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Collecting Articles and Features
Collecting Bourjois Perfume Bottles – Evening in Paris & More
Bourjois is best known today as a cosmetics name, but for collectors of vintage perfume bottles the French company has a much richer history. Its fragrances appeared in elegant Art Deco bottles, miniatures, presentation boxes and wonderfully imaginative novelty holders, creating a collecting field that extends well beyond the perfume […]
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Collecting Articles and Features
Prince Matchabelli Crown Perfume Bottles – Collecting Guide
Among the most instantly recognisable vintage perfume bottles are the colourful crown-shaped bottles created for Prince Matchabelli. Produced in numerous colours and sizes and used for a succession of fragrances, they combine the history of 20th-century perfumery with the remarkable story of a Georgian prince who rebuilt his life in […]
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Vintage Star Wars Play-Doh Sets – A Collector’s Guide
The enormous success of Star Wars in the late 1970s resulted in far more than the famous Kenner action figures. Almost every type of children’s merchandise received the Star Wars treatment, and among the more unusual toys produced were a series of Star Wars Play-Doh sets. Today these sets make […]
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Collecting Articles and Features
Collecting Penguin Books – A Collector’s Guide to Vintage Penguins
Penguin Books transformed British publishing when the first ten titles appeared in 1935. Affordable, instantly recognisable and intended to bring good books to a much wider audience, the early Penguins cost just sixpence each – the price of a packet of cigarettes at the time. More than ninety years later, […]
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Collecting Articles and Features
Collecting the Pan Books of Horror Stories plus 1st to 30th Checklist
For generations of British readers, the sight of a Pan Horror paperback on a bookstall was an invitation to discover something gruesome. The Pan Books of Horror Stories combined supernatural tales, psychological horror, macabre fiction and, increasingly, stories designed to shock. Just as memorable were the covers. Skulls, severed heads, […]
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Collecting Features
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Collecting Bourjois Perfume Bottles – Evening in Paris & More
6 September 2026Bourjois is best known today as a cosmetics name, but for collectors of vintage perfume bottles the French company has a much [...] -
Prince Matchabelli Crown Perfume Bottles – Collecting Guide
5 September 2026Among the most instantly recognisable vintage perfume bottles are the colourful crown-shaped bottles created for Prince [...] -
Collecting Penguin Books – A Collector’s Guide to Vintage Penguins
2 September 2026Penguin Books transformed British publishing when the first ten titles appeared in 1935. Affordable, instantly recognisable and [...]
- Collecting the Pan Books of Horror Stories plus 1st to 30th Checklist
- 1966 World Cup Final Cigar Bands – Small Collectables with a Big Place in Football History
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Collectibles and Memorabilia
What’s it Worth Price Guide
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Vintage Star Wars Play-Doh Sets – A Collector’s Guide
4 September 2026The enormous success of Star Wars in the late 1970s resulted in far more than the famous Kenner action figures. Almost every type [...] -
Hornsea Train Robber Mug by John Clappison
5 August 2026The Hornsea Train Robber mug is one of the most entertaining novelty designs created by John Clappison for Hornsea Pottery. [...] -
René Lalique’s ‘Suzanne’ Frosted Glass Figure – History & Price Guide
1 June 2026The Lalique frosted glass figure of ‘Suzanne’ is one of the most elegant and evocative creations to emerge from the workshops [...]
- Rare Disney Wade Lady and the Tramp Blow-Up Prototypes
- Mrs Bun History and Price Guide
- Bretby Bamboo Ware Price Guide A Collector’s Introduction
Collecting News
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Halcyon Days Unveils 2026 Christmas Box – The Magic of the Nutcracker
11 August 2026Christmas may still be several months away, but Halcyon Days has unveiled its 2026 Annual Christmas Box, continuing one of the [...] -
Emma Bridgewater Marks Liberty’s 150th Anniversary with Special Commemorative Mug
5 August 2026One of Britain’s best-known pottery manufacturers has joined the celebrations marking a major retail milestone with the [...] -
From the Moomins to Middle-earth Tove Jansson’s The Hobbit Illustrations Published in English for the First Time
30 June 2026Best known worldwide as the creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson will bring her unique artistic vision to English-language [...]
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