The site pairs live auctions with original content, which ranges from encyclopedic essays to multi-sourced articles that aim to illuminate the cultural history of objects.
[citation needed] Founded in 2007 by San Francisco-based antique-telephone collector Dave Margulius,[1] the site has since grown into a directory of more than 1,800 different types of objects[2] people like to collect—from action figures to Zippo lighters.
[7] Collectors Weekly uses a number of factors to determine how much a collectible is worth, the primary ones being the item's condition, authenticity, rarity, current market demand, and value.
[8] Collectors Weekly has three main areas of focus—its category pages, a community known as Show & Tell, and hundreds of long-form articles and interviews, which are presented contextually across the site.
Recent examples include articles on the history of Hawaiian hula girls,[10] a 1960s rock band called the Charlatans,[11] and the 16th-century practice of using applied beauty marks to cover facial blemishes.