Collector Figure
Collector Figure
Wine from a drinking virtuoso
R.W. Apple's wife prepares to auction fabled correspondent's wine collection, a transaction freighted with nostalgia. » J. Freedom du Lac
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 DC DIRECT★THE JOKER fROM DARK KNIGHT★16 SCALE DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE BATMAN US $89.00 
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 DC DIRECT BATMAN JUSTICE 16 DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE DC DIRECT MISB RARE NICE US $91.00
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 MARVEL STUDIOS DAREDEVIL 12 INCH COLLECTORS EDITION FIGURE NEW IN BOX US $9.99
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 Medieval Spawn vs Malebolgia McFarlane Toys Ultra Action Figures Collectors Set US $4.99
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 Lex Luthor 13 Deluxe Collector Figure US $49.99
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 Martian manhunter 13 Deluxe Collector Figure US $49.99
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 toy biz 10 inch carnage figure in collector condition US $19.99
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 Action Figure Spawn Todd McFarlane Todd The Artist Collectors Club MOC US $.99
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 DC DIRECT★GREEN LANTERN CORPS w 4 HEADS★13 DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE 1 6 SCALE US $169.00
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 Metal Gear Exclusive Solid Snake 1998 Figure Collector’s Club Exclusive MINT NIB US $65.95
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 DC 60 Figurine Collector Magazine with Dr Fate Figure Eaglemoss US $13.99
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 DC DIRECT★BATMAN BEGINS DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE 13 1 6 Scale NEW★Robin Joker US $159.00
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 Tonner Harry Potter Dobby Small Resin Collector Doll Statue Figure US $99.99
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 Paolo Parentes DUST Anastasia 1 6 Scale Scout Unit Sergeant Collector Figure US $195.00
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 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIGURE COLLECTOR MAGAZINE 6 CATWOMAN WHITE QUEEN FIGURINE US $15.99
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 DC DIRECT★BATMAN 13 DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE 1 6 SCALE NEW MINT★Robin Joker US $98.00
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 PENGUIN THE DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIGURE COLLECTOR MAGAZINE 4 BLACK KNIGHT US $15.99
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 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIGURE COLLECTOR MAGAZINE 5 TWO FACE BLACK KNIGHT FIGURINE US $15.99
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 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIGURE COLLECTOR MAGAZINE 6 RIDDLER BLACK BISHOP FIGURINE US $15.99
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 DC DIRECT★SINESTRO 13 DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE 1 6 SCALE NEW ★GREEN LANTERN US $59.00
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 ROBIN 2 THE DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIGURE COLLECTOR MAGAZINE FIGURINE WHITE BISHOP US $15.99
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 NIGHTWING AF First Appearance Series 3 Collector Figure US $24.95
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 DC DIRECT★NIGHTWING 13 DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE 1 6 SCALE NEW★Batman Robin US $67.00
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 GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH ACTION FIGURE COLLECTOR SET $45 US $38.95
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 DC Direct Aquaman 1 6 Scale Deluxe Collector Figure US $85.00
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It may not be the most easily of verbalised facts, or the easiest to hear, but an enormous part of the economy, the retail side, is dependent on the habits of the collector – a club that has more members than one might think given a cursory regard to the subject matter.
The habits and obsessions of anyone from the grandmother who cannot sleep without yards and yards of Royal Dalton adorned shelving around the house, to the teenager who needs all the Smiths albums on ten-inch vinyl, unplayed and unopened, are integral to the section of the economy that not only thrives but absolutely survives on selling things that we do not need to people who do not need them.
The collector is that rare beast that is both delicate but also strongly loyal, willing to put up with much as long as they get home and the item they have lusted over provides the fix, no matter how small and fleeting and ultimately insignificant, that they were after and expected. It is difficult, as a retailer, to entice them to stay, but once you have them, you have them for life (or the life of the enterprise), so long as nothing changes, at all, even slightly.
It is a delicate relationship between retailer and collector, one that is, fair enough, friendly, even personal at some level or other, but ultimately rests on the fact that one thing must, simply must, be provided in exactly the way it is required. If the shoe is not perfect to the woman who has nine hundred shoes, the bond is broken, if the album does not have the original 1979 sleeve notes, it just isn't worth buying. This is all part of the deal, and the successful retailer for unessential items has to have the skill to realise this, has to have the inside information, has to know the passions and the loves and the whys and wherefores that go on inside the mind of the collector. In short, the retailer needs to be a collector, too.
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