Mardi Gras

Show Me Your Mardi Gras Beads Necklace Masked Lady $4.21 Time Left: 21m

Mardi Gras Mask All That Jazz Mens Gold Music Venetian $16.96 Time Left: 28m

1994 J. CLARK PROMOTIONS NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS BINDER $11.95 Time Left: 38m

KREWE OF MUSES PURPLE CHAMPAGNE GLASS MARDI GRAS BEADS $3.99 Time Left: 39m

2010 KREWE OF IRIS CINDERELLA PETER PAN MARDI GRAS CUP $2.50 Time Left: 42m

2010 KREWE OF MORPHEUS CAT IN THE HAT MARDI GRAS CUP $2.50 Time Left: 42m

JESTER CLOWN PORCELAIN MARDI GRAS 12" DOLL $17.05 Time Left: 1h 11m

Dick Clark, Bacchus King 1996 Mardi Gras Doubloon Coin $3.50 Time Left: 1h 34m

hot pink mardi gras gra party beads necklaces lot 144 $18.99 Time Left: 1h 35m

TWO (2) VOODOO DOLLS MG BEADS CROSS MOJO MAGIC (B736) $4.50 Time Left: 1h 38m

GORGEOUS GOLD BEAD SEQUIN APPLE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT $9.99 Time Left: 1h 55m

2 GOLD SILVER BIRDS CLIP ON CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS $5.99 Time Left: 1h 59m

NEW ORLEANS LG. SZ. MARDI GRAS THREE CROWNS PARASOL $36.99 Time Left: 2h 4m

9 FT RIBBON CANDY MINT GARLAND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS $9.99 Time Left: 2h 49m

9 FT CANDY CANE GARLAND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS $6.99 Time Left: 3h

Venetian Mask Mardi Gras Man Masquerade Crimson Samba $12.71 Time Left: 3h 28m

2008 ZULU New Orleans Mardi Gras Coconut Black Glitter $24.00 Time Left: 3h 42m

KREWE OF BACCHUS GRAPE SHAPED FOOTBALL $3.99 Time Left: 3h 48m

97 TWELFTH NIGHT REVELERS SILVER CORDIAL M GRAS FAVOR $45.00 Time Left: 3h 58m

ACADIAN - CAJUN FLAG ----------------------------- L@@K $7.95 Time Left: 3h 59m

Metalware, Disneyana, Postcards and Paper, Holiday, Seasonal, Lamps, Lighting, Science Fiction and Knives, Swords and Blades are only seven examples of the business of collecting items. The thing known as a collectible (or collectable) is most often a manufactured item aimed at individuals to collect. For this reason, they are distinguishable from other objects of collections, which could also include natural things (e.g., leaves) and subjects manufactured for uses other than collecting (for example, items of clothing).

Many items produced for other reasons, (such as toys), became so in demand in the collecting world that they are later directly targeted to that group. The top prices for many older kinds of GI Joe figures is a really good example of this phenomenon since the figures were originally intended to be acquired as children's toys instead of collectibles.

The earliest collectibles were included as part of a package with other goods, e.g. cigarette cards in cigarette cartons. goods that became popular started to see a secondary market and oftentimes became the object of collectible mania. It didn't take long before many collectible pieces came to be available separately, instead of the practice of being used as tools for marketing to add to the appeal of other items.

To encourage collecting, product makers most usually design a complete series of a particular collectible, ensuring that each item is different in some way. Examples include sports cards depicting individual players, or different designs of Snoopy dolls. Zealots will usually try to collect an entire set of the available variations.

The first types of a product, made in smaller batches before its popularity as a collectible has begun, sometimes command very high premiums on the secondary market. In a mature market, collectibles hardly ever prove to be a spectacular investment.

Very occasionally, a chain of events will take place that result in an item from a collectible series becoming extraordinarily valuable. These objects are known as collector's items because of their rarity, and these items have occasionally been worth enough to be marketed for ample amounts of cash. Some collectors even later destroy remainders of such items in order to cause forced scarcity.

So, whether you're fanatical about collecting Pinbacks, Nodders, Lunchboxes, Comics, Breweriana and Beer, Transportation or even Pens and Writing Instruments, now you know all about collectibles.