å§Ñô¶«·½ÄпÆÒ½Ôº¸î°üƤÊÕ·Ñ͸Ã÷(å§Ñô¶«·½Ò½Ôº¸¾¿Æ×ø¹«½»Â·Ïß) (½ñÈÕ¸üÐÂÖÐ)

If you¡¯ve been saving old items in hopes they¡¯ll one day be worth something one day, there are things you need to know when collecting.Fifty-Two 80¡¯s: A Totally Awesome Shop in Denver knows a lot about collectibles. From action figures, plush toys and sitcom memorabilia, the store transports customers back into another decade.A majority of kids who grew up in the 80s had most of these toys, and some are worth a small fortune today.¡°Star Wars is always going to be a good one; it's always going to hold its value," says store owner Tony Vecchio. Other things that may be of value include some TV dolls, Stretch Armstrong figures, comic books and Clash of the Titans action figures. Depending on the year, Beanie Babies can go up and down in value. "Any time you can find boxes of original items, that's going to increase the value,¡± Vecchio says.Collector Rick Goldschmidt has been collecting things for more than 20 years. ¡°The problem with a lot of people, they collect things that are mass produced by the thousands,¡± Goldschmidt says. ¡°They think that's going to be worth something 10 to 15 years later.¡±His top tip on what to keep and what to throw out: make sure your item you are collecting is rare or one-of-a-kind, with preferably less than 1,000 made.Both Goldschmidt and Vecchio say if you want to sell a collector item, start with eBay. Find out how much the item sold for and set your price from there.There are some collectibles that are worth a couple hundred bucks. But, majority of the time, the memory of the items is worth more than the actual item itself. 1590

John Paul Stevens, a former Supreme Court Justice appointed by Gerald Ford, has died at the age of 99 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to a statement from the US Supreme Court, Stevens died from complications from a stroke. Stevens served on America's top court from 1975 through 2010. Stevens' 35-year term on the bench marked the third-longest in history. Stevens stepped away from the Supreme Court in 2010 and was replaced by Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee.Two years after Stevens stepped away, he was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. One of Stevens' final 621

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The NCAA opened the door for college athletes to get paid from use of their name, image and likeness in a major shift in the rules governing collegiate sports.While some view this as a step in the right direction, others think this could lead to more problems.What this means is that college athletes will now be able to make money from sales of jerseys, commercials and signing endorsements.NCAA board members have asked each division to create new rules no later than January 2021.The rule will affect 1,1000 member schools encompassing nearly 500,000 athletes.This decision came one month after California passed a law allowing players to profit off their name which takes place in California in 2023.¡°As a national governing body, the NCAA is uniquely positioned to modify its rules to ensure fairness and a level playing field for student-athletes,¡± the association president Mark Emmert said in a statement. ¡°The board¡¯s action creates a path to enhance opportunities for student-athletes while ensuring they compete against students and not professionals.¡±This decision is currently being debated whether it¡¯s a step in the right direction.Brian Gearity, a professor of sports coaching at the University of Denver, is an advocate for college athletes getting paid.¡°The idea that now we¡¯re able to let athletes be compensated for their own images like we would anyone else is a good thing,¡± Gearity said. ¡°Is it opening the floodgates to something else or power shifting ¨C absolutely.¡± Before this new ruling, athletes did not see any profit for any type of memorabilia sold with their names on it.New York has a similar bill to California; however, it is proposing athletes could see 15 percent of the profits.¡°There¡¯s going to be bumps in the road and there¡¯s fear and anxiety and still people holding onto their power,¡± Gearity said. ¡°But the point is to not get distracted. The ultimate goals are this is going to be a fairer and more equitable thing.¡±Cody McDavis, a former Division I basketball player for the University of Northern Colorado disagrees.McDavis said that he believes the NCAA did the right thing by making this a national ruling after California passed its law.¡°What you have if only one state has this is a huge recruiting advantage,¡± McDavis said. ¡°But I still don¡¯t think this is a fair and equitable ruling. What happens when we have student athletes receiving more than their teammates for the same amount of work on the team? What happens when we have women that are not being paid at all but are as equally deserving as their men counterparts?¡± McDavis said other sports like swimming, soccer and track could be left behind in the profits. ¡°We¡¯re talking about men¡¯s basketball and football here,¡± McDavis said. ¡°We¡¯re talking about the best athletes in those sports. The truth is, there are options for those athletes. And it¡¯s called the NFL or the NBA.¡±Joe Goldhammer, a professor of sports law and labor law, said this isn¡¯t the final solution.He believes this could push athletes to a similar direction that was shot down at Northwestern University which is to create a union.¡°The Devil is in the details,¡± Goldhammer said. ¡°The specifics of that are going to be very hard to work out and very complicated. The problem with this whole system is that it lacks equality and lacks fairness for the players. And you¡¯re going to create another level of unfairness if we¡¯re not careful. College athletes have been exploited over the years. The best thing for them is to stand up for themselves sand say what¡¯s best for them and form a labor union.¡± 3615

It is not news that Bugatti makes very expensive automobiles. A Bugatti Chiron, the brand's basic model, costs about million. Bugatti's latest creation, though, sets a new bar in price and exclusivity. Bugatti's La Voiture Noire cost €16.7 million, or almost million, including taxes. Before taxes, the car cost .5 million.According to Bugatti, La Voiture Noire is the most expensive new car ever sold and only one will be made. Bugatti did not reveal the identity of the buyer. It is someone with an enormous attachment to the Bugatti brand, the automaker said. It's also clearly someone with immense financial resources.Bugatti's new La Voiture Noire is designed to recall the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic of the 1930s. Only four of those cars were made and, today, they're among the most valuable cars in the world. They can be worth more than million, according to Hagerty Insurance, a company that tracks collector car values. One of those cars became known as "La Voiture Noire" which means simply, the black car. Only three are known to survive. The fourth seems to have disappeared shortly before the German invasion of France during World War II. Its whereabouts remain unknown.The Type 57 SC Atlantic was designed by Jean Bugatti, son of Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti, at a time when the bodies for most high-end cars were created by separate body makers rather than by the automobile companies themselves. 1443

In a stunning public rebuke of the president, former Defense Secretary James Mattis blasted President Donald Trump for his use of force on protesters, Mattis told Atlantic on Wednesday. ¡°I have watched this week¡¯s unfolding events, angry and appalled,¡± Mattis wrote to the Atlantic. ¡°Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people¡ªdoes not even pretend to try,¡± Trump¡¯s first Defense secretary said. ¡°Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership.¡±Mattis¡¯ bona fides led to a smooth confirmation as Defense Secretary, getting confirmed by a 98-1 vote in the Senate in 2017. But Mattis¡¯ tenure concluded in late 2018 with a disagreement with Trump over the handling of tensions with Syria. Mattis, however, had remained silent in any criticism of Trump until Wednesday. ¡°The words ¡®Equal Justice Under Law¡¯ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court,¡± Mattis told the Atlantic. ¡°This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand¡ªone that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values¡ªour values as people and our values as a nation.¡±Mattis' censure of the president comes two days after Trump used military police, the Secret Service and US Park Police to clear protesters from a public square in Washington to allow Trump a photo op in front of an charred church. Trump also beseeched governors to call upon military backup to bring ¡°law and order¡± amid the unrest following George Floyd¡¯s death at the hands of police in Minnesota. Trump said if governors didn¡¯t activate troops, the president would send them anyway, despite a 19th century law that prohibits US troops to conduct domestic law enforcement at the behest of the federal government. While not endorsing Trump¡¯s opponent in this coming general election Joe Biden, Mattis said, ¡°We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution. At the same time, we must remember Lincoln¡¯s ¡®better angels,¡¯ and listen to them, as we work to unite.¡±Trump responded late Wednesday to Mattis via Twitter."Probably the only thing Barack Obama and I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world¡¯s most overrated General," Trump tweeted. "I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about. His nickname was ¡°Chaos¡±, which I didn¡¯t like, & changed it to ¡°Mad Dog¡±"His primary strength was not military, but rather personal public relations. I gave him a new life, things to do, and battles to win, but he seldom ¡°brought home the bacon¡±. I didn¡¯t like his ¡°leadership¡± style or much else about him, and many others agree. Glad he is gone!"To read Mattis¡¯ full op-ed, click 3045

À´Ô´£º×ÊÑô±¨