eBay has been a locus for collectors of all types of items since its inception in 1995. If you can think of it and it’s collectible, it’s on eBay, and if it is small, easy to describe and photograph and easy to ship, it is tailor-made for selling and buying on eBay. Trading cards for [...]
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In the roughly 90 years between the first simple build-it-yourself crystal radio sets of the 1920’s and today’s state of the art receivers and wireless internet radio, there were millions of actual radios manufactured in a incredible array of sizes, colors, and designs, all forming a rich mother lode for collecting. The collecting of vintage [...]
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There are two ways to collect Valentines. One is to receive them from your ardent admirers and the other is to buy them yourself, for yourself. Although we hope you are showered with the former, we’ll focus on the latter. Initially set aside in by the early Roman Catholic church to recognize a martyred priest [...]
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The original* Polaroid Corporation – the iconic, distinctly American brand that was synonymous with instant film photography for 60 years - recently slipped slowly and quietly into history after several unsuccessful attempts to compete against and then with the exploding digital photography market. All of the camera and film manufacturing plants around the world were shuttered, one-by-one and, save for [...]
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One of our best-loved features is “Saved Search.” It essentially searches for you while you sleep–if something gets listed within the parameters you set, eBay will send you an email alert. Let’s use one of my favorite searches as an example…cloisonne by Fabienne Jouvin. The items I want rarely get listed on eBay so I’ve [...]
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