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Summary: There are lots of valuable Christmas tree ornaments. Learn about the different types of collectible Christmas tree ornaments & decorations in this free video guide to collecting holiday antiques.
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About the Expert
Sue Shea Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19... read more
These are kind of fun wind cycle things, these are early ice cream cones. They come in a variety size, this is like a small medium but they do come in even larger, different colors this has a lot of oxidation and you can see that. The color is faded, where this one is a later ornament that is shiner and not as valuable as this one but still to collect and in a very reasonable price range too. So those are ice cream cones. We have a number of different instruments to show you, these horns they came is different colors, different paint on each one of them, here is another one that is actually white and here is another one, a horn. In the front of these horns I would show you 2 examples; 1 the horn has the middle piece in it and the other the horn, the middle piece is gone and they were supposable you could actually blow on these things and they would play like a regular instrument. So those are another choice that you can collect. Then you have pipes they come in a shape of a pipe, these are kind of fun wind cycle things. They come in different colors and different sizes, different price ranges but fun. Other areas that we can go into collecting might be birds, birds are fairly common they can start from the 1920s up to 1950s,1960s, they still make them today but I think these are rather interesting because they have the spun glass tail which are fun. With one clip, they come in a single clip and they come in a double clip where they have 2 feet, this is the only example that I have here right now but birds are fun things to collect. Then you can find these in many shapes, this is actually a rose it is the shape of a rose and it hangs upside down or it could be found with a clip. A clip meaning that it comes this way and attaches to your tree face up or you can display it this way.