For 80+ years, the Avon company has been selling personal care and beauty products, jewelry, and other fine items, often ...

Avon collecting is calling, and folks all over the world are looking at Avon products not as toiletries but as potentially valuable collectibles, says Bud Hastin, author of a guide on the subject.

She’s earned figurines of the first-ever Avon lady, Mrs. Persis F. Albee, who began her work when the company started in 1886 — 134 years ago. The figurines feature Mrs. Albee in long dresses ...