Southpoint Collectibles

Merry Christmas!

Things have been rather hectic here the last few months as we continue to evolve from selling books to now also carrying merchandise in multiple channels so I haven't had time to post much via our blog. Here in the next year we plan several updates to the site with more customer involvement and surprises. Stay tuned, and Happy Holidays!

Terrordactyl Dinosaur Toy

As an adult I found this toy hard to resist. Maybe it's the kid in me. What's not to like? It screams, laughs, farts, and makes many other noises and movements.

Read our Terrordactyl Dinosaur review and video, and purchase from us on Amazon. 
I predict this will be a big holiday hit.

Besides our toy listings, we have some select rare items being sold via ebay.

Check out a few of our current auction items just listed:

Microsoft Office + Outlook 2007s brand new

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Edition

These versions are still highly sought after for those not interested in the very latest Microsoft features or want to preserve their investment in older computers without having to upgrade software.
These new softwares are also Windows 7 compatible.

The images above link to our new buy.com landing page.

We have sold a wide range of merchandise online since 1999, evolving from books, to now also selling videos, software, games, toys, and rare memorabilia.
Southpoint Collectibles has excellent feedbacks on Amazon (99% positive feedbacks), ebay (a Top Rated PowerSeller), and other venues.

John Wayne memorabilia

We noticed a once in a lifetime auction that is taking place this month on John Wayne memorabilia that the actor used in his movies that are being sold for the first time from his family library. The family has kept the items all locked up since his death.

Navy Cap on auction from "In Harm's Way"

This treasure trove collection includes a wide range of fascinating items, including an eye patch for his role of Rooster Cogburn, movie costumes worn, hats, belts, saddles, award trophies, scripts, letters, photographs, even his last driver's license from 1977.

John Wayne's Last Driver's License

We have sold many interesting items over the years, numerrous signed autobiographies (including one signed by Katherine Hepburn just prior to her death), vintage magazines, WWII uniforms, but nothing to compare to John Wayne's personal collection.

Here are a few of our current auction items just listed, including a signed Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing) biography:

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History books on auction

We have just listed on ebay numerous vintage books from our collection for the first time.
These include many rare history books that focus on Texas with limited printings & signed by the authors.
Here is one recent book on the Texas Rangers during the Civil War that just sold -

We also have numerous signed biographies available, including Andy Rooney, Larry Hagman, Quincy Jones, Senator Ralph Yarborough, and many others.

View our current list of collectible items on auctions.

Saying Goodbye to Borders

The box store chain hung on as long as it could. It's now closing all it's doors.
Read more.

Edgar Rice Burroughs the Writer

As a kid in the 1960s, I became immersed in reading of his fantastic tales of John Carter of Mars, Venus, the land of Pellucidar, and of course the jungle adventures of Tarzan. I still get a kick out of reading them as an adult today.

Burroughs began writing in 1911, submitting stories to pulp fiction magazines while briefly employed as a pencil sharpener wholesaler. He is quoted as saying "When I started I was 35 and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted...Every well-known publisher in the United States turned down "Tarzan of the Apes", including A.C. McClurg & Co., who finally issued it, my first story in book form. It's popularity and its final appearance as a book was due to the vision of J. H. Tennant, editor of the New York Evening World. He saw its possibilities as a newspaper serial and ran it in the Evening World, and the result was that other papers followed suit. This made the story widely known, and resulted in a demand from readers for the story in book form, which was so insistent that A.C. McClurg & Co. finally came to me after they rejected it and asked to be allowed to publish it. And that's how I became a writer!"

By 1923, he had organized his own company to market his works. Burroughs was also quite skilled in marketing, bringing his popular Tarzan character to the movie screen, radio, and to comics. In his latter years, ERB continued to write prolifically, and is said to have written an average of 20,000 words a week while living in Hawaii.

Although not widely known except by fans, Burroughs actually witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor while it was taking place, and served as the oldest war correspondent during WWII. Quotes Burroughs in a letter to his daughter noting how unprepared our American forces were at the time, "A navy man told me that every gun on every ship in Pearl Harbor was firing at one lone Jap who was flying low while bombing, and every shot missed him. One soldier is credited with bringing down one Jap with an automatic rifle. The Jap was flying low straight toward him, machine gunning as he came. The soldier said that he was scared stiff, but he kept firing and had the thrill of seeing the Jap crash just beyond him. During all of this, we continued to play tennis at the hotel. There was nothing else that we could do as orders were constantly being broadcast to civilians to keep off the streets, to stay home, and not to use the telephone; also to remain calm."

The first and early editions of his works continue to attract collectors and can vary widely in price, depending on condition. Some have been featured in recent catalogues on Americana Exchange. A first edition, with dustjacket of Tarzan the Terrible in very good condition recently sold on ebay for $999. It would have fetched much higher if it had been in better condition. A rare signed edition will usually attract the highest prices, although a signed first edition (no dustjacket, fair condition) of Tarzan and the Lost Empire was bid up to only $525 on ebay. Early artists of Burroughs book covers are also highly sought after, such as J. Allen St. John and Frank Frazetta, with renditions of athletic heroes and sultry women in exotic lands.

Even over half a century after his death, few authors continue to capture the imagination of readers of all ages quite like Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Here are a just few of our collectible items listed currently via auction:

Book Review: All the Way Home

I'll admit to an attraction for this book as we have an old house, but not as old as the Gilded Age one the author comes across. A vintage Akron, Ohio mansion well past its' prime, the author finds ways to fall in love with it in spite of its' many shortcomings. There are a few surprises along the way with this Money Pit, such as finding $14,000 hidden away underneath an old bathtub with a 1930 date written. A good read and a lesson in perserverance.
All the Way Home - Buy at Amazon
 

Books from U.S. Senator's Library

Recently, we have listed more books on ebay from the estate of U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough or Texas. Most of these books are first editions that were given to the senator by other senators in the 1960s. In the above photo is Yarborough to the left next to Governor Connally and Vice President Lyndon Johnson. It is no secret that Yarborough and Johnson had a heated rivalry. One key reason for President Kennedy coming to Texas and Dallas was to cool their rivalry which was causing conflict within the Democratic Party. They were riding in the motorcade when the President was shot.

View our current auctions to see some of our signed books available from the Senator's library.

Also, here are some recent Texas history books that we just received with pricing (shipping not included, or tax charged if we ship to Texas address).
Contact us if interested in purchasing and further details.
One Ranger: A Memoir (Bridwell Texas History Series) $14
Following Old Fencelines: Tales from Rural Texas (C. A. Brannen Series) $10
Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-Boats, 1942-1943 $14
Flowers and Fruits in the Wilderness - 46 years in Texas, 1872 reprint $18
All Afire to Fight:: The Untold Tale Of The Civil War's Ninth Texas Cavalry $16

New Listings - vintage magazines

This month I am going through a few of our old magazines from our archives and listing on our eBay auctions.
  
It is mesmorizing to go through them, with vibrant ads for Made in the USA products and interesting articles for a much simpler life.

We also have a unique booklet - the U.S. Education Program for Japan with handwritten class schedule and notes - 1946. Acquired at an estate for a retired U.S. Navy Captain who oversaw the establishment of an education program for Japan following WWII. Note, this has now sold.
 
Coming soon are some 1906 magazines filled with rare ads for the first steam and gas powered automobiles.

Stay tuned...we have many many vintage magazines and items available from our archives.
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