England`s West Country has long been a honey pot for collectors and admirers of pottery – in the 1900s souvenir hunters collected those brown and cream jugs from the likes of Watcombe and Aller Vale, bearing strange mottoes in dialect such as ‘Go aisy wi` it now’. No doubt, at […]
Beads, Bobs And Babies – Dolls in The 1920s by Sue Brewer What a time it was! Carefree, sparkling, crazy; the 1920s was a decade for the young. It was fashionable to be youthful, with thin bodies, no busts and long legs ending in strappy-shoes. Parties were held at the […]
From Prim And Proper To Fun And Frolic – Dolls from 1900-1910 by Sue Brewer This was a strange decade; the first few years were overshadowed by the death of Queen Victoria. She died in 1901, after sixty-three years on the throne, and initially people found it hard to adjust […]
Here’s a different theme idea for you “why not concentrate on your favourite era; dolls which capture the essence of the decade, even though they might have been made very recently? My favourite era has to be the 1960s. People say that if you remember the sixties, you weren`t there“ […]
The Twelfth Day of Christmas from the Beano and Dandy collection is one of the latest Christmas editions from Robert Harrop. The piece is being produced in a limited edition of 150 and is available for pre-order in November for delivery in December. Fatty, Smiffy, Erbert and Spotty celebrate the […]
Most people recognise pieces of Szeiler – even if they don’t know what they are. A contradiction in terms? Maybe, but any visit to an antiques centre or collectables fair will result in the sighting of several of these charming pieces nestling quietly amongst brighter ceramic figures, waiting for their […]
This wonderful item appeared at auction in Lincoln in September 2014. It created quite a bit of interest from collectors and it turned out to be a rare colourway the Wade Woodpecker which was designed by Faust Lang. The model is approximately 17cm high. Pictured left: Faust Lang at work – […]
We make no secret that we love the work of Robert Harrop and his design team. We are also fond of a bit of Dr Who. So what could be better than the combination of both. A number of Dr Who models are in production and some have been approved […]
World Collectors Net has featured Jim Beam for many years and for a time we have the very popular Bernie’s Beam Collecting column. If you search Jim Beam on site you can still read the archived columns. This Jim Beam decanter was produced for the 40th Anniversary of Ducks Unlimited and the decanter […]
With Ghostbusters celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year, and a new Ghostbusters film being released in 2016, there is renewed interest in this classic film and we look at some of the collectables and merchandise being released for the event. HotWheels Elite GHOSTBUSTERS ECTO-1 30th Anniversary Edition The Ecto-1 is […]
