Newbie Collector Invasion? - Collecting Tiki

T tikipedia Member San Diego Joined: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 491	T tikipedia Posted posted on Tue, Aug 8, 2006 10:14 PM Is it just me, or does it seem as if there has been a surge of newbie collectors buying up Tiki on Ebay? It seems that there has recently been (in the past year or so) a lot of Ebayers with relatively low feedback counts, ponying up big bucks to buy even common mugs. For example, I purchsed two Hawaii Kai Moai mugs on Ebay about 2 years ago for $10.00 each. This auction for the same mug is over $60.00. We all know that Tiki has grown considerablly in popularity over the past 5+ years, but this recent surge seems to be particularly acute. It seems like price pressures on even routine stuff.

Is it just me, or does it seem as if there has been a surge of newbie collectors buying up Tiki on Ebay?

It seems that there has recently been (in the past year or so) a lot of Ebayers with relatively low feedback counts, ponying up big bucks to buy even common mugs. For example, I purchsed two Hawaii Kai Moai mugs on Ebay about 2 years ago for $10.00 each. This auction for the same mug is over $60.00.

We all know that Tiki has grown considerablly in popularity over the past 5+ years, but this recent surge seems to be particularly acute. It seems like price pressures on even routine stuff.

Post #247745 by tikipedia on Tue, Aug 8, 2006 10:14 PM