[78-L] Subject: Re: Collecting vs. 'Investing'

[Cary Ginell]

My father is a big collector of English bone china, especially that with the Shelley brand. He also does repairs on broken collectibles of all kinds (except records). So he likes them from a restorer's point of view, even though he does like the artistic design. At least our here in California, I see no genre distinction regarding the "delicate" collectibles market. 

 

Cary Ginell
 
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:46:16 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Subject: Re: Collecting vs. 'Investing'
> 
> From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> > Having spoken to MANY "collectors" (not only of 78's!),
> > I would estimate that about 99% of them, regardless of
> > what was being collected, were male.!
> 
> I have found that there are very few males who collect glassware, china,
> dolls, fabrics, figurines, and other such items, but many, many, many
> woman who do. If you looked at Hobbies magazine beyond Jim Walsh's
> column you would find that a large percentage of the rest of the
> magazine was devoted to woman's collectibles. When I go to
> antique-oriented markets there often are more women than men there. 
> (Hmmmm, wonder if it might be a good pick-up joint, like they say
> supermarkets are?)
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
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