Trading or Buying and Selling Matches

One of the best things about collecting matchcovers is the camaraderie among the collectors. Most matchcover collectors are generous to a fault and are anxious to trade off their duplicates or the categories they don't collect. It is one of the very best ways to enlarge your own collection.

You will find a large number of collectors from all over the world that are willing to trade at MatchCover.org

Of course, a great way to get started as a new collector (not having matches to trade) is to purchase ones that appeal to you. Going to meetings and conventions will help you learn the types of match covers available as well as the value attached to them. You will find many times after you are more knowledgeable, that there are a lot of people outside the hobby who really don't know the value of a matchbook and will put on it any price they think the market will bear. You will learn to recognize fellow collectors on ebay and other sites that do know what they are talking about. Ebay is perhaps the biggest purveyor of matchcovers in their auctions. You can access it at ebay.com (Go to "Collectibles;" then search for "Matchcovers" and Matchbooks"). You will also find collectors with websites that sell match covers at our Friends of AMCAL

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