Posts Tagged ‘collectibles’

Why Do People Collect Stuff

Surely, most people (if not all), have had something that they started collecting for a long period of time. People usually collect meaningful stuff or those that hold their interest for a long while. Collectibles can range from free stuff like leaves, rocks, shells, stamps, and bottle caps, to those that cost money like action [...]

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Saloon Tokens — The Original Wooden Nickels

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Saloon tokens are sought-after collectibles and hold a solid market in the coin-collecting world. Token-collecting is a subset of monetary coin-collecting and has an avid following among history buffs, collectors of American Western memorabilia, and token and coin collectors.
Saloon tokens were used from the 1880s to the late teens when [...]

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How Much Could Your Glassware Be Worth?

It is not uncommon for people to collect vast amounts of glassware that usually gets shoved into every spare available space in the house and garden shed. However, whenever somebody comes round to visit, they pull out the same old set of wine glasses or whisky glasses that they always use. You might think that [...]

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Germany’s Pink Pigs

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Pink Pigs figurines were originally made in Germany around the turn of the century. They were made to sell as souvenirs in train depots, amusement parks and gift shops. The most valuable are action pigs, which are pigs involved in some amusing activity. Prices for these collectibles [...]

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Vaseline Glass and Uranium Glass

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Vaseline Glass is a form of uranium glass which is yellow-green in color. Vaseline glass is made by adding 2% uranium dioxide to the ingredients when the glass formula is made, turning the glass yellow-green. Uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, is added to a glass mix prior [...]

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