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NEW YORK – Young people often venture into collecting by acquiring items they grew up with, especially things related to pop culture: comics, toys, action figures, trading cards and the like. The pop culture specialty company Funko believes everyone is a fan of something. Funko has been making its Pop! vinyl figures, for more than […]

It’s been awhile since I caught up on the vintage fashion auction market. It’s easily my favorite auction category, because almost every human being “collects” and wears clothing of some kind. Increasingly, whether purchased for a few dollars at a thrift store or for many thousands at auction, vintage fashion is becoming a wardrobe staple […]

SAN FRANCISCO (ACNI) – Recently I heard about two San Francisco shops going out of business, Swallowtail and Habité. Although the types of articles they sold were dissimilar, both were beloved by the design community and retail customers, and each will leave a hole in the fabric of San Francisco’s material culture. I spoke to […]