News — Collectibles

My father, famous for his yard sales, wound up contacting a vintage toy dealer and got a pretty penny for my sets of wood blocks. While he didn’t exactly have my permission to sell them, I was happy to receive the stack of cash he got. Really, he should have sold them decades earlier when I used one as a weapon to give a childhood friend a concussion when I was three. Sell or burn the evidence, I say. Well, he did the former about 40 years too late, but we discovered that anything Playskool had become quite collectible. Teaching...

s. My exploration of streetwear designers and their sought-after collectibles continues this week with Supreme. The iconic red rectangular logo is hard to miss. You can find it on everything from $148 hoodies and $38 beanies, to an ever more bizarre list of collaboration and odd limited-edition objects. This lifestyle brand has become incredibly popular within certain circles, with many of their “drops” (or releases) selling out within a matter of minutes. Supreme represents a new trend in collecting for younger generations and offers a glimpse into the power of marketing in the digital age. Supreme has partnered with brands...