Antique Christmas Collectibles: Alternative Investments worth One's Buck
Antique Christmas Collectibles are fast becoming alternative investments worth one's while. 2006 saw a number of alternative investments, mostly including fine antique Christmas collectibles, soar in value, while the values of more "common" alternative investments, like paintings, stayed stuck.
Antique Christmas collectibles, aside from just being investments, make quite wonderful Christmas presents, and picking them isn't exactly a bad idea.
Here are some antique Christmas collectibles one may want to get should one happen to come across them.
Modern First-Edition Books Antique Christmas Collectibles
Broadly covering antique Christmas collectibles published between 1900 and 1995, modern first edition books stand to be among the best of antique Christmas collectibles to give to loved ones in celebration of the Christmas season.
A present couldn't get any more personal than a first printing book, which is most likely an author's personal favorite. Technically, a first edition book isn't exactly the first book published, but is rather the first run of a book. Most antique Christmas collectibles falling in the first-edition books, are quite valuable, as the initial print runs for on-the-rise writers are usually low, with these books quite scarce.
To be able to identify a real-deal first edition book, look for a single date indication on the book's title page. Should you be seeing a date followed by a "republished" line, or "second impression", that isn't exactly a first edition book.
Condition should also be considered, as this actually determines the book's value as antique Christmas collectibles. Books by Philip Pullman, Graham Greene, Agatha Christie, AA Milne, JRR Tolkien, Henry Williamson, PD James, Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming, are among the more popular collectible books, not necessarily falling in the antique Christmas collectibles category.
Minton Majolica Antique Christmas Collectibles
Majolica is a type of earthenware introduced by Thomas Minton when he founded his firm in 1793. It was introduced into the Western world in the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Place in London in 1851, and these items stand as some of the most popular of antique Christmas collectibles, though not strictly the most "Christmas based" of antique items, they stand to be among the most popular of Christmas presents.
A lot of people are under the impression that getting a Majolica would have to take quite a fortune, but one can still pick Majolica pieces at reasonable prices in antique auctions.
The two abovementioned items are simply samples of antique Christmas collectibles, perfect as Christmas presents, perfect for the season. There are more out there, with these two as just examples.
