King Kong and Other Crazy Collectibles
If you are a collector of movie figurines, then this auction may be up your alley.
Christie’s auction house will sell the King Kong action figure which climbed the Empire State Building at the end of the classic 1933 film. The 22 inch tall King Kong figurine is made of a metal skeleton but has lost [...]
Is There A Figurine Thief Near You?
This is a reminder to make sure that your figurines are properly insured against theft, damage, and destruction.
We regularly follow the news related to figurines and collectibles, and have noticed a disturbing trend of stolen figurines lately. At the beginning of the month in a San Francisco mall, a woman was found to have hidden [...]
Obama Figurines Find Spotlight
I thought that I had seen it all after the wave of merchandising surrounding the Presidential campaign and the Inauguration Ceremony in Washington, D.C. Memories of Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for Vice President on the ticket with John McCain, as an action figure have long since been banished from my thoughts. But [...]
Your Figurines Can Tell A Story
If you are a lifelong collector, there will come a point in time where you will need to choose between two figurines. Whether the decision is which figurine to buy, which one to display, or which figurine to sell to a new home, you will eventually (whether on purpose or without realizing it) develop [...]
Convention Celebrates Hummel Rebirth
This weekend marked more than the rain delayed conclusion to the U.S. Open tennis tournament and the first weekend of the 2009-2010 football season.
In Buffalo, NY, hundreds of Hummel collectors celebrated the restart of manufacturing of Hummel figurines by new owner Manufaktur Rodental at the M.I. Hummel Club’s North American Convention. Fans attending also [...]
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