Here are some thoughts on what I think are particularly collectable in the fields of ceramics, glass and metalware (stainless steel) made during these two important decades for popular modernist design. This...
Please Note: This guide is only my recomendation of what you should look out for when buying a zippo lighter to avoid the fake chinese zippo's among others that are flooding ebay at the moment !!and is in no...
Forty Years of Doctor Who Collectables Doctor Who is part of Britain’s cultural heritage and has become a global phenomenon that has had children hiding behind the sofa for decades. Doctor Who and the TARDIS...
Ever since the beginning of mankind and during the growth of several civilizations, there was a need to keep prisoners and to enslave people. This was necessary to have an inexpensive labor force to form...
With the current interest in vintage and burlesque fashions, there is a growing demand for ladies 20's, 30's 40's and 50's hair styling to compliment the outfits. Here is a guide, using references from...
Cigarette Card's Meteoric Rise I've been collecting and selling collectors cards and cigarette cards for over twenty years. Before you read this guide please subscribe to my card collecting newsletters for...
This guide will look at the buyer experience and how to encourage your buyers to browse longer and spend more in your shop. It follows on and builds on themes from the Setting up Shop on eBay Guide The main...
Between about 1900 and 1960 the 78rpm record was the main format in which every genre of music, along with speech was recorded. Millions indeed probably billions of such records survive and, for modest cost,...
This is a brief guide to collecting Del Prado and other partwork toy soldiers. Partworks have been popular in Spain, Italy and France for a long time but its seems they have really caught on in the UK in...
History Toby jugs have been made in this country since about 1770, and there are known examples from Germany before this time, and now various countries from arround the world produce toby jugs. Early...