![New curiosity and collectible store, Caines World CCC, largely focuses on consignment sales. [Photo: Judd Weil]](https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/1/1674084784432.jpeg)
By JUDD WEIL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Caines World CCC, a new hobby shop in Hutchinson, is gearing up for their grand opening sometime in February 2023.
“We are focused on collectibles, like comics, cards, other antiques and things, and curiosities,” store owner Cory Zeferjahn said. “Things that aren’t the norm that you see everywhere.”
While Caines World CCC is new, the people behind it are familiar community faces.
Zeferjahn was the owner of Smallville Comics, who closed their doors in December 2022.
“Smallville, as it was for the comic book store, is done. What we tried to do with that just didn’t work,” Zeferjahn said. “With the economy and everything, it just wasn’t feasible to maintain that structure of a store with the large play area and things like that, it just wasn’t feasible.”
Originally, the rest of Smallville Comics inventory was going to be subject to online sales, but Zeferjahn decided to use Caines World CCC’s location as a smaller storefront as opposed to just a base of operations for online sales.
The main reason behind opening Caines World CCC, was to maintain a face-to-face interaction with people who might have questions.
While still retaining aspects of its predecessor as a hobby shop, Caines World CCC differs from Smallville Comics.
“We’re not focused on brand-new merchandise. We do a lot more online sales.,” Zeferjahn said. “We have a TCG site where we do all of our Pokemon, Magic cards, we post them on there. We do eBay sales, and then Facebook auction groups. I find groups that specialize in things on Facebook, and I find the items that I have and then sell them to those specialty groups.”
Caines World CCC will also help customers sell off their collections and other items.
“We're also focused on consignment sales, where someone has a collection or something that they want to sell that they need money, I will sell it for them,” Zeferjahn said. “Instead of me just going out and buying from them cheap to try and flip it, I will try and sell as much as possible for them to increase what percentage I would get, which also increases how much money they get. So it’s a win-win for both people.”
A major comic book consignment recently fetched $52,000.
Zeferjahn said, they eventually plan to open an online kiosk for people to view their merchandise.
According to Zeferjahn, Caines World CCC currently has in their inventory, close to a million Magic the Gathering cards, 96,000 comics, and 500 Funko Pop! figures. They also have old adult magazines, vintage and antique books, and other collectible action figures in their store.
To stay updated with what Caines World CCC has in stock, follow their Facebook page.
Currently, Caines World CCC located at 2534 N. Main St. in Hutchinson, is softly opened, and their hours of operation are noon to 3 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday.
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