What’s Hot and Not for 2022!

Dear Lee,

It’s that time of year for me to share what will be hot—and what won’t even be warm to the touch!—in 2022.  My list is based on online auction prices and visiting flea markets and antique stores for the last 12 months. Lots of fun stuff to collect!

Here’s the “What’s Hot for 2022.”

What’s Hot!

Copper pots and pans
Modern copper jewelry
Name-brand costume jewelry
Very early Meissen porcelain
Anything by Georg Jensen (silver), L. C. Tiffany (glass, metal, lamps, jewelry), Georg Ohr (pottery)
Photographs by name artists like Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) and Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Neon signs
Early American blown glass flasks
Fashion handbags by Chanel, Judith Lieber, Hermès, etc.
Pedal cars

1930s Oak furniture is coming back—to be repainted

What’s Not Hot!

Limited edition plates
Cut glass (expensive to pack and ship, easy to chip)
1930s and newer sets of dinner dishes
Royal Doulton character mugs and toby jugs
Silver-plated tableware and even large trays and serving pieces
French provincial furniture reproductions
Matched sets of furniture for the living room, sofas, chairs, tables
Haviland dinnerware decorated with flowers
Necklaces of graduated pearls

Happy New Year and Happy Collecting!