buying rare whistles

where do I go to find rare, antique and collectible whistles you ask ?? — good question !!!

Everywhere !!! Nowhere !!!!

Now what does THAT mean ??

For the most part nobody notices whistles. When we sell at the antique shows the first thing that a person says is WHISTLES ???

the second thing they say is " who knew there were so many whistles ?? "

what do we learn from this ??

the field is wide open to collect AND that few will be selling them as a result. Oh, yeah, here and there someonw will have picked up on it and thankfully will be a small ( very small ) supplier, but for the most part you can still find whistles for a song at the most remote spots and trolling here and there..

HOWEVER…if you want a specific whistle that is different….gotta pay usually. —- Or possibly never see it come up for sale again. Can't say how many we have passed over, missed or whatever and then never see another come up for sale again !!!!

So at times one has to decide how badly they want that particular whistle ?? Is it really that important ?? OR is it really that desireable for you personally ( if it defintely is, then you will have no buyers remorse 🙂  — So you may have to spend more to not let it get away !!!  We have many times and even then had it get away to someone with the same idea only MORE interested you might say !!! But that is OK on average to pay more, as the cheaper ones defintely average it out to an inexpensive hobby.

still….where does one find these rare whistles and what is the difference vetween rare and collectible ?? another good question ( or is it two ?? ) hmmmmm…..gotta give it some thought ……