How to Collect Chotchke Souvenirs

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"Have you ever been to the Mount Rushmore monument? I have. It's really cool, you know when you see all the Presidents, four Presidents up there, it's very cool. You know what chotchke's are? Chotchke's. They're things that are souvenirs that they're everywhere and they make a million different Mount Rushmore, they make a million different Washington Monument, they make a million different Statue of Liberty, they make a million different every place that you will visit, when you have two weeks off, in the United States. That's what you want to look for because they are very collectible. These, would be Mount Rushmore chotchke salt shakers, cute huh? These are "made in Japan" items, they still make them. Now when you go to Mount Rushmore you're going to probably find China, "don't go there." China, they're not collectible and you could wait a thousand, million years and China will still not be collectible because they're making so many more than they made of "made in Japan." This is, everything comes in Mount Rushmore. How about a miniature creamer? When you go to Mount Rushmore you will find T-shirts, you will find key chains, you will find everything, with the shapes, the image of Mount Rushmore on it and the older ones will say Japan. So, whether you like Mount Rushmore, whether you go for the Statue of Liberty, who I could do a whole documentary on because I have about forty different Statue of Liberty's, those metal monuments, that's fun topic we'll have to do later. But all of these particular monument items, chotchke's, as I call them, are very collectible, if they say "Japan." So if they don't say Japan, leave them because it means your aunt bought it last week. But if it does say "Japan" go for it and it's still affordable, you could put it away and it's very collectible. These are probably worth maybe fifteen or twenty, for the pair. This, I think, goes with a sugar bowl, which I forgot to bring. So, if it had the sugar bowl with it, twenty for the pair, no sugar bowl, lucky to give it away. But it does have a wonder foil, "Made in Japan" so remember, where you like to be on vacation, if it says Japan, go for it, it's a good keeper. "