Top 10: Best Selling eBay Collectible Auctions l 1st Half of 2011

(Auctionbytes)- WhatSellsBest.com has published a list of the Top 10 Rare Collectibles sold on eBay (based on highest prices paid) during the first half of 2011.

A few runner-ups on the list; a first edition vintage magazine featuring an iconic Cover Girl fetched $39,900; an antique Pamphlet containing an early poem about 'Golf' received $50,400; and a rare Collectible Beer Can collected $17,000. The top collectible so far, has brought its owner $105,655.

According to James Massey, the sites publisher; "The first-half of 2011 has seen a wide variety of items fetching high prices in multiple categories. But, some the strongest bidding has been in rare coins, asian antiques, and entertainment memorabilia marking defining moments in pop culture history." Read more here… 

15 Hot Comic-Con 2011 Collectibles We Want

(Rotten Tomatoes)- If you're enough of a comic, movie or TV fan to go to San Diego Comic-Con, you might also be the type of person that buys collectible items to show off your fandom. It's not just toys, but books, posters, DVDs and statuettes are all for sale at the con (aside from plenty of comics). We've made a list of the coolest movie-related items that you'll only be able to get in San Diego, at least until they show up on eBay. Read more here...

Interest in space memorabilia soars as shuttle era ends

(USA Today)- The day after the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final journey, space memorabilia collectors flooded the website of Goldberg's Auctions in Los Angeles for a shot at nabbing a piece of NASA history.

"It's the end of an era," CEO Ira Goldberg says. "These items will become historical treasure pieces."

Since the dawn of the space program in the 1950s, collectors have longed for a physical connection to the cosmos, from astronaut autographs to moon rocks. Now space shuttle relics are surging in price and popularity as NASA's 30-year-old space shuttle program ends with the landing of Atlantis, scheduled for Thursday at Kennedy Space Center. Read more here…

The Rising Trend for ‘Ultra Modern Collectibles’

(News-antique.com)- Following international interest in William and Kate’s Order of Service coming to auction, Fraser’s Autographs expert Dr Best comments on the increasing popularity of ‘ultra-modern collectibles’. It used to be the case that items had to be old or ‘vintage’ to make money on the collectors market but according to Fraser’s Autographs expert, Dr Philip Best, a new collecting phenomenon has emerged: the ‘ultra modern’ collectible. Read more here…

2011-12 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey

(The Cardboard Connection)- For more than two decades, Upper Deck Hockey has been one of the cornerstone sets for hockey card collectors. Mixing sharp photography with a deep checklist of short-printed Young Guns rookie cards, Upper Deck Hockey is to ice what Topps Baseball is to the diamond. Besides one of the most collectible base sets in the entire sports card hobby, 2011-12 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey has several different levels of inserts including two game-used jersey cards per box. Don't expect a lot of autographs, though, as they fall only one per case. Read more here...

Jones' green jacket still raising doubts

(The Augusta Chronicle)- The mystery of how a green jacket that might have belonged to Masters Tournament co-founder Bobby Jones and wound up for sale in the sports memorabilia market remains to be solved.

The garment, a symbol of Augusta National Golf Club, is scheduled to go up for auction Aug. 4 in conjunction with the Chicago National Sports Show in Rosemont, Ill. Heritage Auctions, which bills itself as the world's largest collectibles auctioneer, has commissioned the sale and expects the green jacket to fetch more than $100,000. Read more here…