Ebony
Visions Investment Market Watch
Thursday, July 18, 2013 6:35 PM
Series Complementary
Pieces Event Exclusives Designs
limited to Annual Production Club
Exclusives
Limited Editions Smart Investments Designs Introduced by Years New Realeases Retiring Designs
Welcome
to the The Collection Shop's Ebony Visions Investment
Market Watch™
provided as a service to our Ebony Visions collectors and
investors in Thomas Blackshear's Art and Collectibles. If part of your interest in Ebony Visions is in
selecting the best designs for investment purposes, this
report provides
valuable tips and information to help maximize your profits
on the secondary market.
In
general, the more limited an Ebony Visions piece is or
the longer it has been
retired, the more valuable it will be. The secondary
market for collectibles is driven
by supply and demand. That's why it's important to pay special
attention to categories that are limited either by a specific
edition size or time period because they will demand a higher
market price and, therefore, a higher return on your investment.
In
the Ebony Visions collection, designs within the following
categories represent the most limited designs and, consequently,
the surest bets in terms of investment:
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Ebony Visions Series
-- Ebony Visions Complementary Pieces
-- Ebony Visions Event Exclusives
-- Ebony Visions Designs Limited to Annual Production
-- Ebony Visions Club Exclusives
-- Ebony Visions Numbered Limited Editions
-- Ebony Visions Smart Investments
-- Ebony Visions Designs Introduced by Years
-- Ebony Visions New Releases
-- Ebony Visions Retiring Designs
The
following descriptions will illustrate why it's important
to select designs from the above categories to maximize your
investment return.
History
has shown that items belonging to a series are deemed
more
valuable by collectors and will carry higher secondary market
values. This is most likely because series are usually
limited
to a certain number of designs, such as the four club-exclusive
designs depicting the seasons, which ended in 2002.
- (1997
-- 2002) Annual Christmas Commemorative Ornaments (Little Blue Wings, On Wings of ----- Praise, Peace On Earth, Joy to the World, A Bright & Morning
Star and the sixth and finally ornament *Heavenly
Peace)
- (2003--2005) Started a new Christmas Ornament Series
beginning with Harmony ,
(Noel - Membership Gift for 2003) , The
Little Shepherd, (The Little Piper 2004 Membership Gift) (Faith Ornament 2005 Membership Gift), Gloria
- (1999--2002) Club Exclusives (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter)
- (2003--2004) brought a new Series for the Blackshear
Circle Club starting with The Enchanted Piper and the final
in this series The
Piper's Magic
- (2005--2007) The begining of a new Membership
series, entitled The Virtues , celebrates the inspiring and vital spiritual gifts:starting with Faith / Hope and ending with Love in 2007.
- Sisters
In Childhood , A
Time to Share , Sister's
in Motherhood and Sisters Forever: In Elder Years brings this series of four to a close.
- (2005) Marks a new series, The Visions of Beauty, beginning with (Evening Rose-Event Only) / Evening Rose / with more to follow.
- (2006--2011) A new six series children Christmas ornament angels, "Comfort & Joy", begins with Bunny Hug , Puppy Love , Deerly Loved , Kitty Cuddle , Loving Lamb, Darling Ducky
| Ebony
Visions COMPLEMENTARY
PIECES |
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Complementary
pieces give collectors an additional reason to want to purchase
a design, which is to create a grouping of designs that are
related by theme. Some examples of complementary pieces
are:
Complementary
pieces share a common theme or design motif, such as The Guardian
and He Hears Our Prayers, for instance, but which are not
pre-determined to be a series. The various designs
(sculptures/plate/bag) that utilize the art created for The
Protector are further examples. Complementary designs may
even represent the continuation of a story, such as Oh No
She Didn't and Oh Yes She Did and The Storyteller and Rite
of Passage.
| Ebony
Visions EVENT
EXCLUSIVES |
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Event
exclusives are very promising because they are only available
for a short period of time, are produced in very limited quantities
and are usually only available at The Blackshear Circle
sponsored events. You should definitely include a few, if
not all, of these items in your collection to increase its
overall value.
The
event exclusives above were available at regional signings,
national promotions,collector shows and exhibitions
(International Collectibles Exposition), local clubs gatherings
and other special Blackshear Circle sponsored events.
| Ebony
Visions LIMITED
TO ANNUAL PRODUCTION |
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Hands
down, the most popular and sought-after piece ever limited
to annual production is Little Blue Wings, the
1997 Annual Christmas Commemorative Ornament. Introduced
in January 1997 at $28.50, production ceased in December
1997.
Some collectors who missed out on Little Blue Wings are now
faced with secondary market prices.
Limited
to annual production means no more pieces will be produced
after the current years' demand has been satisfied. This means
you should obtain all you can while the supplies last!
Ebony Visions Annual Ornaments:
Ebony Visions Other Annuals:
| Ebony
Visions CLUB
EXCLUSIVES |
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For
years the club exclusives have been demanding high prices
on the secondary market. One way to avoid paying these inflated
prices is to join The Blackshear Circle Collectors
Club during the active club year and get all your exclusives
at the special club price. Membership in The Blackshear
Circle provides inside information and purchasing advantages
not otherwise available to avid Ebony Visions collectors.
Please click below to Join https://www.thecollectionshop.com/Blackshear_Circle.asp
There
are many reasons to obtain the members only sculptures for your collection. Not only are
they part of a series, as club exclusives they are produced
in limited quantities and, last but not least, they are absolutely
gorgeous! Adding all these attributes together, you have
quite an investment!
We
also encourage you to pick up some of the other club exclusives
below to add additional value to your collection. Remember
the key words Club Exclusives.
The Wise Man With Gold (2011)(>The fourth in The Nativity series of 5 )
| Ebony
Visions LIMITED
EDITIONS |
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Although
all pieces in the Ebony Visions collection are considered
limited in one respect or another, the majority of Ebony
Visions designs are limited to an average two-year production
run with no initial indication of how many pieces will be
produced.
Technically,
to be considered a true limited edition, the edition size
of a design should be stated up front. This is usually indicated
by a marking on the piece that indicates that it is, just
for an example, number 10 of 2,500 pieces created. The mold
is often broken once all the pieces in the edition have been
produced. Once the entire edition, which in this hypothetical
case is an edition of 2,500, has been produced and sold to
retailers, the edition is closed by Willitts Designs.
The
following Ebony Visions limited editions clearly state
how many pieces were included in the total edition size. We
encourage obtaining all that you can of these pieces because,
of all the designs, they are true limited editions and will
be the crowning glory of your collection in years to come.
Ebony
Visions Legends®
Editions:
Ebony
Visions Graphics:
Ebony
Visions Collector
Plates:
Ebony Visions Figurine Editions:
| Ebony Visions SMART INVESTMENT |
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Because
they were the first designs ever released in the Ebony
Visions collection, the 1995-1996 releases are demanding
extremely high secondary market prices. If you can afford
to purchase these items now, they will most definitely be
a worthwhile investment. If you were lucky enough to obtain
these items at original price, hold on to them for dear life-you
have scored the collectibles investment of a lifetime!
1995:
1996:
| Ebony Visions TIMELESS TRANQUILITY HOME DECOR FIGURINES/PLAQUES |
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An entire new design unfolds with a new collection, Timeless Tranquility which began in 2006.
| Ebony Visions RELEASES 1995 |
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FOR 1995
| Ebony Visions RELEASES 1996 |
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FOR 1996
| Ebony Visions RELEASES 1997 |
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FOR 1997
| Ebony Visions RELEASES 1998 |
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FOR 1998
| Ebony Visions RELEASES 1999 |
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FOR 1999
| Ebony Visions RELEASES 2000 |
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FOR 2000
| Ebony Visions RELEASES 2001 |
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FOR 2001
| Ebony
Visions RELEASES 2002 |
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FOR
2002
| Ebony Visions 2003 RELEASES |
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FOR 2003
| Ebony
Visions 2004 RELEASES |
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FOR
2004 ·
| Ebony Visions 2005 RELEASES |
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FOR 2005
| Ebony Visions 2006 RELEASES |
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FOR 2006
| Ebony Visions NEW 2007 RELEASES |
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FOR 2007
| Ebony Visions NEW 2008 RELEASES |
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FOR 2008
| Ebony Visions NEW 2009 RELEASES |
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FOR 2009
| Ebony Visions NEW 2010 RELEASES |
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FOR 2010
| Ebony Visions NEW 2011 RELEASES |
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FOR 2011
| Ebony Visions NEW 2012 RELEASES |
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FOR 2012
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