Collecting Tips

Buying or selling vintage toys and games on auction sites often means navigating a shorthand language collectors have been using for decades.

Collector Jody Day offers four considerations when buying an established collection of objects.

Jules Yap of the IKEA Hackers website shares clever hacks for toy storage and display using IKEA furniture.

Nicolas Ricketts of The Strong shares his guidance on how to go about donating a collection of objects to a cultural institution.

Cataloging a collection can be complex. These three considerations will help you get started on the right note.

Collector and author Shaun Markey provides the inside scoop on the experience of auctioning off a collection.

Deb Hoffmann — collector and author — shares her experience establishing a Guinness World Record for her Winnie the Pooh and Friends collection.

A round-up of the most common advice collectors have shared with us about how to curate meaningful collections.

Nicolas Ricketts of The Strong introduces the key elements to preserving board games.

Nicolas Ricketts of The Strong explains the environmental factors at play when preserving board games.

Nicolas Ricketts of The Strong details what not to do when trying to keep your board game collection in tip-top condition.

Nicolas Ricketts of The Strong reviews the finer points of board game storage.