Welcome Pez preservers, Superheroes hounds, Movie Memorabilia moguls, Barbie Doll delighters, Jewelry junkies, Dinosaur diggers, Star Wars students, Die Cast Vehicle virtuosos, and anyone with a drawer or closet stuffed with stuff. Thanks for bringing your personal interests to CQ, your place to show and share with others your collecting passion.
You are proving many of my peers in the antique business totally wrong. First we heard from them that Ebay would be the death of the sellers’ market, lowering the value of collectibles as more and more items were uploaded for sale. Then came the crash of the Beanie Baby craze – and that we were assured, was the death of all collecting, as many novice collectors/ dealers were caught with vast quantities of the B-B’s, mass produced and declared retired.
The latest pronouncement from the antiques selling community is the lack of collecting by younger folks. That’s because they just want new stuff. Well, gentle readers, collecting is alive and growing and we are here because of your desire to learn and share information on collections, whether new, vintage or antique.
As a youngster I collected sports cards, Cracker Jack trinkets, Hoppy toy guns and a wrist watch, comic books, radio premiums, Lionel trains, and plastic models of cars, airplanes and navy ships. Young girls collected dolls, doll houses full of furniture, stuffed toys, trading cards, 45 records and figurines of dogs and horses. (gee, wish I had my stuff now).
Today my collections are useful or decorative, and sometimes considered over the top. Can you have too many ice buckets? Not me. Sill adding to my Depression glass Modern Tone, cobalt blue dish set? Sure, if the price is right and I don’t have the example already.
I’m accused by friends of having more flatware serving pieces than many good restaurants including a pastry server, cake server, asparagus tongs, sugar cube tongs, olive pincher, grape shears, and cheese shaver. But many were picked up on our antique hunting trips to the South and East coasts and considered souvenirs of those adventures.
We ignored each prophecy of the impending collapse of the collecting market, by selling antiques and collectibles on the web, and even with a down economy, collectibles still sell. Collecting is collecting and when the bug bites early, collections grow. So I salute your efforts in hunting for your next addition and hope your plan is to share your finds with the Collectors’ Quest community. And if you do upgrade or switch your collecting direction, you can now take advantage of the new feature on Collectors’ Quest and offer your extra items for sale on the CQ Marketplace. See the tab at the top.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 PM
I have a salt and pepper collection my Mother started some 70 years ago. I would like to sell some of the more unusual ones. Who could I contact about this.Thank you
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Thank you for your interest in Collectors Quest and reading my article on ? collectibles.
Collectors Quest has recently added a “Market Place”, where our community members can sell their items or purchase from other collectors. One only needs to click on the link above, log in and click “Create a Listing” on the right. Simple walk through instructions will guide you through the process of loading a title, picture and description of your items. Have the pictures, description (including size, age, flaws, manufacturer, country of origin and weight if heavy), selling prices and shipping costs planned ahead of listing for your convenience. Decide if you would consider an offer as an option to your selling price.
Above the “Create a Listing” box is the “How Much Is It Worth” link for an appraisal of your item.
As an alternative for selling a large collection such as yours, might I suggest contacting several antique malls in your area. Many malls have consignment spaces and will work with you on selling your collection. Some malls will prefer to buy your items outright, or can direct you to a known dealer in your type of collection. Please remember this option will result in a sale at wholesale prices.
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Best Regards
The Dean
noegretsantiques@sbcglobal.net
Staff Writer