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Name a collectible, other than coins or Beanie Babies, that was once, but is not now, popular.

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I'll start: Beer cans. Popular as a collectible in the mid-1970's. Market crashed after excessive new issues by the various beer companies.
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  • CoindexterCoindexter Posts: 1,074
    Coins aren't popular? You're kidding, right?
  • CoindexterCoindexter Posts: 1,074
    Oh, and POGS come to mind.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
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  • aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
    Baseball cards (started collecting these when I was very young, most came from my uncle)
    Comic Books (traded up from baseball cards to comic books in the mid 1980's)
    Cabbage Patch Dolls (my cousin collected these)

    Thanks
  • AU58WALKERSAU58WALKERS Posts: 3,562 ✭
    match book covers
    foutain pens
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
    stamps---still popular but not as poplular as they were at one time.

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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    My wife's and kids' collecting direction.....classic furbies.

    Beer cans were fun. I did them and dabble now and then in open OI flat tops. That hobby got destroyed by saturating opportunistic breweries as you say but also a lot of deceptive folks doctoring cans, buying up flats and rolling their own mint cans, ....
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  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634
    I haven't seen any adds for collector plates for a long time. But thay may still have a following????
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  • rgwillrgwill Posts: 672
    Zippo lighters!
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,550 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>stamps---still popular but not as poplular as they were at one time. >>



    The combination of "self-sticks" and too many new issues seems to have really killed the "joe average" stamp market. The very high end of the market remains strong.
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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    its funny, i used to read comics, then i collected them, sold them, etc. I lost interest when they kept raising the cover prices and went with gimmicks, foil covers, holograms. Same thing happened with baseball cards. They flooded the market and now its all gimmicks and inserts. The perfect way to ruin the hobby for the average collector, that and plastic slabs. image
  • jdsinvajdsinva Posts: 1,508 ✭
    Those pokemon cards, a few years back all the kids had to have them now I don'[t hear a peep about them. . .
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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭
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  • WhizzardWhizzard Posts: 955


    << <i>Those pokemon cards, a few years back all the kids had to have them now I don'[t hear a peep about them. . . >>



    And after Pokemon there was Yu-Gi Oh cards, my son still has a pile of those laying under his bed.
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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd bet a number of those areas mentioned still have a very loyal following where the prices may be higher than we think.

    Collectibles that once vanished often have a way of coming back again....after most get discarded to dwindle the supply once again.
    Those cabbage patches will probably resurge when their once kid owners hit the 35-50 year old point. Wonder how many of those still exist untouched in their orig boxes? But Barbies still rule.

    At the present time it seems anything produced more than 10 years ago is a collectible, is under some demand, and is being promoted somehow as an investment or future heirloom.

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  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    No one here has mentioned this one yet:

    PEZ dispensers
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  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    Licence plates.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    What Kathy collects, Barbie Dolls! The prices on these went the same way as beanie babies...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • rsdoug81rsdoug81 Posts: 682 ✭✭
    I have have an entire collection of 19th century silver spoons that were passed along to me. I keep them, but the aren't nearly as valuable to me as my coins. Like others, I also went through the baseball card and stamp phases.
  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    Cabbage Patch Kids.
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    Comics still have a loyal following but the add on gimmicks have taken their toll.

    Price increases have not helped either.


    I work with the Michigan State Univ. comic collection (2nd in size next to the Smithsonian) entering cataloging data into the computer
    system. Handling them on a daily basis is fun. There are so many superhero characters these days that it is hard to keep up
    with them all, with the older comics it is interesting to see the price increases over the years as printed on the covers.

    We have quite a few people interested in the collection either reading just for fun or doing research projects of various kinds.
  • SmallTownCoinsSmallTownCoins Posts: 688 ✭✭


    << <i>No one here has mentioned this one yet:

    PEZ dispensers >>




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  • SunnywoodSunnywood Posts: 2,683 ✭
    Wow so I really get the honor of being the first to mention the CLASSIC example?

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know what the price of vintage and truly collectible early Barbies or Baseball cards are but I'd bet they are doing very well.
    Early vintage stamps as well. Anyone know the price of the inverted air mail issue?

    The modern Barbie market (ie newer junk) or modern baseball cards
    (1980's, and esp. 1990's and later) is no different than any other modern market where eventually supply runs over demand and things collapse. I'm not a big fan of any modern collectibles as a rule. Modern stuff can be a passing fancy. But the right stuff will always be the right stuff.

    Duck decoys, pistols, sports memorbilia, Levies from the 1800's, etc. will always have their demand. And a tiny portion of the modern stuff will be picked up for inclusion. Beannie babies? Doubt those will ever be back, but you never know.

    How about pet rocks?

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  • MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    Snow Babies, Campbell's Soup Yearly Christmas Ornaments, Franklin Mint Products (including their bullion coins and also things like model cars and stuff), beer cans, water bongs, pokemon stuff, postcards ummm..... that's all I can think of.
  • MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    Oh yeah, souvineer ashtrays.
  • rsdoug81rsdoug81 Posts: 682 ✭✭
    Hot Wheels!

    Another thing that surprised me was vintage fishing lures. I have a friend that sells them on ebay and does very well. Depending on size and color varieties, some lures can bring strong prices. Some of his have brought $500+.
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I *wish* coins were not now popular. I might be able to get some nice stuff for less than Mars money.
  • ttxpttxp Posts: 576
    Troll Dolls, those things with the funky hair.

    Then of course there is the always present "Carol Rule," for example, if I buy silver or gold, everyone else is selling as the market is crashing. If I sell either, the market is about to take off.

    Thus, anything I collect because its a sure thing as a hot and desirable collectable will have the market fall to pieces shortly thereafter.
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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Hot Wheels were hot as recently as the late 90's but have died down a lot, there is still some following, especially for the "Treasure Hunt" cars.

    Baseball Cards have died off recently, the market was flooded and manufacturers had too many inserts, different sets, etc. coming to market.

    Magic the Gathering is also dead, though I think there is still a following for those as well.
  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭


    << <i>Wow so I really get the honor of being the first to mention the CLASSIC example?

    *** TULIP BULBS ***

    Best,
    Sunnywood >>



    I believe the tulip craze in Holland was more of a speculative commodity issue than a collectable issue,
  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    Hummel figures - I hope they come back into the hot market since my mom has a bunch of 'em.

    Star Wars figures - the original ones. They'll be hot again someday when the newer issues fade away.

    Comics and 70's-present sports cards. I know there are exceptions, but most are worth very little at present from what I've seen.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are Jim Beam decanters in much demand? I recall they were a hot item in the late 60's.
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  • joeyukjoeyuk Posts: 3,282
    I inherited a bunch of toy guns I'll be needing to find the value on. Metal ones from late 1800's to
    mint in box stuff from the 1960's.
  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    Old bottles and war medals.
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  • TarmacTarmac Posts: 394 ✭
    I am surprised no one mentioned the Silver Bar craze of the 1970s. Everyone was collecting these things and 'market makers' were defrauding collectors all along. As quickly as it came the market died and bars going for several hundred dollars dropped down to melt.

    I am surprised no one mentioned Franklin Mint 'collector sets'. I think they produced a collector set for every event, holiday and person who had 15 min. of fame.

    Wonderful thread!
  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    How's the market for Barf Bags these days?
  • 66RB66RB Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭
    Yo-Yo's?

    I remember back in High School, everybody had to have Yo-Yo's, Duncan Butterfly, etc...

    There was one kid who had all of the Yo-Yo's, I believe he even spent over $100 on a couple of his Yo-Yo's.
    And he was really good! He did all of these crazy tricks, and he thereafter referred to as Yo-Yo Master.

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  • cullenbryantcullenbryant Posts: 1,794


    << <i>Those paintings by that artist Thomas Kinkaid >>



    Funny side note on Thomas Kincaide who called himself the "painter of light"
    there's another painter who spun off doing the same thing. Jesse Barnes
    and he/she calls themselves the "light painter"

  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭


    << <i>T

    I originally was going to say Modern coins but i won't be around to enjoy the party! >>




    I doubt that there ever will be a party

    MBT
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Beer cans and silver bars.

    I still have half of a six pack of Billy Beer. I found these 20 years ago in the back of a cooler in the freezer section in a one horse town gas station. I'm sure the beer was/is super skunky, but I'd love to know if they're worth anything today.

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  • ResRes Posts: 1,086


    << <i>Beer cans and silver bars.

    I still have half of a six pack of Billy Beer. I found these 20 years ago in the back of a cooler in the freezer section in a one horse town gas station. I'm sure the beer was/is super skunky, but I'd love to know if they're worth anything today. >>



    I don't know the veracity of what's wrtten here, but here is one web site that has an opinion on the worth of Billy Beer. Billy Beer Value
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭


    << <i>Those paintings by that artist Thomas Kinkaid (the one who has stores in the malls). I hear those are worth cents on the dollar.

    I originally was going to say Modern coins but i won't be around to enjoy the party! >>



    Here's a neat link of Kincade spoofs. Awful Thomas Kincade They have another one at that site too.
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    stamps
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i><< Beer cans and silver bars.

    I still have half of a six pack of Billy Beer. I found these 20 years ago in the back of a cooler in the freezer section in a one horse town gas station. I'm sure the beer was/is super skunky, but I'd love to know if they're worth anything today. >>

    I don't know the veracity of what's wrtten here, but here is one web site that has an opinion on the worth of Billy Beer. Billy Beer Value >>


    Thanks Res for the information. And all this time I thought I was sitting on a gold mine. image

    I guess I'll be throwing them out now.

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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    pogs

    dame edna collectibles

    tulip bulbs from holland

    monica lewinsky boggleheads

    coo coo clocks that when the bird comes out it says cuckold cuckold instead of coo coo coo coo

  • WhizzardWhizzard Posts: 955


    << <i>I *wish* coins were not now popular. I might be able to get some nice stuff for less than Mars money. >>



    I'll second that.
    What do you think, Mr. Bigglesworth?
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