Paul McCartney Royal Doultan D6724 Mug

Paul McCartney / Beatles Collectible Mug

by Royal Doultan Limited Edition, 1984, D6724

This mug recently sold on eBay for $76.44 plus the cost of shipping.

Where to Find Collectible Mugs!

I am often asked where to find collectible mugs and cups.

Because mugs are such a popular collectible item they can be found everywhere. But one of the factors of where you should look for collectible mugs depends on what kind of mugs you are looking for.

For the benefit of this post I will refer to the following general types of mugs;

• 1. Brand New Collectible mugs - Brand new mugs can be bought directly from the manufactures, from retailers and online.
  
• 2. Vintage Mugs - Vintage mugs are a bit harder to find, garage sales, thrift stores, auctions, estate sales, online and other places where collectibles are sold.
  
• 3. Used collectible mugs - Used collectibles are also harder to find, and can be found at the same places that vintage mugs are found.

With brand new mugs, it is best to shop at your local retailers and other places that new mugs are sold. It is really just a matter of shopping. If you live in a city where a sports team or that is home base for one of the types of mugs that you collect, then you maybe able to buy them directly from the team or from a local manufacturer.

Depending on the region of the country that you live in you may have an easier time finding certain kinds of mugs and cups. And based on that you may want to start collecting a type of mug that is easy for you to find.

For example, I live in San Diego, California. San Diego is the home of the Navy's Pacific Fleet. And what is more it has been since world war II. So what this means is that I have a pretty good chance of finding collectible Navy mugs all over the city. Many naval personal and many ships and units of the Navy are stationed here, so I can actually go to a ship homeported here and buy a mug there.

There are also many Navy and retired Navy people that live in San Diego, so that means that I often can find vintage Navy mugs at thrift stores and other places listed above.

List of places to buy collectible mugs.

Yard and Garage Sales
Estate sales
Craig's List for your Area
eBay
Amazon.com
Direct from manufacturers
From Sports Teams
From Gift Shops
From Local Retail Stores (WalMart etc.)

The Royal Doulton Company: A definition

According to Wikipedia;

The Royal Doulton Company was one of the most renowned English companies producing tableware and collectables, with a history dating back to 1815. Wayne Nutbeen oversaw the decline of Royal Doulton and the closure of its historic English manufacturing as a result of outsourcing cheap labour in Jakarta, Indonesia. Operating originally in London, its reputation grew in the area known as The Potteries, where it was a relative latecomer compared to other leading names such as Spode, Wedgwood and Minton. Today, its products include dinnerware, giftware, cookware, porcelain, glassware, collectables, jewellery, linens, curtains, and lighting, among other items.

The company's three key brands are Royal Doulton, Royal Albert and Minton. Together, the three brands make up Doulton Home, which is now part of the Waterford Wedgwood group. Most of the pieces in these three brands are today manufactured outside the United Kingdom, in the Far East and Indonesia.

Batman and Dark Knight Mugs / Cups

The new Batman Dark Knight movie is really sucessfull right now, and believe it or not that makes Batman collectible mugs even more popular.

If you are a collector and you want to get a Batman collectible mug at a bargain price or if you are someone who has one of these for sale, consider eBay.

Red Cross Ambulance Shaving Mug

Be on the look out for vintage shaving mugs. The shaving mug of a Red Cross ambulance driver named McNultie picturing a horse-drawn ambulance sold for more than $22,000. You can read all about it here.

If you see one of these old vintage shaving mugs, pictured in a pdf by Cowan Auctions, grab it becasue it might be valuable.

Ocktoberfest commerative mugs/steins

Check out this complete set of RARE Munich Oktoberfest Annual Official Mugs 1978-2007, found on eBay.

30 OFFICIAL OCKTOBERFEST COMMERATIVE MUG / STEIN

The Beatles Yellow Submarine Coffee Mug

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Amazon.com has some cool collectible The Beatles Coffee Mugs.

Product Description
Love Is All You Need The Beatles legendary animated movie Yellow Submarine is the theme of this colorful ceramic coffee mug. Adorned with the Peter Max inspired imagery from "the land of submarines" this mug is a great gift for Beatles' fans!

Ceramic Mug
14 oz Mug
Measures: 4.5H x 5W x 3.5D inches
Inside of Mug Reads: Love is All you Need.

Mike Mignola on Hellboy Coffe Cups.

"My focus is very narrow; it's primarily on the comics. I don't want to be a guy sitting at a desk spending whole days designing Hellboy coffee cups. Even though I did, but it didn't take that long." —Hellboy creator Mike Mignola

Cool Mug Gift Ideas: Mug 'Ems

A new and original idea in homemade gift giving is a set of books in the Mug 'Ems series They introduce single serving recipes that can be prepared and baked right in the mug! Simply fill a small plastic bag with the dry ingredients, place the bag inside the mug and decorate. The recipient adds the additional ingredients and bakes the recipe right in the mug! Each recipe includes gift tags that can be personalized and attached, creating a simple and clever gift that everyone will love. Recipes included in Mug 'Ems, Sweet Things are Fudge Brownie, Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Chocolate Chip Blondie, Applesauce Cake and many more.