Collecting Snow Globes

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Collecting Snow Globes

Cool off and grab a snow globe!
It’s time to celebrate Christmas in July!

Snow globes are hot collectibles.
It’s been that way since the Victorian era.
US collectors have been buying them since the 1920s.

We can assume Charles Foster Kane, the fictitious character in Citizen Kane was a collector! The 1941 film opens with a snow globe falling out of his hands as Kane mutters the word, “Rosebud.”

Corbin Bernsen, the real-life movie actor, is an avid collector of snow globes.
The former LA Law star has talked enthusiastically about his collection.

And finally, here’s a blog where one serious collector posts a dome a day – Link

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One Comment

  1. Posted July 27, 2010 at 9:47 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the mention MVG! I am lovin your blog!

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