Let’s Talk Turkey: Thanksgiving Collectibles
Publix grocery stores have sold a pair of 4-inch–high figural salt and pepper shakers of a pilgrim man and woman since 1991. This year the set is called the Encore Edition and sells for $19. Old sets with the box sell for more. This pair was made in 2003; it says so on the bottom. There are even sets that represent their children.
Thanksgiving decorations and memorabilia are not be as popular as Halloween or Christmas, but collectors can find figurines of turkeys, Pilgrims, Indians and cornucopias in ceramic, glass, pottery, paper and wood, as well as platters, dishes, turkey-shaped bowls, salt and pepper shakers, candy containers, postcards and textiles. Advertising and product labels, as well as boxes […]