Jim Shore downsized - Page 2

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

Probably because people today don't buy what I call "Stuff".

I now call it clutter. I got rid of most of mine or have it in boxes. I don't want to clean it every week?

FancyPhillyshopper · ‎05-02-2017

Technically his items have no real value, as they are just copies of originals, and made out of resin.

I agree collectibles have diminishing value, but fine art seems to constantly go up.

Of course, gold has also skyrocketed, so I am glad I did a lot of QVC shopping for jewelry, and not knick-knacks.

AuntMame · ‎10-16-2010

I'm surprised he's still in business and even more surprised that he's still on QVC. Collectibles, known as knicknacks in my day, are no longer in fashion. And older customers are downsizing.

raspberrygal · ‎09-03-2013

He has had a long run. He started in 1990 and got a job at Enesco. Here is a pic of a figurine he did in 1992:

amyb · ‎04-05-2010

@FancyPhillyshopper wrote:

Technically his items have no real value, as they are just copies of originals, and made out of resin.

I agree collectibles have diminishing value, but fine art seems to constantly go up.

Of course, gold has also skyrocketed, so I am glad I did a lot of QVC shopping for jewelry, and not knick-knacks.

No monetary value. I never thought they did. I think most people understood he made the original designs that were replicated, en masse, in resin, who knows where, some factory overseas?

That's why I was very surprised at the prices I saw pulling in on Ebay, at the time I checked...I mean not 1000's but $90's-$150 for relatively medium sized pieces. Maybe it was an anomoly at the time and different even now a few years later.

What was the appeal to people, someone asked...probably not as a valuable collectible..but "whimsy" has appeal, still seems to for some. I like it in small doses, touches, especially around holidays. HomeGoods still sells tons of it. Valerie sells tons of it. Plow & Hearth sells it for the garden. So people still seem to be buying deorative "things."

But yes...JS type knick knack's appeal really seems two generations back, going back to my grandma's house....ah those Hummels....To everything a season, I guess.