posted on June 23, 2004 08:15:43 AM new
Article is called collecting in America.
For a decade, country home as devoted this summer issue to delivering the most authoritative, up-to-date, and inspiring information on antiques and collecting from dealers across the country. This year, we teamed up with Internet auction company ebay to find out the particulars of how america collects. The thousands who took the survey, conducted by A/C/Nielsen, reveal that collecting is more than just a popular -its a way of life.
The article states who we are, what we collect & why, how we collect, our 10th annual top 10.
The top ten are:
Sterling Silver napkin rings, pewter, quilts, lightning rods, vintage Fiesta ware
Vintage cowboy and western toys, vintage jewelry, McCoy pottery, antique French armoires, mid-20th Century home decor, including Emas-Era furniture and lighting.
It also stated that $1,794 is the average amount antiquers spent on their collections in 2003, 66% collectors are female and 5.6 is the average number of different kinds of collections antiquers possess. 64% of collectors with internet access have visited eBay, 82% say eBay makes collecting faster and easier, 72% say eBay helped them find items they couldn't find before, 66% say they've learned more about their collections, thanks to eBay.
