“AREN’T THESE CHARMS, SPOONS, & BELLS SOUVENIR BUILDINGS, TOO?” asked Bob Kneisel in the Spring 2003 edition of The Souvenir Building Collector. He wrote:
“To many souvenir building collectors, charms in the shape of buildings are not, well … very charming. So size does matter! Many collectors draw the line at miniatures smaller than an inch or so high, and casually dismiss charms as nano-buildings (an aside here – in 2003 not many of us had yet included ‘nano’ in our vocabulary). But many other collectors accept (dare we say “seek”) these most miniature of buildings.
Here are a few reasons why:
- Charms can have great detail
- Charms are the only 3D versions of many buildings
- Some charms are big, for their size
- Charms are cheap
- Charms don’t take up much room
- Charms may be the only building you find at a swap meet …..”
Bob’s article went on to describe charms singularly and those that have been placed on the handle end of spoons or those that serve as handles on bells.
His Listomania Categories with some examples:
Click here to view Bob K’s 2003 Listomania.
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Hi Donna:
This is terrific. Thanks for posting it. I’m going to check out my collection of souvenir spoons to see how many I can add to the list.
I’ve also posted a notice on our SBCS Facebook page to again remind folks to sign up as a “follower” to get their own notices whenever there is something new on the website.
Thanks,
Joe