Posted October 15, 2010 at 9:39 am

Numerous people all over the world collect cookie jars.  This is an extraordinarily wide hobby due to the enormous quantity of different varieties of cookie jars that are readily available.  For that reason the majority of collectors specialize in particular cookie jars.   Below are some thoughts for what to collect:

Investment Cookie Jars

If you have the resources you could collect valuable cookie jars as an investment.  As with any collectible, the better the quality, rarer and older, the more prized it will be.  Because prices are high any upsurge in worth can have a exaggerated effect.  For instance, a 10 percent increase in the worth of a ten dollar jar is only a buck.  But a 10 percent valuation increase in a hundred dollar cookie jar is 10 dollars.  As with any investment, this is generally a long-term strategy.

Favorite Characters

You can no doubt guess that Winnie the Pooh is a favorite cookie jar to collect.  So is the Cookie Monster.  Santa  is always fashionable to bring out onto the counter each Christmas.  But you are not bound to cookie-themed characters.  There are cookie jars depicting just about every famous character.

Animals

Another popular type of cookie jar revolves around an animal.  Do you like Cats? Dogs? Pigs? Cows?  You name it and you can find a cookie jar for it.  Even here 'animals' is too broad to collect.  Rather, concentrate on your favorite animal for which you would like to see gleaming porcelain lined up in your kitchen.  Animal cookie jars are popular with youngsters.  Or is it the cookies inside the cookie jars?


Memorabilia

Choose a historical time frame and you are sure to find cookie jars that will deliver memories each time you see it.  Whether it is perennial items from your youth, or perhaps you similarly prefer to collect Americana.  Well known products can also be collected.  Speaking of memorabilia, possibly the best variety of cookie jar to collect is simply one of memories.  Possibly it reminds you of grandmother's house. 

Makers

A different kind of collection is trying to get every style of jar a certain manufacturer makes.  This would would be like trying to collect all the baseball cards made in a certain year.  This can be a daunting task.  But if successful, your collection could be famous!

If you like historical or Americana collectibles, start an Aunt Jemima Cookie Jar collection.  This is the authoritative site on Aunt Jemima Cookie Jars.