subject: Collectible Animal Figurines Secrets [print this page] We all pamper ourselves with a hobby for relaxation and joy; one such hobby is collecting figurines of animals. Collecting animal figurines is as demanding and expensive as you would like to make it. Of course, there are no rules you need to follow, and being there are no rare animal figurines that are a must in any given collection, it is just simple fun and entertainment for the collector.
Most collectors of animal figurines usually start the hobby without even knowing they are beginning such a collection. Some for example, have lots of animal toys saved from their childhood, perhaps for their own children, whilst other animal lovers start buying animal themed items for the house like bear shaped flower pots, pony cookie jars and so on.
Once a collector admits to his or her passion, they might find themselves giving the animal figurines a place they can be displayed and maintained.
A few collectors out there make this unique hobby more particular, by collecting only certain Swarovski animal figurines, or only bone china porcelain animal figurines or just Lladro animal figurines. This is when the hobby can start to get as expensive as you can afford.
As you might expect, there are numerous categories of animal figurines, like ceramic, porcelain, china, crystal and metal to name only a few. Picking one type to specialize in makes a collector's hobby easier to organize and follow.
Very few collectible animal figurines items are considered rare, and when they are, the figurine is either a particular limited edition, one-of-a-kind piece or a very old antique. Some creators and designers of animal figurines will from time to time issue limited edition pieces, meaning that only so many pieces of that particular figurine exist and will ever be created. Such a piece automatically becomes a collector's item and is more expensive.
Those animal figurines are also considered as collector's items that were part of a famous heritage and they too will be very expensive and hard to acquire.
