The Bradford Exchange
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Bradford Exchange is an American producer and seller of collectible goods, jewelry, sports memorabilia and apparel. Now part of the Bradford Group, it was founded in 1973 as The Bradford Gallery of Collector's Plates by J. Roderick MacArthur.[1] The company created its first live price quotation market in 1983,[2] but increasingly turned to creating new lines of collectibles (rather than just facilitating exchanges between collectors).
The Bradford Group of companies, headquartered in Niles, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, includes many groups of collectibles, including Ardleigh Elliott, Ashton-Drake Galleries, Bradford Editions, Bradford Exchange, Hamilton Authenticated, the Hamilton Collection and Hawthorne Village. Internationally, they have a presence in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Under the Ashton-Drake Galleries name, they have sold dolls like Gene Marshall and Blythe as well as Reborn dolls.
References
- ↑ The Genius Behind The Founding of the Bradford Exchange Archived copy Company PR Article
- ↑ The History of the Bradford Exchange Archived copy Company PR Article
External links
- The Bradford Exchange Official website
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- Niles, Illinois
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- Doll manufacturing companies
- Coin retailers
- Toy companies of the United States
- Retail companies established in 1973
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- American companies established in 1973