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Why collect? Well, if you love "the hunt", if you enjoy the thrill of discovery, and if you like to surround yourself with things that make you happy, then you've got what it takes to become a collector! And in this economically unstable world, many investors are focusing their dollars on antiques and collectibles because they know these pieces always gain value over time.
Where can you find the antiques and collectibles to make your collection or furnish your period home? Everywhere from your grandmother's attic and tag sales to antique shops and online venues. This lens will introduce you to some of the fun worlds of collecting!
Almost anything and everything is collected, as you can see by the wide variety of lenses in my Collector Clubs group. Once you zero in on your favorites, you can refer to my Fooled By Fakes lens to make sure you don't invest your money in any of the fakes, reproductions or fantasy pieces you may find on the market.
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Completely contrary to the sound of its name, Depression Glass is quite beautiful and the colors you can find it in are almost unending. The name simply stems from the time period during which it was manufactured - from the early 1920s until the end of World War II, which spans the Depression Era and then some.
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Vanity sets were very commonplace in the Victorian era, and, whether a large or small set, a hair receiver was usually one of the components. Mostly round in shape but sometimes square as well, hair receivers are easily identified by their center lid hole where one or two fingers could poke combed hair into the receiver underneath.
Considered collectibles today, in Victorian times and even as late as the 1950s, hair receivers had a far more practical application. A daily ritual of vigorous hair brushing left quite a bit of hair in women's combs and brushes, and this hair would be removed and pushed through the opening of the hair receiver. When enough hair was collected, women could then use the tangled balls of hair to make ratts (also spelled "rats") by sewing this hair into a small sheer net. Because the use of any makeup beyond a touch of face powder could give a woman the disgraceful reputation of being a "painted lady", a lot of effort went into designing attention-getting hairstyles - this included what we would call "big hair", large, full updos made possible by tucking balls of hair (salvaged from hair receivers) into various areas of the hairdo.
There were other uses for this collection of hair, too: hair was sometimes used instead of feathers as stuffing for small pillows or pincushions, it could be sold to make wigs, and some believe this hair could also be used to make hair jewelry, though other experts feel that the tangled hair was not the source, but rather combed hair would be cut deliberately to make this type of jewelry.
You can find hair receivers made from a number of different materials, including porcelain, celluloid, wood, metal, and glass. They can be footed or sit flat on the dresser and they can come from various countries, including Japan. The prices for these collectible pieces can range from under $10 up to well over $100 for fine antique examples.
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Silver_Lotus
Another great one - 5 stars! Antique and Vintage Mexican Silver Posted June 14, 2008 |
| Bellwood-Antiques
I think that I 've got a long way to go but I will try to do the best I can keep up the great lens developement. I gave you a 5 star and I will keep watching Posted May 16, 2008 |
| ElizabethJeanAllen
I collect a lot of things, but I never thought of collecting postcards. Posted April 17, 2008 |
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