My Vintage Predictions for 2019: Hot or Not

Whether you’re a collector or a seller of vintage items, these are the things I’m predicting will be most popular in 2019. The lists are just for fun and equal parts from my selling experience, observation at estate sales and online auctions, research in décor magazines and perhaps wishful thinking! I grouped items in a variety of categories.

“Hot” Items

mid-century modern items…still! (including pottery and paintings)
vintage bar tools and glasses
vintage medical equipment, illustrations/posters, etc.
vintage abstract paintings
older religious items: crosses, icons, stained glass from churches, vestments, menorahs, etc.
vintage Italian pottery, like Bitossi, Deruta, deSimone, etc.
quality turquoise and sterling Southwestern jewelry

Enduring Items

vintage sterling silver charms/charm bracelets (I had to put this on the list!)
handmade quilts and quilt pieces
vintage Steiff stuffed animals
antique samplers done by school girls
vintage globes
antique Bibles particularly if illustrated
certain kinds of vintage Pyrex
natural stone/mineral/crystal pieces like bookends, candleholders, vases
older garden statuary with natural patina

Cooling Items

steampunk bits
vintage paint-by-numbers pictures
Bakelite jewelry
tramp art
steamer trunks
antique beaded purses

“Not” Items

milk glass vases and compotes
collector plates made by Bradford Exchange, Franklin Mint, etc.
collector dolls, Beanie Babies, etc.
sets of china
most crystal
generic floral or lanscape paintings
most linens/tablecloths

Things I Never Buy Regardless of Hot or Not

Hummel figurines
anything by Thomas Kinkade
video games (just not my thing)
most vintage electronics (again not my thing, partly due to shipping and testing issues)