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

[Michael Biel]

From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> 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


Especially up in San Francisco I suppose, not that there is anything
wrong with that.  (You did mean "gender distinction", not "genre
distinction", didn't you?

Mike (apologizing in advance) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
 



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.!

From: mbiel at mbiel.com
 > 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