In reply to your question about boxes, I suppose it must be a personal thing. I collect purely for the joy of owning the puppet and so don't really care...
The "experts" are always saying that any collectable is "worth" more with its original box.This may be true on a purely monetary basis (but if you collect on...
Hi there to all you Pelham enthusiasts. Overjoyed to find a site where everyone is as devoted to these beautiful puppets as myself. I was given 20 puppets by...
Hi Tim, Wellcome to the club I think you will soon get the puppets you are after it's when you start looking for the rarer stuff it gets a little harder, don't...
Greetings from a very cold Michigan USA. I am at the start of my collection. I have looked at many sites and have read some of the history of the Pelham...
Hello and welcome crimsonarts. In reply to your question, many Pelham collectors are able to buy only one at a time, whereas other collectors have funds to buy...
From reading the last few messages it seems clear that I need to send money to someone in order that I might become a fully fledged member of the gang! Please...
I bought, a Carrot Top last year at a large London auction house for £280 the price including a mint brown boxed MacBoozle and similar SM Minstrel. Recently...
My Dear Sue, this is not a Pelham related post, but, I have been pursuing an original Howdy Doody Marionette for several years. I found one - mint - fantastic...
-Ah Good old Ebay!!! Maybe we should just barter within ourselves and pay what we all agree to be sensible prices and trades. I watched that Reynardo auction...
Thanks crimsonarts, will take the luck and run! Hoped that a few more people had been in this position, so that we could have another debate, but guess that...
I know how frustrating it is to be outbid at the last second on ebay and although very annoying at the time I soon get over it.I much prefer "proper" auctions...
Sue- Just received the new newsletter. Great as always! I read the article about the "Eropean Collection" marionettes, and I wonder if anyone has some...
Just like to say a big thankyou for the spring issue of the club magazine,another good mix of anecdotes,history,fiction(I really love Clarissa Wags Winkle)and...
I think it was Liberace who once said "too much of a good thing is.....wonderful" but when it comes to Pelham puppets and the collecting of I'm not so sure.Let...
Thanks Alizoid for you last message. It is very odd this collecting business, I can go months without finding anything, then several nice puppets can turn up...
Good talking point! It is a really strange things, but it happened to me as well. Last year within two or three days, I managed to find two puppets I had...
Alizoid and ruby have brought up a very strange collecting phenomena that I can also associate with; is it satiation? When I started collecting Pelhams I was...
Glad to hear that other members feel the same way. 'Death by Pelham' now that reminds me of one of the 'Tales from the Darkside' that we have yet to publish....
Oh my favorite best new friends, only to have your problems. As a total newbie to collecting it would please me immensely to suffer so grievously as my Pelham...
Hi Danny, Oh to be in your shoes! No Pelhams and all of those out there just waiting to be collected!! What a great place to start. I do so hope that...
Well what interesting reading. I must say I don't think I have ever felt that way when receiving several puppets one after the other in the post. Even when I...
Some interesting posts. Although I have over 100 Puppets now I certainly wouldn't be dissapointed if I didn't find any more. I'm more than happy with those I...
Mark, will you please be my favorite best new friend, (or at least stop making me feel inadequate) Dan in US, puppetless to date, thanks alot [Non-text...
Hi Dan, I hope my message didn't sound as though I was boasting,that really wasn't my intention ! I've only been collecting the puppets for the last five or so...
