Book Description
This new edition of Miller's Collectables Price Guide marks the dawn of a new century with a peerless survey of collectables of every type and value. The best-selling guide includes 6,000 photographs (new each year) and offers expert advice in every field. This year we highlight all the latest collecting trends, charting the meteoric rise of the Beanie Baby and the grown-up prices fetched by children's toys. We explore the value of vinyl records and the market for rock instruments from guitars to synthesizers. We celebrate the history of weddings with a selection of vintage wedding dresses, and take a sober look at the high-spirited world of cocktail ephemera and breweriana. Other special features this year include World War II memorabilia and religious objects. We reveal the hottest names in ceramics and glass, and cautiously examine the world of collectable insects. Every item shown appears with a price range. There is a wealth of background information, as well as collecting tips and advice about where to buy and what to look out for. The guide includes directories of Specialist Dealers, Markets & Centres and Collectors' Clubs.
+ The only annual price guide to the fascinating world of collectables
+ More than 6,000 new photographs of commonly found items
+ An up-to-date price range for every item
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Synopsis
Every single item is illustrated, described, and priced, with values ranging from pocket money prices to "Record breakers", and each has been available for sale in auction houses and dealers from around the world within the last 12 months - providing a cross-section of the current market. A feast of information is provided, including histories of objects and makers, market assessments, and buying tips, plus lists of collector's clubs, auctioneers, and specialist dealers. This year the 80 subject categories, with additional sub-sections, include features on bicycles and automobilia. In Books we look at modern first editions, gardening, and children's books. There are sections devoted to dolls, comics, teddy bears, toys, penknives, money-boxes, and pigs, along with the more traditional categories such as ceramics, silver, and glass
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