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If you obsessively collected objects' as a child you could be sitting on a fortune, says^ HANNAH STEPHENSON


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Maybe you spent years) and all your pocket money, collecting everything remotely . . / connected to a special inlerest^ ,^. ; : ' ■ : If so, the time has come to gather.up those


toys, dust them off and head to a specialist. .' ..' ■ Coiiectabies from your childhood can be worth their weight in gold at auction if you have looked


-• after them well. Mark Hill, formeiiy of Bonhams • ■ and Sotheby’s,'and the co-author of Miller's.:, .; . Collectables Handbook 2010-2011, says condition plays a major part at auction. ;


. ' ■ “It’s likely to be worth far more if ■ it’s got a box and it hasn’t been played with,’’ he says. “Some people' wisely bought two Items at the same


. time, one to give to a child and one to keep, which remains unopened. • It’s the latter which may become more valuable.". . '


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:. One of the biggest drivers of the market is nostalgia, he adds. “The .


; things we played with as children : such as Dinky Toys from the 50s and 60s. These are rising in value now because that generation has reached


the point where they want to; ;


enjoy their memories.” .1 So what are your old toys really worth? Well, if you have a boxed Corgi Batmobile from the m id - . 60s, you could be looking a t ; , .: between £600 and £800. ; , . ■ .' A mint condition, boxed and. . carded Star.Wars action figure i?. from the 70s meanwhile, such as a Jawa in a vinyl coat, could fetch £500. Dolls are also highly sought


after. More than 4,000 Barbie dolls were sold at ■ = .r : . auction by Christie’s in London in ■ 2006, raising more than £111,000. '. . Barbie in in a zebra swimsuit sold .v for £2,880 - a far cry from the $3 ‘


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price tag when she first went on sale in 1959.


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preserved and boxed, could fetch upi, to £200 and some particulariy. ^ fetching outfits can match.the price paid for the'dolls themselves.- f But if you.took a pair of scisspis to;


her hair, or left gmbby fingerprifits on her dress, this will certainly b e ; ;


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^ says Hill. “If you : think you have an item of value, get a couple of ,;; opinions; Go to an


auction house, a dealer or a centre which specialises in what you have. Look : online for infomiation and if the item is low value try an : online auction like eBay.” B Miller’s Collectables Handbook 2010-2011, by Judith Miller and Mark Hill, is published by ' Octopus, priced £19.99.


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■here is no getting away from ; the fact that life is a risky ■ . business and it makes sense . •


. j safeguard your health and ■ health. So why, is insurance the s t thing to go in troubled times?,.;


J Rather than cancelling your - ■ ' . s-emiums and leaving y o u r s e l f - : ulnerable, try to secure a better deal, f/ith just a little research, you can , * duce your monthly payments Without giving up your security.- •.• :


IHOP AROUND ryalty no longer pays.' If you have


ieen with your current provider f o r ; ' lore than a couple of years, move ■.: I'to find a better deal.f-v . Price comparison websites can be jsefuLbut.they do not aivyays.


idnsTderthewRole market. Ch'eck for imetimes signifioant differences in le products compared^


'{CREASE YOUR KCESS Choose a higher e x c e ^ to red u c e ..


your premium. You will pay more


: towards a claim but this is a good . option if yo'u are fairly confident you ^ will never need to make one.


LOOK FOR DISCOUNTS


: Many insurance companies offer » r J discounts if you buy your policy: • • ■.;?■


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online. There are generally better rates too .


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If you buy both your buildings and .■ contents insurance from the same provider.


REDUCE YOUR RISK Do you have a burglar alarm?. Is there


a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in - your area and are you part of it? i -


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: .Then be sure to get the discounts you are entitled to on your home


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•.insurance. After all, the more secure". ; your home, the less chance there is . of making a claim. So you should pay less! The same goes for car insurance.


•:.;• Some insurers will actually reward .. .


you w'lth reduced premiums if you . have taken advanced driving lessons, or if you drive only occasionally. . .. Look into pay-as-you-go insurance •


too, which mon'rtors when and where ..: you use your car, and charges’you : accordingly.


PAY UP FRONT


. insurers are falling over themselves to ; give you the option to spread your • ' payments, because on top of yo u r , premium you will be paying an


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extremely high rate of interest.- • , . . If you can’t pay up front, it’s better .:


: to borrow from a zero per cent '-;- - •::• interest credit card and pay 'rt off in : instalments instead. •


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