Collectibles » Best eBay Auction Stores

Get Zat sells music posters, movies posters, television (TV) posters, art prints, and what they call "weird stuff". The Store uses the standard eBay Store template with virtually no modification. The categories are well-designed. Probably not extremely important, but the repetition of the phrase "Get Zat" in the Store description made it difficult to pick out the different categories of posters that the Store sells.

When we visited, the Store had 15,228 item on auction, with 5,447 offered on auction only listings and the remainder with Buy-It-Now enabled. We were curious about the "Weird Stuff" category and found it contained a treasure chest of posters that will satisfy the true poster fanatic.

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Adam Hersh Auctions sells music posters, movies posters, television (TV) posters, college posters, humor posters, and children's (kids) posters, as well as art prints. They also offer black, silver, and gold frames. This eBay Store has a clean and very appealing look. It uses a custom header graphic that lends a professional look to the storefront. The categories are well-designed to make finding the desired poster easier. We liked the choice and size of font, which is very easy on the eyes.

When we reviewed the Store, they had 11,087 items on auction, with all the items offered with the Buy-It-Now option enabled. A search for "wholesale lot" returned 89 results, and a search for "star wars" returned 33 auction listings. The Store has several newsletters available.

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Laughingravy21 sells vintage Hollywood memorabilia, antiques and collectibles as well as a selection of high quality, historical photos and posters. This eBay Store uses a clean and crisp storefront layout with a custom logo and color scheme that matches the logo colors. They have a long list of categories that should help with finding the desired item.

When we reviewed the Store, they had 325 active auction listings. A total of 29 were auction only listings, with the rest being offered through Buy-It-Now. We searched for "lyndon b johnson" and found 12 auction listings. A search for "lisa nowak" (astronaut) returned 63 auction listings.

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US Patent Place Vintage Art Prints sells collectible tools and hardware US patent prints, woodworking prints, poster prints, and art prints. This eBay Store uses clean store layout with matching color combinations. The Store categories are well organized. The storefront page contains a long text description that most people would probably just scroll over without reading, and could annoy some visitors. It would probably be better to move the text to a page of its own.

When we visited the Store, there were 1,114 print items on auction. A total of 9 items were on regular auction, with the rest being offered on Buy-It-Now from the Store inventory. They have separate pages that offer technical details about the print products.

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Aristocob US Corn Cob Pipes N Gifts sells sweet-smoking Missouri Meerschaum corn cob smoking pipes, pipe accessories, and corn cob pipe US patent art. This eBay Store uses a nice clean store layout and we thought the color selection was quite appropriate with the pipe products that they sell.

When we reviewed this eBay store, they had 10 items on auction. There were nine pipes, one US patent art item, and one pipe accessory item. This is clearly a niche Store that caters for a very specific clientele. They have a Store newsletter that people can subscribe to.

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AnimeStuffStore sells manga, anime art books, cd soundtracks, posters, wallscrolls, playing cards, and other goods.

They had more than 4,600 related items on auction when we visited the Store. All their items were offered through the Buy-It-Now feature of eBay at the time of our visit. A search for "anime" returned 2,793 items from the Store inventory. They have around 1,000 English Manga items and 400 English Manga comic sets. AnimeStuffStore has a Store newsletter that people can subscribe to.

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High Velocity Comics sells comics and other collectibles. They welcome international orders. Their inventory appears to be evenly composed of Marvel, Batman, Spiderman, Wolverine, X-Men, Hulk and other titles.

At the time of our visit, High Velocity Comics had more than 3,800 comics items on auction. All the items were available through the Buy-It-Now feature, with none on regular auction. The Store Categories are well organized and it should be easy for buyers to find what they are looking for.

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Titan Comics Store sells comic books, Japanese animi/manga/sets, statues, busts, maquettes, stereographs, trade paperbacks an hardcovers, related magazines and other merchandise.

Titan Comics Store had more than 5,500 items on auction when we reviewed the Store. All their items were offered as Buy-It-Now listings. They had price guides and reference books on offer.

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Mile High Comics claims to have the biggest selection of comics in the world that they have acquired during the 30 years that they have been in business. They specialize in DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, Bongo, Archie, Crossgen, and more.

When we wrote this review, Mile High Comics had more than 90,000 active comics listings on eBay. That is a lot of comics! They offer both regular auction listings and Buy It Now listings.

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