Buy, Sell & Trade
Explore what’s in our store, learn how to sell us your collectibles, and discover how tiny details can drastically change the value of an item.
What do we have in store?
We buy and sell more than stamps!
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Stamps, proofs, and other philately
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Coins and currency (US & foreign)
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Ephemera (i.e., menus, tickets, stubs)
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Postal covers and envelopes
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Vintage supplies (i.e., mounts, hinges, supplements, albums)
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Sport memorabilia
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Military items (i.e., insignia, patches, uniforms)
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Comic books and magazines
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Books (philatelic and numismatic literature)
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Vintage and historical documents (i.e., land grants, bonds, deeds, taxation on and off documents)
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Pins and buttons
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Vintage toys and model kits
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Tins and bottles
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Pop culture and music memorabilia
Have something
to sell?
Before bringing your items into the store — send us photos of what you have.
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Share 5-6 photos of your items
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The first photo should be an image of EVERYTHING you have
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The other photos can be of anything you have
We understand you may not be able to take a photo of everything. However, having a preview helps us better understand what you have and how we can help you best.
You can email us the photos or use the form on this page.
Why send photos?
It is critically important for us to understand what items you have to be able to help you best and respect your and our own time. We receive a lot of calls and visitors daily - help us help you by sending photo in advance!
Can't take a photo?
If you are not able to take a photo of your collectibles, please send us an email with a description of your items.
If you have a device to take a photo with, we kindle ask you to do so.
Misconceptions and Misidentifications of Stamps
For non-collectors, the internet is woefully unequipped to help find values of stamps. Every week we receive dozens of calls regarding "rare" stamps that are often misidentified, almost always worth only pennies.
Stamps require a great deal of professional knowledge and nuance to identify correctly. Without that background, accurately searching for values yourself would take days of study into philately.
For example, one of the most printed American stamps of all time is the 1 cent green George Washington stamp. The top stamp (Scott #331) and the bottom stamp (Scott #352) look nearly identical, differing primarily in their perforation. Yet, this minor detail can make the bottom stamp worth ten times as much as the top one.
The difference between the two (the standard perforations versus the vertical "only" perforations) is clear when we present them in images, but these are just two of dozens of varieties of what looks like the same stamp to a non-collector.
The Washington-Franklin issues are an easy way to get lost when trying to find the value of stamps, though many other issues present the same trap. If we were to search for the value of one of these stamps ourselves, we'd often find results ranging from a few cents to potentially hundreds of dollars, since search engines and artificial intelligence are not equipped to make the distinctions we can as professional philatelists.
Standard perforation
Vertical-only perforation
