how do I find the most popular item of a certain year?
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10387831/\nhere is something about toys.... I will keep looking
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eBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace: \n\nItems In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html  \n\nHot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select "Hot Items by Category" from the menu on the left. \n\neBay Pulse = "a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay". Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action. \n\nMerchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html  to view the current Merchandising Calendar.
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Try the Pyramid Collection, they have a catalog and lots of cool stuff.
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http://www.wunderground.com/US/OR/Newport.html\nscroll down to History and Almanac box. pick year and date. Select Go.
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Go to atptennis.com and use your mouse to highlight Results on the tool bar near the top of the page-- its the third one from the left, you will see Home, then News, then Results. A pull down menu will pop up, scroll down to the bottom one entitiled Results Archive. Then use your side scroll bar on the far left and find the results you are looking for from that year.  Hope this helps.
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search for item specific sites
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Get almanacs of 1970,1971,and 1972.
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This is an easy one!  Look on www.ebay.com and search for your items.  Also, take a look at items sold in bulk (i.e. "100 beanie babies")
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Go to the web site below and click the "next" button to progress through each year up to the present.  \n\nYou owe me!!  LOL
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Go to iTunes, check the Billboard listings.  For every year, there is a top 100 list.  You will find most of what you are looking for there.\n\nI did this the other day because I wanted to see what songs from the 90's I could pull up.  Sure enough they had all the songs I forgot about right there for me to download or sample.
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did you try the one you did last year try and search it under \n\nnames that are  close to it
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View the question and click on the button below the answer that says best answer. \n\np.s. mines the best
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The closest tool that can provide you with the information you want is Google's new service called Google Trends. It allows you to search for topics that interest you. The service is described as:\n\n"With Google Trends, you can compare the world's interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they've been searched for on Google over time. Google Trends also displays how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and which geographic regions have searched for them most often." \n\nhttp://www.google.com/trends
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becket.com but that costs. you could go to a place that sells magazines and look it up in a becket monthly. You'll need to know the year, company, condition, all that affects it
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ebay is the best source for finding out pretty much what anything collectible is worth.  It shows what the market will bear.
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I found one that goes back to 1970, it lists the numbers, and then further down it has a chart:
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You could probably check ebay.