Hey Crazy4Me fam! Remember the vintage anthropomorphic PY Miyao craze we dove into earlier? Buckle up, because things just got wilder than a sumo wrestler on a pogo stick!

March 2024 was a whirlwind for vintage kitschy cute anthropomorphic PY Japan, Norcrest, Lefton, ESD and more collectors. Prices for these quirky Japanese ceramics literally skyrocketed on platforms like eBay. We’re talking mind-blowing figures for some of the rarest PY Japan pieces the collector market has ever seen!

• Bidding Wars Gone Wild (and Not): Get this – in many cases, these weren’t even auctions! Sellers slapped sky-high “Buy It Now” prices on their rarest PY Japan treasures, and collectors came knocking (or should we say, clicking)!
• Price Gauging vs. Supply & Demand: The debate raged. Were sellers simply trying to retire on a single transaction, or was it just a classic case of supply and demand? After all, something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, right?
• A Feast for the Eyes: But amidst the frenzy, there was a silver lining. This price surge unearthed ultra-rare vintage PY Japan pieces! We’re talking museum-worthy finds, some only documented in dusty reference books with others so rare, they hadn’t even been documented before! Pieces I, myself, had never even laid eyes on!

It was a wild few weeks, a rollercoaster ride for collectors. While it was short-lived, the sheer insanity of it all was incredible.

Want to see what all the fuss was about? Here’s a glimpse into the eye-watering price range based on eBay’s sold listings analysis:

• The adorable wedding elephant salt and pepper shakers (pictured in the top post, lower right) waltzed away for a cool $7,000!
• Boy and girl cookie jars (also pictured, 2nd grouping, top two cookie jars) became someone’s sweethearts for a whopping $5,000 and up!
• Flower wall plaques and planters blossomed into $9,600 beauties (third grouping, the lower right and the others went for thousands too)!
• And a pair of rare skiing penguin salt and pepper shakers? They took a slope-side slide to a new home for a chilly $4,000!

Intrigued? You can peek behind the curtain yourself! Head over to eBay and conduct an advanced search. Look for keywords like “PY Japan” or “PY Anthropomorphic,” then filter the results to show only “completed sold listings.” You might just discover a hidden PY Japan treasure waiting to be unearthed!