Antiques Prices

Antiques and Collectibles Price Charts and Value Guides

Rare Disney Collectibles and Their Values

9 Comments

Disney Collectibles

Since Mickey Mouse first appeared in the 1928 short film “Steamboat Willie”.

Fans and collectors alike have searched far and wide for memorabilia from the Walt Disney Studios.

From original movie posters, to movie cels and commercially produced merchandise.

Collections have become known as Disneyana among the dedicated collectors.

Collections consist of the Walt Disney Classics such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

To the more modern Disney Movies and TV shows, with fans are stocking up on memorabilia in the hopes of striking it gold in the years to come.

This article will be going over some of the rare Disney Collectibles and their what their values would be. [Read more…]

Antique Toy Price Guide [A-B]

Leave a Comment

This is a continuation of the Antique Toy Price Guide [B-L] and Antique Toy Price Guide [L-T] and Antique Toy Price Guide [T-Z]

A toy is any object that can be used for play. Toys are usually associated with children and pets. Playing with toys is training the young for their social role. Many items are designed to serve as toys, but goods produced for other purposes can also be used. For instance, a small child may pick up a household item and “fly” it through the air as to pretend that it is an airplane. Another consideration is interactive digital entertainment, such as a video game. Some toys are produced primarily as collector’s items and are intended for display only. [Read more…]

Antique Cards Price Guide

Leave a Comment

A souvenir (from French, for a rememberance or memory),[1] memento, keepsake or token of rememberance[1] is an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. The term souvenir brings to mind the mass-produced kitch that is the main commodity of souvenir and gift shops in many tourist traps around the world. But a souvenir can be any object that can be collected or purchased and transported home by the traveler. The object itself has no real significance other than the psychological connection the possessor has with the object as a symbol of past experience. Without the owner’s input, the object’s meaning is invisible and cannot be articulated.

[Read more…]

Antique Religious Icons Price Guide

Leave a Comment

The use and making of icons entered Kievan Rus’ following its conversion to Orthodox Christianity in 988 AD. As a general rule, these icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by Byzantine art, led from the capital in Constantinople. As time passed, the Russians widened the vocabulary of types and styles far beyond anything found elsewhere in the Orthodox world. [Read more…]