Quotes About Collectibles

I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities.

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I used to say, 'Are you kidding?' about some prices for collectibles. I don't anymore because anything that screams its era is collectible.

Men say, 'I've loved you since I was 7 years old,' and I say, 'Well, you never contacted me.' And very often women say, 'Do youuuuuu know what I have?' and I want to say, 'Yessssssss, I do.' Because inevitably the answer is, 'An original Shirley Temple doll.'

I can still remember the feel in my hand of that most wonderful American coin ever minted, a nickel with a buffalo on one side and the head of an Indian on the other. That nickel was a daily proof of our country's past. Bring it back!

I like finding things in locations where I've worked and things from down South and things from flea markets or even the sidewalks.

L.A. has a lot of good flea markets - the Rose Bowl is always a good one. I have taken to eBay, too. Some of my favorite things - especially chairs, for some reason - I got on eBay.

Ugster vinyl pumps, Partridge Family records, plastic daisy jewelry, old postcards. . . . It's a magpie Christmas market.

The things a man hoarded revealed a lot about the man and what he valued.

I haggle with French grannies over their old knick-knacks and walk away with some real gems.

I would pore for hours over the stalls of worn necklaces, sets of gilt spoons, sugar tongs in the shape of hen's feet or midget hands, clocks that didn't work, flowered china, spotty mirrors and ponderous furniture, the flotsam left by those receding centuries in which, more and more, I was living.

I like to go to garage sales with my mom, so maybe my name should be OLD TOYS ARE AWESOME.

It's settled, then, Grace said. She turned back to Nick. Take the Jag to the car wash and for heaven's sake clean the McDonald's Happy Meal boxes out of it. Hey, Nick said, his face offended. That's a low blow. Those boxes are collectibles.

I have a whole 'Halo' corner in my house. One time, when I went to Bungie, they gave me this awesome 'Halo: Reach' backpack. Usually, when you get stuff like that, it either ends up in the garage or going to charity. But I walk around with that 'Halo: Reach' backpack all the time, and I drink out of my 'Halo: Reach' bottle every day.

When I was a kid, I was really into the shows my older brothers were into. I got all the action figures handed down to me, but I couldn't go to the store to buy new ones because they were discontinued; they didn't exist anymore.

Retro's stomping ground isn't the auction house or antique dealer but the flea market, charity shop, jumble sale and junk shop.

It's the only pawnshop I know that's got real Picassos hanging on the wall. I have Salvador Dalis on the wall. I have LeRoy Neimans.

Q: What is the most common remark made by old people in antique stores? A: "I remember these.

Collectibles have little intrinsic value and are thus subject to the whims and speculations of buyers and sellers.

Joel Chen is a friend and I'm a huge fan of JF Chen.

The thing is, if you come on the 'Roadshow' we are not going to humiliate you. The thing about the 'Antiques Roadshow' is not to humiliate people.

Many gold and silver experts will recommend you buy numismatic coins - rare and old coins. If you are not a rare coin expert, I'd encourage you to stay away from them. New investors often pay too much for rare coins that are not really rare.

I pick up a Prince bobblehead doll. It's wearing a little purple suit. On

One of the things that fascinates me most about the toys of the Sixties and Seventies is that they were characters without stories, as such.