What is a 'collectable'?

[seachangemarkets]

Does anyone or Ebay have a definition of what makes an item a 'collectable'?

[lyndal1838]

It is anything that people collect.  It could be china, dolls, windup toys, certain magazines, watches.....anything that someone is interested in and has a number of the same thing.

[putney32]

eBay has their own ideas on ''collectable''

it is for them just a Category.

if it is in the 'Collectables'' category, its collectable...................... apparently