My opinion, as a collector and researcher, for over thirty years, is that MANY things are "collectible"—whether they are old or new. It has to do with quality and originality, as well as age, rarity, and context.

From 1987 to 1998, I was a beadmaker myself, making beads and jewelry from polymer materials. And I believe these items are very collectible, for reasons such as the above. I haven't touched Fimo for about eight years now. That fact alone ought to make the stuff I made in the past just that much more rare and collectible. I MAY try to create some polymer beads again in the coming year—and I expect these to become "collectible" too, as my revival productions (again in very limited quantities, and of considerable technical merit and beauty).

As a collector myself, I don't care whether an item is old or new. I DO care whether it is being misrepresented, and/or sold at an outrageous price (based on false claims of age or antiquity, and "rarity"). This is misrepresentation—pure and simple.

Just my two-cents' worth.

Jamey