National Reamer Collectors Association
Overview
Join the NRCA and link with collectors all across the United States as well as Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand sharing information about citrus reamers.Contact Information
8019 West 45th PlaceLyons, Illinois 60534-1812
United States
Description
Reamers come in all type of materials -- woods, glass, metal ceramic, pottery, and most recently, plastic. Shapes vary from round, square, oblong, triangular to figurals, such as clowns, animals and people. There are one piece, two piece and three piece reamers. They come plain, fancy, engraved, embossed, frosted, handpainted and trimmed in gold and silver. There are advertising reamers, souvenir reamers and regular utility pieces. The number of once available reamers range to the thousands. The popularity of reamer collecting is attested by the number of "reproductions" starting to show up, using the old molds. Some of these are being reproducted in the original colors, causing devaluation of the original pieces and overpriced reproductions being sold. New collectors need to be aware of these pieces, as many dealers unknowingly represent these as old. Membership in the National Reamer Collectors Association can help a reamer collector keep abreast of new information on old and new reamers