Thimble Collector
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This article is about thimble collecting, and
focuses mainly on the different places one may be able to find thimbles
for trade, buy or sell, and where one could find others who are
interested in thimble collecting.
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Thimbles
The diehard thimble collector takes his hobby and
collection quite serious – just as serious as the baseball card
collector, motorcycle enthusiast or guitar fan considers their hobbies.
While it may be classified as one of the lesser known markets out there,
thimble collecting is just as old as any other hobby.
Thimble collectors spend a good amount
of time going to trade shows or conventions, just as anybody would do
with any passionate hobby they may have. Here you can talk with others
about similar interests, trade, buy or sell thimbles. You can even
browse other people’s collections that are not for sale – a diehard
thimble enthusiast has simply taken their own free time to pack up their
own collection, bring it somewhere else, set it up and let you and
dozens if not hundreds of other people look at it. After that they take
the setup back down, pack it all up and transport it home, just to do it
all over again.
Something like this takes passion and a
certain love for whatever it may be that you are collecting – and
thimble enthusiasts definitely have passion. You can browse the internet
in search of websites that specifically deal in thimble collecting and
possibly even thimble selling or buying. One can often find discussion
forums or bulletin boards where you can talk with others from all around
the nation (or world, for that matter) about your similar interests in
thimble collecting. You can even set up a trade or a thimble purchase
with somebody from the complete opposite side of the world! Imagine what
great, fun and collectible thimbles you might run into when you have
such open access to markets from all over the world.
Thimbles come in all shapes, sizes,
varieties and materials, as the serious thimble collector already knows,
and they have been used for ages. Many of us are familiar with the old
tin or maybe even plastic thimbles we have seen used by our mother or
grandmother when were younger – and although many have gotten their
first thimble and start in thimble collecting from a parent of grand
parent, there are indeed many more types of thimbles than those plain
old pieces. For example some could be made of copper, wood, iron,
plastic, glass or ivory, just to name a few. You can even find
luxurious, expensive thimbles made out of jade or other precious, rare
stones.