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The Age of Nostalgia: How Modern Collectibles are Redefining the Market

What Is It Worth?

A modern collectible is an item that has been produced in recent decades and is sought after by collectors because it has become popular or valuable due to cultural trends. Items that are in pristine condition, with no signs of wear or damage and in original packaging, are usually worth more than those that show signs of age or use.

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The Romance of Victorian Jewelry: Mourning Brooches and Sentimental Keepsakes

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Sold for £1,500 GBP via Sworders (June 2023). For instance, when her husband-to-be, Prince Albert , gifted her an emerald-set snake engagement ring, it initiated a country-wide trend of wearing a snake motif as a symbol of eternal love. Sold for $30 USD via Old Kinderhook Auction Company (December 2023). Auctioneers (May 2023).

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Collecting Early 20th-Century Advertising Trays

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The period from 1900 to around the 1930s represents the golden age of advertising trays when these items were both practical household tools and innovative marketing devices. The most common subject of these paintings was a young woman in fashionable attire, sometimes enjoying the promoted product.

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Gothic Revival: The Dark Elegance of Victorian Furniture

Invaluable

And as society embraced industrial mechanisation, a collection of Victorians spearheaded the belief that the middle-ages were a time of romantic honor and ideals. University arches, Glasgow, Scotland. Photo courtesy of Jim Nix on Flickr. FRENCH GOTHIC REVIVAL VELVET PRIE-DIEU KNEELER.