Tips for Buying Reproduction Christmas Figures

Video Transcript

"So when collecting your holiday collectibles one of the things to consider when you're buying lots of, people it doesn't matter if it's an older collectible or if it's a reproduction. But some of the price ranges can vary quite a bit I don't have an example of an old Bellsnickle but this is what a Bellsnickle would look like. This is a reproduction of a Bellsnickle, big difference between the old and the new. This is a new one from Germany they call it old stock. They put Germany on it and it's not old it can be really deceiving you can look at it, it's pretty obvious there's no where but this is a light composition. It's nothing at all like the old and when you get into buying Bellsnickles you'll find that they're very expensive, an original Bellsnickle this size can cost you $500-$700. So big difference between one of these which is a reproduction which will cost you $25-$30 as oppose to the real thing. Which is $500-$700 so be very careful when you're thinking about collecting some of these santas the older santas, I wish I had an example to show you here today but I don't. Bellsnickle could be a great collectible area but you really need to do your homework look around and research a little bit before you start to buy these cause they are as many reproductions or a lot more reproductions and there are old ones, so I would highly recommend that you do some studying before you start to collect some of those areas like Bellsnickles that are really expensive."