What a doll! At 48 and untouched by botox, Barbie’s pulling power remains defiantly undiminished. She is officially the biggest selling toy in history: three Barbies are sold every second. The bombshell first burst, fully formed, onto the toy scene in 1959 and now, standing at just under 12 inches tall, she heads a business worth [...]
Collecting
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Make Money from Vintage Clothing
It’s official: Second-hand is sexy.
Endorsement from fashion icons like the supermodel Kate Moss and top stylist Bay Garnett has helped charity shop fashion to take hold on the high street.
Cash in on this sudden wave of thrift shop chic by rifling through the back of your wardrobe, trudging down to your local charity shop and [...]
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Collecting Ladybird books
If you’re a parent and one of your offspring currently has their nose in a classic Ladybird book, wrestle it out of their hands at once, put it in plastic and stick it in the attic. It could be worth some sensible money.
Because on the quiet, and almost under the noses of traditional booksellers, the [...]
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Collecting Action Figures and Comic Books
One of Bart Simpson’s many sidekicks in The Simpsons is ‘Comic Book Guy’ – an overweight, rude, middle aged man who is obsessed with all things comic. He is, of course, an exaggerated version of hardcore comic book fans. But don’t laugh too loudly. Serious collectors can and will pay a lot for rare collectables [...]
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Collecting Bakelite
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Who would have thought, back in the mid-20th century, when they sewed on some Bakelite buttons, spoke through Bakelite telephones and switched on their Bakelite radios that these ordinary household goods would one day be so popular?
Bakelite is actually a generic trade name for [...]
