Easter Collectibles - Eggs Or Greeting Cards
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Faberge crafted his first classic Easter egg,complete with diamonds and rubies, in 1886. Today, less than 60 of the Faberge eggs are known to exist, and most are in museums. The practice of giving colorful, but far less lavish, Easter Eggs persisted in Germany and other European countries into the turn of the 20th century. Many of those of different materials now remain as treasured Easter collectibles. In the US, not only eggs, but Easter greeting cards grew very popular in the early 20th century. Such cards presently rank only behind the holiday cards of Christmas and Halloween in collectibility