Thanksgiving Favorites from the Kovels Team

Every family has their Thanksgiving traditions. Some are funny — buying butter shaped like a turkey or recipes of spam casseroles or Jello-mold creations made by our grandmother that are just, well, oddly disturbing today. But we love them because they bring back memories of family times and long-gone loved ones. At Kovels, we want […]

Thankful for Collecting

Dear Lee,  Collectors love the holidays. It is a perfect time for family heirlooms and flea market finds to take their place of honor on dinner tables and mantels or in entryways and yards. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we are starting to pull out our holiday decorations. Did you know that although Thanksgiving […]

Thanksgiving Memories

Traditions are especially meaningful at Thanksgiving, when we pause our hectic schedules to celebrate with family and friends. Here at Kovels, we thought we would share our treasured traditions in hopes they will make you smile and appreciate how memories are stirred by even the smallest items like pie servers or even the shape of […]

A Gift for You – Vintage Thanksgiving Place Cards

Enjoy a special gift from the Kovels — free printable vintage-style place cards for your Thanksgiving table. There are six different festive designs on one sheet. Just download, print, cut, add the names of your guests and fold. Download by clicking here or click on the picture below.

Thank-You, Kovels Readers!   

We at Kovels want to take a moment to thank you, our faithful readers, for continuing to trust us to provide reliable, interesting, new and in-depth information on your collecting passions. We are grateful you allowed us to help you find and learn about old and new treasures. We appreciate each and every one of […]

Let’s Talk Turkey: Thanksgiving Collectibles 

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 […]

Other Holidays

One can never tire of Christmas and Valentine’s Day, but there are other holidays, each inspiring its own range of collectibles. Today collectors look for collectibles from Halloween (candy holders, costumes, masks, decorations, jack-o-lanterns) and Easter (eggs, papier-mâché bunnies, candy containers), as well as Thanksgiving decorations, Fourth of July postcards, and hundreds of other holiday-related […]

Thanksgiving Table Styles

Collectors who are setting a table for Thanksgiving can look to Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel for inspiration. Their plates, glassware, and serving pieces reflect their different collecting styles — and ages — and here are their choices. Terry’s table is traditional. It starts with blue and white porcelain plates in the Floral pattern introduced […]

Tip for Thanksgiving Dinner

To remove candle wax that has dripped on your Thanksgiving tablecloth, first harden the wax by putting a plastic sandwich bag filled with ice on it. Next, scrape off as much as possible with a dull knife or a credit card. Put the tablecloth between two pieces of paper from a brown paper bag and […]

Thanksgiving Decorations

Thanksgiving decorations are popular with collectors today. Figurines, of turkeys and pilgrims and Indians, platters and dishes, candles, candy containers, postcards, even paper plates and tablecloths with holiday scenes, sell at the shows. The first Thanksgiving was in 1621 when the pilgrims had a three day celebration of the harvest. Thanksgiving was not a national […]