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House of Fabergé Eggs
Original Fabergé eggs made for the Romanovs before the Russian Revolution seldom change hands. Today collectors look for the stylized versions of those original eggs.
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Collecting Southern Belle Embroidered Linens
Vintage southern belle embroideries have become very collectible, especially the pillow cases and dresser scarves. Collectors love to layer them for cottage chic appeal.
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Building a Lunchbox Collection
Lunchboxes are a nostalgic reminder of a simpler time. They are a popular, and often inexpensive, collectible. Here is how a new collector can build a collection.
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Barbie the Paper Doll
The iconic fashion doll has an equally stunning history on paper - literally.
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Japanese Netsuke, Collectible Carved Miniatures
Netsuke are highly collectible, prized hand carved art miniatures from 17th century Japan through today, representing a variety of delightful figures, each an original.
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Daruma Dolls
An egg-shaped, eyeless, limbless tumbler doll, the Japanese Daruma doll cannot be knocked down - it simply bounces back, hence it is recognised as a symbol of fortitude.
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The Snow Globe – Magic and Memory in Miniature
Snow globes or domes are highly collectible, ranging from rare art and antiques to chintzy offbeat novelties, all capturing in miniature a moment, item or place in time.
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The Retired Department 56 North Pole Series
The North Pole series from Department 56 is alive and available today - but the original collectors know how beautiful and special the first collectible houses are.
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Barbed Wire Collecting
Barbed wire collectors number in the thousands worldwide. Books and magazines about barbed wire designs are abundant. Collectors meet to swap pieces of barb wire fences.
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Unique Christmas Collectibles for Holiday Decor
A Christmas collectible is a wonderful way to decorate for the season and create traditions that can be passed down. They also make great gifts for family members.
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Collecting Vintage Wedding Theme Paper Dolls
From the 1895 Forbes antique bride paper dolls, to Mod-era bridal party collections, the wedding theme has been popular with little girls and vintage collectors like.
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Collecting Vintage Christmas Themed Paper Dolls
Vintage Christmas Paper Dolls offer dazzling, rich lithographs, and novel, cheerful graphics for ephemera hunters, Christmas fanatics, and paper doll collectors alike.
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Collecting Vintage Halloween Paper Dolls
Vintage Halloween Paper Dolls offer dazzling, rich lithographs, and novel, spooky graphics for ephemera hunters, Halloween fanatics, and paper doll collectors alike.
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Bobblehead Dolls
Since their debut over 150 years ago, bobblehead dolls have remained a popular collectible and gift item, covering a wide variety of themes and subjects.
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The Trivet or Sad-Iron Stand
Collectors looking for vintage and antique trivets will find a large assortment of affordable and fascinating three-footed metal stands available.
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Fiesta Home Decorations
Contemporary and vintage Fiestaware are popular collectibles. Using these colorful dishes to serve or decorate can brighten any home.
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The Tale of the Christmas Nutcracker
For centuries, both children and adults have loved these wooden toys carved like a "misshaped little man" (1) in whose teeth the nutshell opens to reveal its hidden gift.
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Vintage Paper Doll Collecting
Paper dolls have historically been popular when household money was tight. Collectors, however, seek vintage paper dolls for the "joy of the hunt", not the modest price.
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Teddy Bear Collecting
Teddy bears have been collected for fun and financial investment for years. Collectors invest with a variety of strategies in mind.
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Lamp Collection – A Treasure & Pleasure
The light that a lamp emits is a symbol of knowledge, dispelling darkness. They weave their own magic aura irrespective of their form.
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Antiques and Collectibles Defined
While collectibles can often be found in the same places as antiques (flea markets, field sales, antique stores, and shows) they have their own market and following.
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How to Store Old Family Photos
Family photographs, valued as personal, historic, once-in-a-lifetime, one-of-a-kind objects, are well worth the effort to save for posterity or personal enjoyment.
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Collecting Harry Potter Action Figures
A fond memory of re-enacting favourite scenes from a much loved book or movie is often a driving force behind collecting action figures.
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The Early History of Lace and Lace-Making
Made of fine threads of gold, silver, silk, flax, cotton, hairs and other delicate fabrics, lace has been in use for centuries all over the world.
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Antique 100-Drop Telephone Switchboards
Western Telephone Construction Company, Sterling Electric Company and American Electric Company Made 100 and 200-Drop Switch Boards Before 1900
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Popular Camera Cases of the 1930s
A protective carrying case was essential for the photographer of the 1930s. Cases were made in a variety of styles and held a myriad of attachments, accessories and film.
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Military and Commercial Camera Guns of the 1930s
Camera Guns were manufactured in two styles in the 1930s. The hand camera gun was commercial and the airplane gunner training camera was sold for military purposes.
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