I haven't bought anything from a celeb's private collection, but I have held the original 1933 King Kong armature in my hand that famed collector Bob Burns sold to Peter Jackson. I thought that was pretty cool.
It's not how hard you hit, but how hard you can be hit and still move forward.
I wanna say the Ackerman auctions were running in 2001, but my memory can be a bit fuzzy. Picked 'em up off of eBay, not in person.
sold a battlestar galactica prop blaster to arizona diamondback pitcher randy the big unit johnson. sold a carded mego captain america to hal steinbrenner whose currently running the yankees now.
I gave some Museum cards to a Canadian actor![]()
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I bought some comics from Frank Miller's comic collection a couple of years ago. I am sure there is more stuff over the years, but I don't get worked up over it.
NEED:
Super Powers Figures
Cyborg
Super Powers Accessories:
Wonder Woman's Lasso
Shazam's Cape
Green Arrow's Arrows
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