Masks

TIKI MASK HAWAIIAN HUT DECOR WOOD HAND CARVED $29.99 Time Left: 1h 51m

African Senegalise Mahogany Mask - Hand Carved Africa $19.95 $29.95 Time Left: 2h

Lovely Lady~AFRICA carved wood MASK NOVICA $41.95 $59.95 Time Left: 2h 39m

HEALER~Peaceful African Carved Wood Mask~Fair Trade ART $33.95 $47.95 Time Left: 2h 40m

SANDEMA WOMAN~Handmade GHANA ART Calabash Mask~AFRICAN $23.95 $32.95 Time Left: 3h 8m

Antique Ivory Coast Warrior Mask (circa 1940) $19.95 (0 Bids) Time Left: 3h 29m

African Mask, from 1995, White Face 13" Tall $70.00 Time Left: 4h 52m

Tribal Mask - Black with Gold Etching $8.00 Time Left: 4h 55m

African Mask, from 1995 Travels, Striking! 13" Tall $70.00 Time Left: 4h 58m

African Mask {Dan tribe, Ivory coast} $60.00 (0 Bids) Time Left: 5h 20m

ASHANTI FUNERAL MASKS~Hand Carved Sculpture~African ART $49.95 $77.95 Time Left: 5h 38m

AFRICAN ART, TRIBAL ART, CARVED WOOD LEGA MASK $150.00 Time Left: 5h 50m

GOD'S GIFT~African Hand-carved MASK~NOVICA Ghana ART $65.05 $92.95 Time Left: 5h 52m

Masks Africa Tribal Wiitch Doctor NICE c1910 Card $6.29 Time Left: 5h 57m

BLACK AFRICAN FACE HANGING WALL MASK UNUSUAL $9.99 (0 Bids) Time Left: 6h 41m

AFRICAN DAN MASK OLD!!!! $40.00 (0 Bids) Time Left: 6h 49m

HAND CARVED AFRICAN WOOD MASK $125.00 (0 Bids) Time Left: 6h 49m

PRIMITIVE AFRICAN WOOD MASK WITH FIBER FACIAL HAIR!! $10.00 (0 Bids) Time Left: 8h 19m

BEAUTIFUL OLD BAULE MASK $150.00 Time Left: 9h 16m

IGBO MAIDEN SPIRIT MASK [very old] $350.00 Time Left: 9h 39m

Housewares and Kitchenware, Militaria, Photographic Images, Lamps, Lighting, Advertising, Furniture, Appliances and Fans and Arcade, Jukeboxes and Pinball are only a few examples to do with the hobby of collecting items. The item commonly called a collectible (or collectable) is typically an item that has been manufactured and designed for individuals to collect. For this reason, they are different from other objects of collections, which could also include natural subjects (e.g., leaves) and items manufactured for reasons other than collecting (such as, photos).

Many things made for other purposes, (for example toys), have become so in demand amongst collectors that they are subsequently directly marketed to that group. The top prices for many olders types of Star Trek figures is an excellent example of this phenomena because the figures were originally meant to be purchased as children's playthings instead of collectibles.

The very first collectibles were included as incentives with other goods, e.g. cigarette cards in cigarette cartons. Popular products started to developed a secondary market and very often turned into the target of collectible craziness. Eventually many collectible pieces came to be available separately, instead of being used as aids to marketing to add to the appeal of other goods.

In order to encourage collecting, product makers most often create an entire series of a given collectible, with every product differentiated in some way. Some examples include tee shirts showing individual Disney characters, or differing designs of Superman figures. Followers will usually try to get together a complete set of the available variations.

The initial types of a product, produced in smaller batches prior to its popularity as a collectible has begun, oftentimes get very high premiums on the secondary market. When it comes down to a mature market, collectibles rarely turn into a spectacular investment.

In a very few cases, a chain of events will occur that result in a subject from a collectible series becoming enormously valuable. These subjects are known as collector's items because of their rarity, and these things have sometimes been valuable enough to be sold for massive amounts of cash. Some unscrupulous people even later make unavailable remainders of such items to cause forced scarcity.

So, whether you're fanatical about collecting Banks, Registers and Vending, Clocks, Decorative Collectibles, Casino or even Wholesale Lots, now you know all there is to know about collectibles.