First developed in the early nineteen hundreds, it’s a range of patterned, pressed glass suffused with an iridescent lust re, which reflects the light, making the surface gleam with metallic highlights. It resembles the rainbow effect that you see when oil is spilt in a puddle. This effect was gained […]
The United States was the home of Carnival Glass. It was developed there, and though other countries soon began to produce their own versions, most collectors today begin with American glass as it is the easiest to obtain. A previous article described the manufacture and appearance of this beautiful product, […]
Imagine how useful it would be if we had little knobs, strings or keys in our backs, enabling us to instantly lengthen our hair from a short, everyday bob to long, flowing locks which would make even Rapunzel jealous. Lots of dolls have this useful feature; they don’t need sessions […]
The Disneyland resort in Anaheim will celebrate its 60th anniversary this year and we expect to see many exciting collectibles and news throughout the year of celebration. Just released is the first of the 60th Anniversary Countdown Series pins. The Blue 60th pin is released on the 31st January. Each […]
A Boba Fett Star Wars vintage figure from The Empire Strikes Back has sold at Vectis auctions for a record £18,000. The figure is from the collection of Star Wars expert Craig Stevens. The sale also included other rare carded figures including a Palitoy Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Ben (Obi-Wan) […]
One of the most significant private collections of paintings by the celebrated Scottish artist, Jack Vettriano, is to be sold in a stand-alone auction at Bonhams Edinburgh on 31 March. The collection comprises 12 paintings and is estimated at £800,000-1,200,000.
Corgis Goldfinger 50th Anniversary editions of the class James Bond Aston Martin have sold out on the Corgi site.
Vectis have an exciting week ahead with one of the best British Star Wars collections going under the hammer in their 28th January auction but only if they can overcome the Gremlins in the same auction. With Gremlins 3 being talked about for the past couple of years and ever […]
This is definitely a wow! doll from Madame Alexander (don’t tell anyone but we are big fans of MA dolls here at WCN). Obviously based on Elsa from Disney’s Frozen this is truly a collectors doll being made to order and limited to just 6 dolls.
EJ’s forthcoming auction on the 24th January features some 200 lots of Roy Rogers toys and Roy Rogers collectibles. The Arizona based auction house have collected together a treasure trove of assorted Roy Rogers items that should attract collectors from all over the world.
