Just spent some time on eBay just browsing through some of the categories, and found a lot of listings of horse show ribbons for sale. Some people paying what to me seem amazing amounts of money for other people's ribbons, though I'll grant that the ribbons themselves can be very beautiful (case in point: http://cgi.ebay.com/Saddlebred-Show-Horse-Ribbons-Rosettes-Award-Lot_W0QQitemZ270340036957QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270340036957&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)
My question is: does anyone know what people who buy these ribbons do with them? Is there some kind of ribbon collector community, like there are coin collectors and stamp collectors? Do people who collect ribbons make things out of them or just display them and trade them with other collectors? Are there any websites for horse show ribbon collections? Aside from the browbands, what if anything do people make out of ribbons?
All very curious. I'd like to know more.
My question is: does anyone know what people who buy these ribbons do with them? Is there some kind of ribbon collector community, like there are coin collectors and stamp collectors? Do people who collect ribbons make things out of them or just display them and trade them with other collectors? Are there any websites for horse show ribbon collections? Aside from the browbands, what if anything do people make out of ribbons?
All very curious. I'd like to know more.