goods company . for the former railway station see bradford interchange . the bradford exchange type private industry direct to consumer marketing founded 1973 founder j. roderick macarthur headquarters niles illinois key people richard tinberg ceo number of employees 500 website www.bradfordexchange.com the bradford exchange is a producer and marketer 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 company sells its products through its website direct mail and media advertising . 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 hamilton collection and hawthorne village . internationally they have a presence in canada australia new zealand germany switzerland austria france italy sweden ireland and the netherlands . under the ashton drake galleries name they have sold dolls like gene marshall and blythe as well as reborn dolls . references edit the genius behind the founding of the bradford exchange company pr article the history of the bradford exchange company pr article external links edit the bradford exchange official website this doll related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a toy company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bradford exchange & oldid 692066469 categories companies established in 1973collectingniles illinoiscompanies based in cook county illinoisdoll manufacturing companiescoin retailerstoy companies of the united statesdoll stubstoy company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 23 november 2015 at 17 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view