Thursday, October 6 through Sunday October 9, 2016. Industry news site ICv2.com initially reported the 11% increase ...

Comic Book Characters and Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Despite the severe physical limitations imposed by having the outdated and undersized Jacob Javits Convention Center as its home base, The New ...

Comic Character Collectibles By J.C. Vaughn Geppi's Entertainment Museum (GEM) founder and CEO Steve Geppi conducted a personal of the museum for members, lenders and other special guests to celebrate ...

Comic Character Collectibles By JC Vaughn While our schedule at Gemstone Publishing may change from year to year, we know that one of the fixtures on it will be a ...