Collectibles/Collecting

just wonder · ‎03-09-2010

Well, I guess I'm showing my age, but there are a couple rants under TSV and talking about the fairy lights ranting on about all us retired folks getting rid of all our junk and how collecting is out of vogue, etc. Well, it is because it is harder and harder to walk into stores and purchase collectibles, but I still enjoy my Cherished Teddies and Boyds Bears that are in my curio cabinet and am so glad I collected them when they were readily available. This definitely is a bygone hobby, but I loved it and am in no hurry to send to Goodwill, etc. Now I'm loving the beautiful items by Jim Shore; he is so talented and I am thankful QVC is offering his beautiful work. I guess to each his own, but I don't consider this stuff "junk". Just wondering if anyone else out there feels as I do?

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

I'm in an entirely different boat. Not me as the collector, but my husband. He is a huge sports collector. Mainly about objects being autographed. He has a Reggie Jackson signed shirt, a Lawrence Taylor one too....many along those lines. Sooooo many signed baseballs and bats. He's saved so much from his childhood. Still has his Tony the Pony mechanical horse from early 1960's. He has Hollywood stars that signed stuff, like Barbara Eden on an authentic genie bottle. He also a has a comic book collection that him and his brother have been doing since there were 10 years old. About 65,000 comics. They just keep it going to keep the collection going. I will admit, most of it is pretty cool but sometimes it's just too much.

Winter Holiday · ‎06-15-2016

I collect Christmas themed Christopher Radko ornaments. I love decorating for holidays. I almost always choose a decoration for any holiday as a gift to myself. Yes I collect. I am younger than 50. I agree that millenials aren't as interested in collecting they spend their money on going out and restaurants. I know I'm an anomaly when it comes to my age demographic especially where Radko's are concerned. Most people in my range have never heard of them. I collect and it makes me happy. My stuff makes me happy and it is not junk.

Boyds Bears and Jim Shore are definitely not junk. It really makes me sad that people don't even know about these quality brands either as they are used to being exposed to cheap decor or sadly have no interest in it.

Group 5 minus 1 · ‎03-11-2010

I see so many of these things at Goodwill. But if you like them than you should collect them.

I keep on dancin'

Fona · ‎11-16-2011

@just wonder wrote:
Well, I guess I'm showing my age, but there are a couple rants under TSV and talking about the fairy lights ranting on about all us retired folks getting rid of all our junk and how collecting is out of vogue, etc. Well, it is because it is harder and harder to walk into stores and purchase collectibles, but I still enjoy my Cherished Teddies and Boyds Bears that are in my curio cabinet and am so glad I collected them when they were readily available. This definitely is a bygone hobby, but I loved it and am in no hurry to send to Goodwill, etc. Now I'm loving the beautiful items by Jim Shore; he is so talented and I am thankful QVC is offering his beautiful work. I guess to each his own, but I don't consider this stuff "junk". Just wondering if anyone else out there feels as I do?

catch8: Just as a matter of interest, I was very surprised to find that our Macy's were selling some Jim Shore collectibles last Christmas in their Christmas decorations department. Unfortunately, the one little Jim Shore ornament I wanted to buy was damaged and they didn't have another one, but they had a nice selection. I don't know if they will be there this year but - if you are near a Macy's - you might be interested in checking.

Gardengal55 · ‎01-05-2011

I have sooo many collections---snowmen, Precious Moments, Capodimonte, Cardinals, Lenox-- and have no one in the family who wants them. Collectibles/collecting as we know them are a thing of the past I think.. Since I am downsizing I have given away/sold about 2/3 of my snowmen. My husband can't believe it. I am going to go on some local sale websites and try to sell some of the other things. I am not giving up my cardinals, though. In fact I just bought the CIJ Plow&Hearth cardinal stool and have my eye on the 16" resin slim Christmas tree with the cardinals. I have shown great restraint over the past couple years. I think I may have my collectible addiction beat.....But, they gave me great pleasure over the decades.

mousiegirl · ‎03-09-2010

@just wonder wrote:
Well, I guess I'm showing my age, but there are a couple rants under TSV and talking about the fairy lights ranting on about all us retired folks getting rid of all our junk and how collecting is out of vogue, etc. Well, it is because it is harder and harder to walk into stores and purchase collectibles, but I still enjoy my Cherished Teddies and Boyds Bears that are in my curio cabinet and am so glad I collected them when they were readily available. This definitely is a bygone hobby, but I loved it and am in no hurry to send to Goodwill, etc. Now I'm loving the beautiful items by Jim Shore; he is so talented and I am thankful QVC is offering his beautiful work. I guess to each his own, but I don't consider this stuff "junk". Just wondering if anyone else out there feels as I do?

@just wonder I have many collections, and as long as they make me happy, they aren't going anywhere. Most were bought decades ago, except that I add to my Jim Shore collection when I see a piece I love, also Charming Tails, love these sweet, funny characters.

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

I have several Lladro and Waterford pieces that I will never give up. Hummels, that I inherited from my mother, are a different story. Will donate them at some point.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

@just wonderAlthough I am not collecting more things, what I still have and enjoy, I do not consider junk. I just don't want to add to any of my collections, so I content myself with rearranging, sometimes putting items away for a year or two even so that old becomes new enough to me to maintain my joy.

Last year I did consign a few pieces that I hadn't displayed for a very long time and now I can barely remember what they were. Obviously it was good to pass them on, and since no family wanted them, selling was perfect - a bit of money for me and for the charities doing the selling.

Mary Bailey · ‎03-09-2010

My collection is "It's A Wonderful Life" items. I have autographs, various version/releases of the movie, ornaments and books. I love that movie (I think I'll watch it this weekend). I know no one else wants any of it. For my time on this earth, it makes me happy and I will keep it.

Other collections, not so much....it has all been donated.