CAPTAIN BIJOU'S WANT LIST
Our want list is practically endless!! We're looking to buy literally thousands of items -- original movie posters, comic books, celebrity autographs, toys, movie magazines, premiums, pulp magazines, play sets, Dixie premiums, non-sports cards, original comic and fantasy art, advertising items and more!!
We have cash available to buy large and small collections of practically any size!! Be sure to contact Captain Bijou before your sell or auction your items!! Below are more detailed listings of just some of our wants:
AUTOGRAPHS
We're always looking to purchase authentic, vintage autographs of movie stars, television personalities and celebrities on photographs, signature cards, letter and documents.
Some of the names heading our want list include: ABBOTT & COSTELLO, HUMPHREY BOGART, BRACE BEEMER, RALPH BYRD, WILLIAM (HOPALONG CASSIDY) BOYD, JAMES CAGNEY, JOHN CARRADINE, LON CHANEY, GARY COOPER, JOAN CRAWFORD, BETTE DAVIS, JAMES DEAN, W.C. FIELDS, ERROL FLYNN, EARL GRASER, SYDNEY GREENSTREET, RITA HAYWORTH, AL HODGE, BUCK JONES, BORIS KARLOFF, ALAN LADD, VERONICA LAKE, ALLAN LANE, PETER LORRE, BELA LUGOSI, JAYNE MANSFIELD, THE MARX BROTHERS, TOM MIX, MARILYN MONROE, LEE POWELL, BASIL RATHBONE, GEORGE RAFT, GEORGE REEVES, ROD SERLING, LINDA STIRLING, JOHN WAYNE, MAE WEST, ED WOOD, NATALIE WOOD,
COLLECTIBLES
Our collectibles buying list is practically endless!! We're always looking for radio, television, movie and character premiums, toys, games, Hartland figures, play sets, rings, Big Little Books, pulp magazines, advertising items and more from the 1930s-60s in FINE (C-7) or better condition. No incomplete, well worn or damaged items, please.
We also have a few specific wants as well:
THE FLYING G-MEN GAME - 1938 board game based on the Columbia serial
FLYING TIGERS RUBBER BAND GUN
THE GHOST RIDER MASK - 1950s ME Comics premium
SPACE PATROL COMMANDER SPACE HELMET - Plastic bubble space helmet
SPACE PATROL DIPLOMATIC POUCH - 1954 retail item
SPACE PATROL OUTER SPACE HELMET - Colorful, cardboard Ralston cereal premium.
TOM CORBETT MARX ACADEMY PLAYSET - Marx Academy playset
TOM CORBETT OUTER SPACE HELMET -
TOM CORBETT SPARKLING SPACE SHIP - 12" metal wind-up toy issued by Louis Marx & Company
COMIC BOOKS
Currently, we are only looking to purchase Golden and Silver Age comics (1935-65) in VG+ or better condition. Our buying list is extensive and runs the gamut of all comic book genres.
A small sampling of some of the the titles we are seeking include: ACTION, ADVENTURE, ADVENTURES OF MIGHTY MOUSE, ALL-AMERICAN, ALL FLASH, ALL-HERO, ALL-STAR, ALL WINNERS, AMERICA'S GREATEST, ATOMIC MOUSE, BATMAN, BLACKHAWK, CAPTAIN AMERICA, CAPTAIN MARVEL, CAPTAIN VIDEO, CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN, DETECTIVE, DURANGO KID, FAWCETT'S FUNNY ANIMALS, FLASH COMICS, GENE AUTRY, GHOST RIDER, GREEN LANTERN, HOPALONG CASSIDY, JOHN WAYNE, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, LASH LARUE, LEADING, MARVEL MYSTERY, MASTER, PEP, RED RYDER, ROCKY LANE, ROY ROGERS, MASTER, MYSTERY IN SPACE, SPY SMASHER, STAR SPANGLED, SUPERMAN, TIM HOLT, TOM CORBETT, TOM MIX, WALT DISNEY COMICS AND STORIES, WEIRD SCIENCE, WEIRD FANTASY, WHIZ, YOUNG ALLIES, and more!
MOVIE
MAGAZINES
Here are just a few of the titles we are seeking: CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN, FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, FILM LAND, HOLLYWOOD, MODERN MONSTERS, MODERN SCREEN, MOVIE LIFE, MOVIELAND, MOVIE MIRROR, MOVIE-RADIO GUIDE, MOVIE SHOW, MOVIE STARS PARADE, MOVIE STORY, MOVIE WESTERN, MOVIES, NEW MOVIE, PHOTOPLAY, RADIO MIRROR, SCREEN GUIDE, SCREEN PLAY, SCREEN STORIES, SILVER SCREEN, TELEVISION LIFE, TV, TV & MOVIE SCREEN, TV & MOVIE WESTERN, TV FAN, TV GUIDE, WESTERN STARS, WHO'S WHO IN WESTERN STARS, and, many many more!!
In particular, we're looking to buy Houston, Texas area TV Guides and TV Digests from the years 1951 to 1958 in Fine or better condition.
VINTAGE
MOVIE POSTERS
Currently, we're looking to buying original release posters -- of practically any size -- from 1920-1965 in VERY GOOD/FINE or better condition. We are not interested in heavily worn, extensively damaged or incomplete posters.
Our wants number in the thousands, but here are a few genres and stars which we are seeking: Universal horror, 1950s science-fiction, Marx Brothers, Humphrey Bogart, Jean Harlow, serials, Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Shirley Temple, film noir, John Wayne, James Dean, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Bela Lugosi, B-westerns, Basil Rathbone-Sherlock Holmes, James Cagney, Disney, Charlie Chan, Veronica Lake, Mr. Moto, Buck Jones, Joan Crawford, Tim McCoy, animated cartoons, Boris Karloff, Katharine Hepburn, Lon Chaney, Ken Maynard, Marlene Dietrich, Abbott and Costello, B-detectives, musicals and so many, many more.
MORE
And we're in interested in buy thousands of other items -- records, books, pulps, trading cards, original 8x10 photos and transparencies, personal items, props, original art, ephemera....we Could go on and on!! If you have a collection of any of the above or any movie/TV/comic book or 1920-65 pop culture collection, regardless of its size, be sure to contact Captain Bijou at any of the following:
E-MAIL - info@captainbijou.com
PHONE - (713) 864-8101
FAX - (713) 837-1463
MAIL - Captain Bijou, P.O. Box 7307, Houston TX 77248
Don't forget Captain Bijou is also open to TRADE videos, DVDs, posters, collectibles and other of our items for some particular wants. If you have items to trade, be sure to contact us!!