If you are into yesteryear, then Saturday is the day to check out collectables, retro and vintage, with two events being held around Richmond.
Nelson Bottle and Collectables Club kicks off its annual show and swap day at the Club Waimea Hall with 28 displays of antiques and “anything that has been manufactured” from bygone eras.
While at the Hope Recreation Hall, the annual Retro and Vintage Market has everything from books and toys to china and fabric as a fundraiser for Nelson Tasman Hospice.
Graeme Galey is the convenor for the Nelson Bottle and Collectables Club’s show and says holding the two events on the same day has worked well in previous years because locals and holidaymakers can make a day of it and go to both.
“Anything from bottles to weetbix cards, china to lamps. Anything that has been made and is transportable.
“Most of it is not for sale because they’re treasured too much to be sold. About 20 vendors will have items for sale though.”
Graeme and his wife Jill have filled their home and shed with various collections and he will be taking some of his tobacco collectables to the show on Saturday.
That collection was prompted by his work as a youngster in the tobacco industry around Motueka. It is just one of his many collections though.
“I collect things I like and sometimes things come about for a reason. I was in the building industry and dug up a bottle and that started me collecting bottles. Then my mother gave me some old toys one day and that led me to collect early model Fun Ho toys. “I do collect a lot of things! They reckon it’s a disease.”
