Longaberger Baskets

Longaberger Baskets

Buying Longaberger Baskets

There’s no doubting that Dave Longaberger hit upon a winning idea when he started up his basket making store in the 1970s. Working off the success of his father his edge was the quality and craftsmanship that went into each of his handmade baskets.

Dave also came up with a clever means of distributing his baskets. Not happy with the sales levels of traditional marketing at malls, department stores and various retail outlets, Dave Longaberger he hit upon the idea to sell his Longaberger baskets through home shows where a home consultant would highlight the craftsmanship that went into each basket. The sales method has proven particularly successful and Longaberger baskets have continued to be greatly sought after.

The range of Longaberger baskets is continually turning over with short-run commemorative baskets, special occasion baskets and regular retirements of lines making every line extremely collectable. Baskets marking the Presidential Inauguration, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas and Easter are all some of the occasions for which special weaves are created.

Each of these baskets come with a brass tag as authentication and are only available for a short period of time. The popularity of all Longaberger products, whether they be baskets or the pottery or linen is consistently high. Any product that is released in limited quantities is going to attract a premium price, and when collectors are involved, demand is inevitably going to outstrip supply.

Longaberger Baskets such as the Inaugural Basket, the Dresden Tour baskets and the seasonal baskets such as the Easter and Christmas baskets have solidified a thriving secondary market for collectors. Browse through any auction containing Longaberger goods and you will find heavy bidding and strong prices are the order of the day.

Although you can use them as functional baskets, Longaberger is more valuable as a collector item. Many of these baskets appreciate in value and do best if kept in prime condition. Enjoy your Longaberger by sitting it in pride of place.

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Weaving Dreams $24.95 Tami Longaberger is CEO of The Longaberger Company, the premier U.S. manufacturer of handcrafted baskets and other home and lifestyle products. With great tenderness, transparency, and candor, this book opens her heart, offering readers a glimpse of her unique “American Dream”—the kind not handed down or given freely—but earned by hard work and fierce tenacity. Whether sharing memories of her impoverished childhood in Appalachia or accounts of reaching out to business women of the Middle East, Longaberger evokes a balanced nostalgia for the sweetness of the past comingled with a passionate call for hope for the future. Weaving Dreams prompts readers to dream bigger, think more broadly, and risk taking the road less traveled in business and in life. The life lessons remind us that we are all much more similar than distinct, that we have much for which to be grateful, and that the love of family is a treasure to be valued above all else.  In Weaving Dreams: The Joy of Work, the Love of Life, Tami Longaberger emerges as a clear voice of encouragement and inspiration, challenging us all to live each moment to the fullest.

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