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101 Extraordinary Investments: Curious, Unusual and Bizarre Ways to Make Money: A handbook for the adventurous collector [Kindle Edition]

Toby Walne (Author)

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Length: 322 pages
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This fascinating book is a cornucopia of amusing or nostalgia-inducing trivia about collectables. --The Mail on Sunday

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'101 Extraordinary Investments' is a fascinating exploration of curious and unusual ways to make money. Inspired by the great adventurers of the Victorian era, who hunted for everything from orchids to shrunken heads, this book keeps the spirit alive with its own modern twist on collectables.

A full range of subjects is covered, from superhero comics, toy robots and magic tricks to cigars, celebrity hair, feudal titles and pedigree pigs; plus a fresh look at classic alternatives such as wine, stamps, cigarette cards and books.

We share these investment secrets for the very first time, along with other exciting discoveries for the modern fortune-hunter. Each topic is covered in a comprehensive and entertaining manner, providing subject insight as well as practical investment guidance including cash returns, contact information and essential trading tips.Investing need not be a bore, nor a gamble made by overpaid men in pinstriped suits. Join us and celebrate the derring-do spirit of adventure, as we share in 101 fun and fascinating money-making opportunities.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 1161 KB
Print Length: 322 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1906659257
Publisher: Harriman House (15 Dec 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B006MHQC0M
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #134,842 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Most curious 12 Nov 2009

By Bookcase

Format:Hardcover

Toby Walne's book is a conundrum, a book which might be serious, and might not, and may be both. There are signals, like the nostalgic illustrations, and the choice of proposed investment items (old toilets?), that suggest that the writer's tongue is firmly in his cheek. And yet the research and the figures propose that his feet are firmly on the ground. As an instruction book for financial investment the book might be a red-hot poker; but then perhaps no more than any other investment advice. Red-hot pokers, by the way, unlike feudal titles, koi carp and celebrity hair, are not suggested as an investment opportunity.

Starting from the proposal that nineteenth-century explorations were in part financed by the sale of collected curiosities, the book suggests ways that the sideways-thinking investor might adopt the mentality of the Victorian explorer in looking for investments to be found along the path less travelled. It outlines a number of items which may, just, still be obtainable through tortuous routes, and some which are probably to be found in most people's homes, if only we take the trouble to notice them. A dip into the darker waters of various online auction sites reveals that some of the less-likely objects of desire are still there to be snapped up, though I have yet to be offered a shrunken head, at least not from a reputable dealer, `prodigiously moustachioed' or otherwise.

My hunch is that we buy or keep stuff to create and refashion our own pasts, to tell us what we want to be, and where, in an ideal world, we would like to have come from. A handbook for building a collection, even virtual (or maybe especially virtual), may function as a skeleton museum in itself, and like the best museums, can turn us back to ourselves, as the question `What do I know?' becomes `How and why do I know that?' And anything that makes us look at how we know the world ultimately becomes an incentive to invest in ourselves.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Fun Book and a quick read! 17 Jan 2010

By Big Iceberg

Format:Hardcover

This a fun book to have a quick gawk at. It opens the reader to a wealth of possibilities on making a bit of money collecting the right things. An interesting read to kill an afternoon with! Very suitable as a gift book.

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Great Xmas present! 7 Dec 2009

By Penny L

Format:Hardcover

At last, a finance book that entertains as well as informs. Why investment books need to be rather dull affairs with lots of dry statistics I do not know. A fun read but with plenty of practical advice on original money making ideas. Now looking forward to making my fortune on celebrity hair and pedigree pigs.

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Not much help unless you can turn clock back

The book is sub-titled as 'a handbook for the adventurous collector'. It should really be for 'the collector with a time machine'. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Gez

101 Extraordinary Investements Book Review

A wonderful read and great investment in the book itself. It is not often that I am pleasantly surprised with the contents of a much sought after book read. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Sole Reviewer

A real eye opener

I thought I knew a lot about investment before I read this book but I now realise I didn't. I just knew a lot about stock markets. Read more

Published on 11 Nov 2009 by Ed

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