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Pittsburgh Collector Gets Lucky
Todd McDevitt, owner of a chain of comic book stores in the Pittsburgh area, is the proud--and surprised--owner of a pre-WWII detective comic featuring the first appearance of the Caped Crusader, Batman. Somebody found the comic while cleaning out their attic and brought it to McDevitt's store.

McDevitt told the Beaver County times, "I've been toying with the idea of reading it, but I haven't yet. I'm going to savor it."

See the whole story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_en_ot/batman_comic_4.
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Back in the game!
The American Collectors' crew took a little summer break but we're back in action now. We'll be shooting new interviews starting next week. We also hope to get some footage from the Bellcon Comics Convention (you can learn more about that at www.myspace.com/bellcon).

I'm really looking forward to getting out into the field and meeting more collectors. Coming up: America Online disks, cheetos that look like other things, and gumball machine jewelry!

--June
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The Jacques Costeau of Garage Sales
Richie's friends know better than to drop by on Saturday morning. That's when he hits the sales looking for dusty treasures. He calls himself the Jacques Costeau of garage sales.

His prized vintage audio gear is stored in a collection of Airstream trailers on his property. And those trailers are FULL! Richie also has a great collection of 1960s and 70s toys and pop culture paraphernalia. See the R. Crumb Devil Girl Choco-bars box in the second picture? Mmm, chocolate. Sadly, the box is empty.








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Posted by teravintage antiques at 8/20/2007 3:21 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Cat Whiskers
Sally has several collections, including boxes and gross candy, and depictions of the letter "S." But she got in touch with us to talk about her cat whisker collection. It's the second picture down. The next picture is the box collection.

The boxes are Sally's oldest collection. It started when her high school boyfriend gave her a handmade wooden box. Now she has hundreds of beautiful and unique boxes, a few of which are shown below.
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Posted by teravintage antiques at 8/15/2007 1:51 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Film clips on the American Collectors MySpace Page
You can see excerpts from our first three interviews on our MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/americancollectors. Keep an eye on that page--there's more to come!
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Posted by teravintage antiques at 7/17/2007 1:21 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Breweriana--it's not just empties
Gary collects breweriana--items related to beer brewing. You might think your recycling bin holds an impressive collection of bottles, but Gary has you beat. Although he focuses on historic Puget Sound breweries, any beer gear that catches his eye is fair game for his collection.
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Posted by teravintage antiques at 7/9/2007 1:48 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Life's a trip
Tracey has over 60 vintage suitcases. She sees life as a journey, and her suitcases hold the souvenirs she's collected on the trip so far. These cases are packed with with Tracey's artwork, photographs, and every card and letter she's ever received!
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It's All in the Family

Collecting is in Debbie's blood. Both of her grandmothers collected, and so did her dad. Now her three sons have collections, too.

Debbie has the oldest collection we've encountered. Her maternal grandmother started collecting miniature shoes in 1941. She passed her collection on to Debbie, who collects little shoes to this day. The same grandmother gave Debbie her first Barbie in 1959. Her Barbies are Debbie's favorite of her many collections, and she still loves to dress them up. Debbie's grandmother also made the beautiful wedding dress in the second picture.
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Posted by teravintage antiques at 6/11/2007 4:48 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Rocket Man
Jim has been hooked on classic 1950's science fiction since he was a kid. A few years ago he discovered that he could buy posters for his favorite films on Ebay.

Many mouseclicks later, he has around 5,000 posters. Every month, Jim displays different posters from his collection at his donut shop, Rocket Donuts.
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Jet Set
Matt showed us his collection of airline ticket jackets--the folders that airplane tickets came in. Remember tickets? They were these paper things . . .

He started his collection when he was just six years old and his family got stuck at the airport. He passed the time by picking up discarded ticket jackets that he found. Now he has thousands of them!

Matt's collection fostered a lifelong fascination with geography and travel. He has a web site, www.viatime.org, where kids can create a virtual airline and plot its routes. You can see more of his collection by visiting his virtual ticket museum.
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