Collectors Universe Inc.:

The Santa Ana company, which authenticates collectibles such as coins and memorabilia and auctions them off over the Internet, said it lost $55,000 in the fiscal first quarter, compared with net income of $213,000, or 1 cent a share, a year ago. Revenue for the three months ended Oct. 2 more than doubled to $9 million from $4 million. The company completed its initial public stock offering earlier this month.