Comments on: 10 Most Expensive Collectibles in the World http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html Take a load off! Babes, Bizarre News, Daily WTF News, Offbeat News, Videos and Other Interesting News Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Marc Taylorhttp://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-137929 Marc Taylor Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:53:51 +0000 http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html#comment-137929 Some years ago a children's TV here in UK (Blue Peter) printed a full sheet of Penny Black stamps. Which they then shredded. They were printed, in the studio on camera, on an original press with original paper. So of course, to all intents and purposes they were authentic and, subsequently, valuable. Some years ago a children’s TV here in UK (Blue Peter) printed a full sheet of Penny Black stamps. Which they then shredded. They were printed, in the studio on camera, on an original press with original paper. So of course, to all intents and purposes they were authentic and, subsequently, valuable.

]]> By: Tamarahttp://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-137167 Tamara Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:39:20 +0000 http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html#comment-137167 Whoever wrote about the necklace was just throwing around jewelery words. When referring to a stone size we use "carat". Karat, that was used as "14k" would be incorrect.as it is talking about the purity of the gold used. Also, were black pearls even relevant? It wasn't specific about the dark blue center stone. Was it a blue diamond? Could have been a sapphire or even a spinel. If it was a pearl of that color it should have been a "drop pearl". "Pear shape" is for faceted stones. 14 carat pear shape is not very impressive. Especially compared to the almost 70 carat Taylor-Burton diamond worn in a necklace by Elizabeth Taylor. Judging by the other comments made on this site about baseball cards and comic books, I'm wondering about the credibility of the person writing this. Whoever wrote about the necklace was just throwing around jewelery words. When referring to a stone size we use “carat”. Karat, that was used as “14k” would be incorrect.as it is talking about the purity of the gold used. Also, were black pearls even relevant? It wasn’t specific about the dark blue center stone. Was it a blue diamond? Could have been a sapphire or even a spinel. If it was a pearl of that color it should have been a “drop pearl”. “Pear shape” is for faceted stones.
14 carat pear shape is not very impressive. Especially compared to the almost 70 carat Taylor-Burton diamond worn in a necklace by Elizabeth Taylor.
Judging by the other comments made on this site about baseball cards and comic books, I’m wondering about the credibility of the person writing this.

]]> By: The Wagner card is so valuable becausehttp://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-129686 The Wagner card is so valuable because Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:33:50 +0000 http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html#comment-129686 The Wagner card is so valuable because of the rarity, the reasons for the rarity, and the Hall of Fame status of the player. Honus was an anti-tobacco guy, and when he found out that his card was being used to sell tobacco, he demanded that they stop printing his card, which they did after less than 200 of the cards were released. That, along with the sheer age of the card, is why it's so rare. Also, Wagner is considered one of the greatest players in the "dead-ball" era of basebal, and was called the greatest player ever to step on a field by Ty Cobb. He still co-holds an NL record for most batting titles at eight, along with Tony Gwynn.As for the Spider-Man comic, I have no idea what the heck this list is talking about; it isn't even the most valuable Spider-Man comic. Research, people. The Wagner card is so valuable because of the rarity, the reasons for the rarity, and the Hall of Fame status of the player. Honus was an anti-tobacco guy, and when he found out that his card was being used to sell tobacco, he demanded that they stop printing his card, which they did after less than 200 of the cards were released. That, along with the sheer age of the card, is why it’s so rare. Also, Wagner is considered one of the greatest players in the “dead-ball” era of basebal, and was called the greatest player ever to step on a field by Ty Cobb. He still co-holds an NL record for most batting titles at eight, along with Tony Gwynn.

As for the Spider-Man comic, I have no idea what the heck this list is talking about; it isn’t even the most valuable Spider-Man comic. Research, people.

]]> By: AMYhttp://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-128871 AMY Wed, 25 May 2011 03:35:35 +0000 http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html#comment-128871 is there a website where only the very expansive items are sold or auctioned? 8i am wanting to invest in stamps. Rare ones worth some 20,000 each.. just for starters. thanks. is there an exclusive stamp club foe those who carry very rare and expansive stamps? thanks rk is there a website where only the very expansive items are sold or auctioned?
8i am wanting to invest in stamps. Rare ones worth some 20,000 each.. just for starters.
thanks.
is there an exclusive stamp club foe those who carry very rare and expansive stamps?
thanks
rk

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]]> By: Maclaurenhttp://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-91099 Maclauren Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:12:36 +0000 http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html#comment-91099 Makes me wish I had kept all my comic books. I had the very same spider man comic edition featuring the first introduction of spidey back in the early 60's as a kid. I've probably thrown out millions of dollars worth of rare comics that I had as a kid when my father made me get rid of them all. Of course, hind sight is 20/20.<a href="http://bestinfraredsaunas.org" rel="nofollow">Far Infrared Saunas</a> Makes me wish I had kept all my comic books. I had the very same spider man comic edition featuring the first introduction of spidey back in the early 60′s as a kid. I’ve probably thrown out millions of dollars worth of rare comics that I had as a kid when my father made me get rid of them all. Of course, hind sight is 20/20.

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]]> By: Bobhttp://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-90374 Bob Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:44:50 +0000 http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world.html#comment-90374 The T206 Honus Wagner is not the rarest baseball card. Many baseball cards that are much more rare. One example are the 9 cards in the 1887 Gypsy Queen Large set. Of the 10 known cards in the set none have a population of more than 11 cards. And the $10,000 Kelly card has a known population of 5. These cards are not as expensive as the much more common T206 Honus Wagner as very few persons even know they exist. And if they did want to start collecting them they could not as all the cards in the set are tighty held by a very few collecors. The T206 Honus Wagner is not the rarest baseball card. Many baseball cards that are much more rare. One example are the 9 cards in the 1887 Gypsy Queen Large set. Of the 10 known cards in the set none have a population of more than 11 cards. And the $10,000 Kelly card has a known population of 5.
These cards are not as expensive as the much more common T206 Honus Wagner as very few persons even know they exist. And if they did want to start collecting them they could not as all the cards in the set are tighty held by a very few collecors.

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