Hang tags….do you keep them on?

[Joy]

I have a question, and hopefully it will not get me yelled at. 🙂 Does anyone leave the hang tags on their sculptures once they get them? I’ve always cut them off until now, with my reasoning being that (a) I’m displaying them for me, not keeping as an investment (b) the tags get in the way (c) the tags are all the same and do not add additional information to a given sculpture.

I understand that having an intact hang-tag is another way to check that the sculpture is genuine, although between the stamp on the pad and the wealth of information here, it is not necessarily required. So I’m wondering if people do pay more for a sculpture if it still has its hang tag, or if they always trim them off, or what?

I’ve left the tag on my newest one, a Silver Spectral Dragon, but it was a pain in the butt to get the sculpture situated on my shelf with the tag hidden underneath. 🙂

[Adaneth]

Hello! 🙂 This got discussed a little while back, so if you’re curious about peopl’s (varying) opinions, you might want to check out this thread:

http://windstoneeditions.com/forum/tags-keep-or-remove

[moonbeam]

Not exactly the same topic, but here was also a little discussion about it 🙂

http://windstoneeditions.com/forum/whats-box-and-tag-worth

[littleironhorse]

In short opinions vary a lot on this one. Some people keep them, some don’t. Some people will pay more if the tag’s there and some people don’t care. 😉

[Carolyn]

Doesn’t bother me one way or the other . Old ones never had the tags attached . And some stores never left them in the boxes .

[Joy]

Thanks for the links. At least I’m not performing a generally-considered heinous crime by snipping off the tags! 🙂

[Victoria]

Interesting…saving the fitted boxes makes perfect sense even if you’re keeping the sculpture, because you might move someday. And especially on the more expensive sculpts or the more intricate ones with horns or tiny feet. The boxes are a nuisance if you’re short on storage though. Or have a husband who automatically thinks “cardboard = recycle” and tosses the darn thing. (Thank heavens he hadn’t yet cut it apart, I just pulled it out & need to find a better hiding spot. And stick a post it on it, to keep him from touching it.)

But tags? It simply wouldn’t occur to me that people would care about a generic tag. I should know better–how many Beanie Babies with tags (and tag protectors!) are still somewhere in this house?!?!

Still, when my CP/Teal male arrived this week, I stuck the tag under him without even thinking about it…hmmm….

[WolfenMachine]

Basically, if you have a rare, sought after (two different things to be “rare” or “sought after”) limited edition or limited producion piece and think that there is a 1% chance you’ll sell it in the future-keep the tag on. It might make the difference in a higher price or not.

[Nightcrow]

I leave mine on; it’s small enough that on 9 out of 10 pieces it can be easily tucked out of sight beneath the sculpture, so it doesn’t bother me.

That said, a few of mine were purchases without hangtags, and it doesn’t really matter either way to me; I wouldn’t pay more/less depending on hangtag status.

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