A collectible (or collectable) is a manufactured item designed for people to collect. Collectibles are specifically created for the purpose of collecting. In this respect, they are distinguishable from other subjects of collections, which may also include natural objects (e.g., butterflies) and objects manufactured for purposes other than collecting (e.g., stamps). However, sometimes objects designed for other purposes, such as toys, become so popular among collectors that they are later marketed specifically to that audience. Star Wars action figures are a good example of this phenomenon.
The earliest collectibles were included as incentives with other products, such as cigarette cards in packs of cigarettes. Popular items developed a secondary market and sometimes became the subject of "collectible crazes". Eventually many collectible items came to be sold separately, instead of being used as marketing tools to increase the appeal of other products.
To encourage collecting, manufacturers often create an entire series of a given collectible, with each item differentiated in some fashion. Examples include sports cards depicting individual players, or different designs of beanie baby. Enthusiasts will often try to assemble a complete set of the available variations.
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Bodyline Books - Listings of rare, antique and out-of-print cricket books. Also offering memorabilia items of Test Match scorecards, postcards, prints and autographed material.
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Cricket Bits - Offers gifts, souvenirs, and memorabilia.
Meta Description: [ Cricketbits - Shop online for cricket gifts, souvenirs, ties, pictures, figurines and memorabilia. The largest selection of cricket related gifts in the world. ]
K. Faulkner - Buying and selling out-of-print cricket books, Wisdens and memorabilia.
Legends Genuine Memorabilia - Offers autographed cricket items created specifically for Legends. Cricket catalogue, trading forum, photos and video of signing sessions, online collectors magazine and have Your Say section. Australia.
Neil Beck Cricket - Wide collection of cricket books, scorecards and other ephemera, to buy and sell.
Meta Description: [ Castle Cricket Books sell (and buy) cricket score cards, books and other cricket ephemera, particularly to do with Sussex County Cricket Club. ]
William H. Roberts - Buyer and seller of secondhand and antiquarian cricket books, autographs and memorabilia.
Meta Description: [ William H. Roberts buys and sells Secondhand/Antiquarian Cricket Books, Wisdens, Autographs and Memorabilia. ]
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