Welcome to Collector Cookie Jars! “Vintage cookie jars give us reasons for fond reflections, its only natural for us to have our collections!” PLEASE NOTE THAT UNLESS IT IS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, WE BELIEVE THAT THE JARS ARE ORIGINAL/VINTAGE/AUTHENTIC JARS. WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEM, THEIR CONDITION, ETC. “MAKER UNKNOWN” DOES NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNATE OR DESIGNATE AT ALL THAT A JAR IS A REPRODUCTION. WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHO THE MAKER IS/WAS. If we know the jar to be new/reproduction, we will advise with the information we provide. If you choose to be on the mailing list, simply fill out the form so that we can keep you advised of new offerings and special sales.
I started this site because collecting jars is fun. Jars are a form of art, a part of our heritage, our “Americana”. I wanted to help collectors on every level to find jars at reasonable prices or to help someone find that one jar that maybe grandma had & somehow, it disappeared during the family history. I’m not planning to get rich with this site. I offer this site as an alternative to the often frustrating online auction sites. You probably know the feeling to lose the jar you’ve been bidding on because someone “sniped” you at the last minute? If you see a jar listed that you want, my suggestion is to buy it now! I’m sure you also know the feeling of hesitating, going back to find what you’ve wanted had been sold. Nothing is a bargain unless you buy it! Today’s prices are always tomorrow’s bargains. Please keep in mind, the collecting population IS growing in spite of the economy. With that, also keep in mind that the supply is limited while the collecting population grows!
Basically, you’re buying these jars usually “as is” and “as found” but we do clean them to a certain extent after we acquire them for sanitation purposes. I don’t think you’ll have to worry about coming down with kitchen disease or second-hand cat-hair disease. We don’t always know any history about the jars; their journey through time to where they are now since we acquire them from different sources. Once you get them they are yours to clean & do with whatever you wish. We just hope you’ll help be conservators for the next owner in history to come.
If you have items to sell or if you want to post a want list for items that are in keeping with the product line(s) being offered on the site, listing fees are quite nominal. (Please visit our “terms of use” page) Fixed price advertising is just $2 per item for 30 days. Posting a want list is just $2 for up to 30 days. No additional final value fees or commissions!
Members Can:
Post (unique or family) cookie recipes ~ FREE~
Post a want list for 30 days
Buy
Sell
Offer jars for trade in consideration of other jars in lieu of monetary compensation [Example of ad: I have a McCoy Mammy cookie jar that I want to trade for a Metlox Mammy cookie jar.]
We’re here to help you find the jars you’ve been looking for, or, to help you market them. If you don’t see a jar listed, we may still have it but it hasn’t been posted yet. Just write to us! If you have jars to sell but don’t want or can’t wait for what advertising might produce, we might be interested in your single jar or an entire collection. Simply submit the sale inquire request form to us with clear photos & descriptions of your items.
Packing / Shipping / Payment: We may or will use recycled materials, materials previously used, to help keep the costs down for you & to help our environment. Combining items to save on shipping fees is possible. We will use the US postal mailing system to ship to you but we might consider unique circumstances. We will accept personal checks, money orders, cashier checks or pay pal. Using pay pal, you don’t need an account! If you pay by mail, please be sure to include a copy of the sale page with your payment. The system will automatically charge you a flat rate shipping fee. If this is excessive, we will refund you anything over $3.50 thru pay pal. However, if the fees charged to you are not quite enough, we will send you a bill thru pay pal to complete the shipping payments. All sales are final, no refunds, exchanges or returns unless we have completely misrepresented the item you buy and this can be proven. Some might return a damaged jar they own in order to keep a good one they buy here.
BUY BACK POLICY: If you should decide to upgrade your collection, jars that you have purchased from us we might be willing to accept back in trade (as long as they are the jars you bought from us) toward a jar of a higher value. We will also consider jars in trade in lieu of cash, too, if you want to trade one of your jars for one of ours. If you choose the latter, then, the jar becomes as money and we will require having your jar first before we ship the one you want from the website.
Please feel free to submit any input that might help improve the site or if you have questions. Simply click the link to “contact us”. We hope that your experience here is fun & helpful. Remember, these vintage cookie jars give us reasons for fond reflections, its only natural for us to have our collections! Thank you for shopping with us and please, do keep on coming back!
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