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| check out over 40 groupings of Vintage MELMAC for sale at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CndnPrairieAntiques?section_id=6669023 |
When the trend to vintage campers, boler trailers, airstreams, teardrops
and more became the fun thing I knew it was only a matter of time till people
restoring the retro camping gems would shift their focus to collecting all the
decorator goodies to make their look complete inside and out. I started stock
piling Melmac almost 10 years back filling bin after bin as friends thought I was
crazy. By the time the hot retro trend showed up I was ready with wonderful
collections and near full sets collected a piece at a time. In the summer of
2009 I packaged it in delightful groupings and I sold it as fast as I stocked
my antique store shelves with this colorful dishware. My online stores still
feature a great selection although it is getting harder and harder to find
first hand and the prices have skyrocketed. Melmac will be one of those items I
am happy to say I was ahead of the trend on!
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| REGAL Sears Warner Spekcaled ware http://www.etsy.com/listing/80804462/vintage-kitsch-rare-melmac-speckaled |
With a history back to the 1930’s the use of melamine particles to
produce hard plastics has led to decades of popularity for what became
trademarked Melmac household dishware. Many manufacturers produced melamine
products but the Melmac brand carried the highest standards and quality
control. By the 1970’s it declined in popularity as Melmac was limiting to
modern kitchens and was slowly replaced with stone and earthenware that could
go from the freezer to the microwave or oven, and then into the dishwasher.
In its heyday hardly a magazine household advertisement or full spread decorating
feature was complete without some version of Melmac featured in the images of
life back in the day. It is fun to thumb through vintage magazines and old catalogues
and discover the many patterns and displays of Melmac. For your best collecting
value look to find only those pieces clearly marked MELMAC on the bottom.
Prices go from the pennies to the hundreds so know your market and whether
reselling or reusing enjoy your collecting!
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| hard to find the rattan wicker lined melmac is so retro! http://www.etsy.com/listing/79319468/vintage-kitsch-melmac-hot-4-mugs-with |
