Editing Bakelite (section)

==Collectibles==
[[File:Zap and Co display case of bakelite bracelets 2008.jpg|alt=colorful bracelets on a glass table|thumb|Bracelets made of Bakelite]]

Bakelite items, particularly jewelry and radios, have become popular collectibles.<ref name="Balinski" />

The term ''Bakelite'' is sometimes used in the [[Used good|resale market]] as a catch-all for various types of early plastics, including [[Catalin]] and [[Faturan]], which may be brightly colored, as well as items made of true Bakelite material.<ref name="Radios" /><ref name="Cycleback">{{cite web|last1=Cycleback|first1=David|title=Bakelite and catalin: Collectible early plastics|url=https://cycleback.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/bakelite-and-catalin-phenol-formaldehyde-identifying-the-popular-early-plastics/|website=Looking at Art, Artifacts and Ideas|access-date=August 6, 2015|date=2013-01-31}}</ref>

Due to its aesthetics, a similar material ''fakelite'' (fake bakelite) exists made from modern safer materials which do not contain [[asbestos]].<ref name=":0" />