| Unusual or unique collectibles may need | | | | even gives online price quotes. |
| customized display cases for exhibition and | | | | Many small and big companies specialize in making |
| storage purposes. It can be difficult to find a box | | | | entire display cases on request. Custom Displays |
| display case of the right size for an irregularly | | | | is one such firm. Other small firms, either family |
| sized die cast model, for example. Or a rosewood | | | | run or single person affairs, make handcrafted, |
| display case may be of the right size and material, | | | | and unique pieces. These cases are slightly more |
| but does not match the oak wood furniture in the | | | | expensive since each display case is one of a kind |
| room. Display cases need to meet exacting | | | | and a lot of painstaking manual labor goes into |
| standards of aesthetics, material, size, and | | | | their construction. Many retailers of collectibles |
| harmony with the existing décor, and may | | | | offer a service that provides display cases made |
| be different from mass manufactured display | | | | to order. AMA Crystal cabinets are widely sold |
| cases. Custom display cases are manufactured in | | | | through Swarovsky retailers and advertised on |
| a limited number to fulfill such special display | | | | websites for collectors. |
| needs. | | | | The firms design display cases by the guidelines |
| Custom display cases are made to order or | | | | of the customer. Some firms, like Store Fixtures, |
| customized on request. All large display case | | | | even invite customers to draw what they have in |
| manufacturing firms have a department that | | | | mind and make cases based on the drawings. |
| specializes in customizing display cases on request. | | | | Custom made display cases give a warm, human |
| The display cases in these cases are not actually | | | | touch to the room that is different from machine |
| built from scratch on the customer's request; | | | | manufactured assembly line goods. Customized |
| they are simply modified with regard to size, | | | | display cases are just right for a trophy, flag or |
| background color, and material. For example, | | | | stamp collection of value that deserves a unique |
| Potomac Displays customizes acrylic cases and | | | | case to hold it. |
| tops of box displays with regard to color and | | | | |