Post #101253 by RIBEERGUY on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 9:01 PM

"....but also a proven INVESTMENT."

Being a pretty involved collector for the past 27 years ago in things other than tiki (I helped publish a book on Brewery advertising a few years back, most of our collection is turn of the century to the 1950s), I would like to say that most "limited editions" have never proven to be much of an "investment" if they are specifically made for a collector's market.

Collect "limited editions" if you love em, but don't be fooled that they're going to put your kids through school. It didn't work for beer cans, teddy bears, beanie babies,ball cards, etc. At some point in time, people are going to wake up to the fact that another "limited edition" will be out tomorrow as long as there is a market for it. That's what is called a "trend", which some have found to be pretty profitable. The problem is that at some point in time there becomes a glut in the market for this stuff. Worse yet, people are going to wake up to the fact that this heroine they are being offered never goes away and they burn out from the hobby. Trust me, it's happened with many other collectibles.

That being said, I like some of my Shag stuff, but I like it because it looks great, not because it's going to be worth a lot in the future (It won't).

To be perfectly honest, paying $350 bucks for something that came out last week is ridiculous.

Trust me, invest in something with a little age to, especially if it was originally made to be thrown away, if it's money you're interested in.

Wish I took High School ceramics more seriously. Think of the money I could have made as long as I came up with a fancy name behind it.

Then again, that's only my opinion. Take it for whatever it's worth. That, and $350 bucks will buy ya an expensive cup of coffee in a chalise that may be still hot out of the oven. But as P.T. Barnum once said (although I heard that he never really did say it)......

Greg

Gotta get back to ebay now

Greg