Collecting Antique Trunks

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Any shrink can tell what kind of a man you are, by the baggage you keep. But the kind of baggage I’m referring to is the luggage any bellman knows like the back of his hand.

Collecting antique trunks is interesting. You remember an era where families send off their kids to boarding schools and had them take antique trunks with them. Stuffed with books, sweaters etc.

Antique trunks have different styles namely; flat top trunks(steamer trunks are also known as flat top trunks), dome top trunks(also known as camel back trunks or humpback trunks), half or hat trunks, Jenny Lind trunks(peep into the keyhole and see a figure”8” or hourglass shape),oak slat trunks(considered the most rare trunks today),doll trunks ,specialty trunks(for musical instruments ,costumes and make up),pyramidal trunks, wardrobe trunks( characteristically has drawers on one end and a hanging space on the other end) and wall trunks.

If you can spot initials “LV” anywhere in your vintage trunk, then you can be sure you have a treasure in your hands. Louis Vuitton vintage trunks fetch in top dollars. If you have the original keys, tags or label all the more the prices go up.

It is known that a wide selection of vintage trunks can be seen at flea markets in London and Paris such as vintage Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Goyard antique trunks from the 1920s to 1950s.

Especially authentic steamer trunks, you can see and feel they are marvels of craftsmanship. They are engineered to be portable homes. From an outside view antique steamer trunks could be seen as nothing more than beautiful boxes.

Open them up however and a different world reappears. Its features, ran from a foldout ironing board(complete with an iron and built in laundry bag and a shoe case. You can even customize it to fit your laptop, tv, Bose speakers even you vintage martini shaker.

Nobody packs for the journey anymore, now we pack for the trip. If you want to wax nostalgic collecting antique trunks is it.


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Collecting Vintage Drums

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Collecting vintage drums have gain more and more popularity among the drumming community and collectors alike.

Percussion enthusiasts only know how fun it is to beat to the rhythm of your favorite music. But I can’t say the same for the next door neighbor of drummer Dave and bongo Bob.

For a vintage drum to be collectible it doesn’t have to be rare( albeit an important factor). Black Beauties are rare also a collectible, but Radio Kings are not rare but it is also a collectible.

It depends on your interests if you want to collect a whole vintage drums set or separately buy the parts like vintage ride cymbals, vintage crash cymbals, vintage hi-hat cymbals, vintage drum stands, vintage drum thrones, vintage drum pedals , vintage drum rims, vintage drum mounts, single vintage snare drums, vintage bass drums and vintage toms.

Before buying vintage drum set check if there are scratches, hairline cracks, scuffs, patch up jobs, gouges stains, dings, dents, defacements, rust, pitting, spongy, caved in and bulged out areas or any other peripheral signs of wear and tear.

Check if there’s any signs of modification and make sure all parts are original. Originality in condition increases the value of the vintage drum set if you considering reselling it in the future.

Determine the overall tone quality of the vintage drums, make sure it resonate properly. Check out forums and talk to musicians and vintage drum collectors if you want to increase your knowledge about the subject.

Drums manufactured between the 1920’s to 1960’s such as Gretsch, Pearl, Slingerland vintage drums are the most sought after.Rarity, historic significance (like the Ludwig drum set Ringgo Starr used when The Beatles made their first appearance to the American audience in the Ed Sullivan show), preservation of originality and of course the marketplace trends makes a vintage drum set collectible.

It’s always the that market drives the values. Again it all goes back to the supply and demand theory of economics. It’s also true of collecting vintage drum set as with any other collection.

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