I come upwards from a household unit of measurement of collectors. As a nipper it was a pretty much a weekly occurrence to see antique or collectors fairs alongside my parents. I grew upwards alongside an appreciation of what it was 'to collect'.
I guide keep been admiring Claire's beautiful habitation on Instagram for some fourth dimension immediately together with am planning to create a fiddling tour together with interview inward the nigh future, but every bit shortly every bit I saw Claires caravan collection i merely had to abide by out to a greater extent than together with share.
Claire was variety plenty to response some questions virtually her collection....
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| Claire Oster's Toy Caravan Collection |
Hello! My scream is Claire I'm 35 together with I alive inward Strasbourg French Republic alongside my Husband Simon, Son Lucas, Step-Son Colin, together with our ii cats Holly together with Tom. I'm currently a remain at habitation Mum together with I'm originally from London inward the UK. I moved to Strasbourg to live alongside my immediately Husband who I met online. I've been hither merely over half dozen years. Previous to that I spent 3.5 years living inward Melbourne, Australia, thence I've moved around quite a bit!
What made yous start collecting caravans?
I outset started collecting caravans merely over a twelvemonth ago, later noticing the collection of a immature human instagrammer (@junkshopvenus) which I actually admired! I together with thence spotted i at a charity store together with that was it! I've been searching them out e'er since.
Did yous vacation inward caravans every bit a nipper thence create they guide keep a nostalgic value for you?
My grandparents had a caravan when I was rattling small, but I intend for me, it’s merely a nostalgia for anything inward the past. I'm a flake obsessed alongside collecting anything from the 50's/60's/70's.
Do yous guide keep a caravan of your own?
No...But I really, actually wishing that I did!! Perhaps i day....
Where create yous purchase them from?
The bulk of mine guide keep been flora at charity shops, Car boot sales, vide greniers ect, though I guide keep flora a duo on ebay, One was gifted to me from the Instagram friend whose collection I mentioned above, that kick-started me to laid out collecting them myself, which was actually lovely!
Is in that place a wishing listing caravan?
Not especially, every bit instead of searching for detail models, I prefer to run across what I come upwards across when hunting charity shops together with automobile boot sales. That said, I would actually similar some of the Dinky models that I don't guide keep inward my collection, which don't actually plough upwards oftentimes inward France. For me, the thrill is finding i 'in the wild' that I don't already have. Even if it’s the same, but inward a unlike colourway to i already inward my collection. Different color - Different caravan!
What is the most yous guide keep paid for one?
I intend the most I paid was £5 on Ebay, for i that I actually wanted. But commonly I pay betwixt fifty cents together with 3 euros. Mine is non an expensive collection!
Do yous guide keep whatever other collections?
Do I? Ha-ha! I guide keep thence many collections that it would accept also long to listing them all hither ;)
Among other things, I collect West German linguistic communication flora pots, Vintage bride together with groom marriage cake toppers, Kitsch Castilian vacation souvenirs from the 70's, vintage tights/stockings inward their master copy packaging, anything tiny that I display inward one-time impress drawers, retro/vintage kitchen items, Anything religious, creepy vintage plastic squeak toys together with basically anything vintage/kitsch/curious that catches my attention. Most of my collections guide keep happened past times accident, where I guide keep flora i of the items, loved it, together with and thence spotted others out together with about. Once I've flora iii of something, it’s officially a collection! All of my things guide keep been flora cheaply inward charity shops or at automobile boot sales.
H5N1 massive give cheers yous to immature human mama Claire, I know how precious fourth dimension is when yous guide keep a fiddling i xx
If whatever of yous guide keep a collection yous would similar to part delight e-mail me at moontomoon@live.co.uk
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