Author: Lauren Sisselman

by Lauren Sisselman | September 15, 2023

In 1981, Bally released their second video game with a soundboard, Flash Gordon. The game, based on the pulp era hero, coincided with the now cult classic film that came out 2 months prior. As a fan of pulp-era heroes, Flash Gordon is a grail pinball machine...

by Lauren Sisselman | September 13, 2023

Welcome to Psychedelic Art Exchange's September 2023 Mega Concert Poster Auction Session #2! This auction has over 100 different posters ranging in genres and ages, perfect for all collectors. If you've never looked at a concert poster auction and don't know where to begin,...

by Lauren Sisselman | September 11, 2023

If you're like me, you grew up with wrestling in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This period of wrestling is fondly looked back on as one of the best -- we saw larger-than-life athletes, matches that are still talked about today, and storylines that were so...

by Lauren Sisselman | September 10, 2023

For years, Hake's has been a leader in collectibles outside of comics and has seen realized prices on vintage and antique trading cards, toys, and even political items. This month, Hake's has a number of unique and interesting finds in their September auction, with sessions ending September...

by Lauren Sisselman | September 1, 2023

Collecting may be in your blood if you're reading GoCollect blogs. All of us collect for different reasons, and all of us collect different things. I collect comic books, monster toys, popcorn buckets, pressed pennies -- the list goes on and on. In Collecting Fandom, I'll...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 30, 2023

30 years ago, Jurassic Park roared into theaters. Based on the book, Jurassic Park took the world by storm and created a multimillion-dollar franchise. The original film still holds up to this day, though subsequent sequels may look a bit funny on higher-definition televisions. As the franchise...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 28, 2023

It's back-to-school time for many kids across the globe. Parents are helping their kids move into college dorms, people are finding their perfect backpack -- and many of us are finding that sweet, new, and usable piece for our collection and daily life. This time of year...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 27, 2023

Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated Oppenheimer opened in US theaters, stunning audiences and the box office. On opening day the three-hour biopic earned $33 million dollars -- the overall opening weekend sits at $82.4 million. Oppenheimer opened up against another highly anticipated movie -- Greta Gerwig's Barbie --...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 24, 2023

[contact-form][contact-field label="Name" type="name" required="true" /][contact-field label="Email" type="email" required="true" /][contact-field label="Website" type="url" /][contact-field label="Message" type="textarea" /][/contact-form] If you grew up in the VHS era, and you regularly read GoCollect, then you know that the same tapes we watched as kids are now new collectors' pieces. While...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 23, 2023

Pulp magazines are the cornerstone of comic collecting. Pulps gave readers out-of-this-world heroes such as Buck Rogers, and heroes on Earth who would defend us from evil, such as The Phantom. But pulps were also an inexpensive way to be entertained during a time when you really...