When recession takes hold, people traditionally think about their possessions and what they can sell. This time round, anyone can turn things of value into cash, partly thanks to eBay, and this manual about 20th century collectables will provide all the guidance needed. Written with verve by TV’s Jamie Breese, this innovative manual covers everything from the obvious to the obscure, whether Action Man or action comics, Marilyn Monroe or Madonna, Hornby or horse brasses – a truly remarkable range of modern collectables is covered.

Key content

• Toys and children’s collectables: Bagpuss, Barbie, Beanie Babies, Brittans farm figures, Cabbage Patch kids, dolls, Noddy, Peter Pan, Sindy, Smurfs…
• Sports collectables: 1966 World Cup, Beckham, cricket, football, Formula 1, Olympics, rugby, tennis…
• TV and cinema collectables: Avengers, Blue Peter, Dr Who, Alfred Hitchcock, Magic Roundabout, Simpsons, Star Trek, Star Wars, Starsky & Hutch, Terminator…
• Music collectables: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Elton John, Marc Bolan, Maria Callas…
• Surprising collectables: jelly moulds, jigsaws, lava lamps, NatWest piggies, phonecards, plastic furniture, prams, Rubik’s Cube…
• And much more: autographs, books, cameras, coins, comics, flying ducks, fountain pens, home computers, lighters, luggage, medals, mobile phones, newspapers, pin-ups, postcards, posters, radios, stamps, televisions…

The author
Jamie Breese’s experience includes TV presenting (BBC2’s The Life Laundry and The Antiques Show and ITV1’s This Morning and Everything Must Go!), journalism (columns in the Sunday Mirror and Daily Mail, features for BBC Homes & Antiques magazine) and consultancy (eBay’s collectables spokesman).

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The Collectables Manual is published by Haynes and will be available in the shops in April 2009.