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  2. Take Home the Gold: How to Invest in Olympic Collectibles

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  3. Sports memorabilia - Wikipedia

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    Rookie" memorabilia, meaning items from an athlete's first year as a professional player, are valued by collectors. Rookie cards are often considered by collectors to be the most desirable kind of trading cards. [8] At the Olympic Games, there is a thriving market for collectible lapel pins.

  4. Don't get ripped off with fake Olympics memorabilia

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    Stay away from eBay, which is likely to have many fakes, as well as other fly-by-night sites. Don't invest a lot of money in items suspected of being fakes, as they won't have much value in the ...

  5. Sports figurine - Wikipedia

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    Unlike today, figurines back then came with removable clothing. Kids could change the attire of Johnny Hero to any team they preferred. These figurines were first offered in SEARS catalogs during 1955 and 1956. "In 1968 Johnny Hero was repackaged as Olympic Hero. The base figure was sold in a box similar to the GI Joe figures of the time.

  6. List of collectables - Wikipedia

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    Murderabilia, collectibles related to murders, homicides, the perpetrators or other violent crimes; Nazi memorabilia; Police memorabilia; Scouting memorabilia; Other

  7. RR Auction - Wikipedia

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    RR Auction is an auction house established in 1976 by Bob Eaton. The company headquarters is in Boston with a production office based in Amherst, New Hampshire. [1] The company is known for its monthly auctions of historical documents, manuscripts, autographs, artifacts, sports collectibles, spaceflight memorabilia, presidential items and more. [2]

  8. Heritage Auctions - Wikipedia

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    This diversification began with comic book auctions in 2001. Subsequently, in 2003, the company introduced a memorabilia department, which hosted its inaugural auction valued at approximately $2 million. [2] During the mid-2000s, Heritage Auctions ventured into the market of music, entertainment, and film memorabilia. By April 2006, the auction ...

  9. Pin trading - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic Games has a long tradition of pin trading, [3] sometimes called the "unofficial sport" of the Games, [8] [9] which is open to all. [3] Each year, between 5,000 and 6,000 new designs of pin are created for the games, [10] usually by nations, teams, brand sponsors, [11] media organizations, [10] and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) itself. [12]