Chaleur Coffee Mugs ~~ Own Your Own Art Master!

Chaleur coffee mugs are hot! You might not know it but collecting teacups and saucers is out; collecting coffee mugs is in. Once upon a time, I had the opportunity to sell two Chaleur coffee mugs through my eBay store, Treasures By Brenda. I had never heard of Chaleur before and boy was I about to be surprised! It was quite exciting when the bidding was fast and furious and ended at about $50 for each of these coffee cups. Two separate buyers were each thrilled that they won ONE of the mugs but perhaps somewhat disappointed that they did not win BOTH of the beautiful Chaleur mugs I had for sale.

Chaleur has produced 88 of these coffee mugs since 1986. Some of their mugs were made in agreement with Starbucks and the Museum Company under those labels rather than under Chaleur's.They are all beautiful, sturdy mugs made from fine quality bone china that is microwave and dishwasher safe. They feature lovely works of arts by 32 Art Masters including Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Paul Gaugin, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne and many more. Each mug includes the artist's signature and the picture on each one wraps all of the way around and is even on the handle. When you buy one of these mugs you feel like you own your own piece of art.

Not every coffee mug by Chaleur sells for quite this much money. Some, including the two that I sold, are rarer than others and that, of course, is how the final price is determined. The mugs I sold were somewhat hard-to-find ones; no longer being manufactured. Others are still available in gift stores and directly from Chaleur's website so you have the choice of buying a new mug to start your own Chaleur collection or of buying a pre-owned one to add to your existing collection.

Who collects these mugs? Why, artists, art enthusiasts and coffee lovers around the world! How about you?