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Tables of Contents for The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling Collectibles
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Part 1: Why Is There a Boom in Collectibles?
1
2
It's Mine...I Saw It First!---the Mania to Collect
3
8
The Brass Ring
11
8
If Someone Makes It, Someone Else Collects It
19
12
Part 2: Buying and Selling Like a Pro
29
58
Shop 'Till You Drop
31
14
Hey, Big Spender
45
8
Buy, Buy
53
8
Treasures and Turnips: Selling Your Collectibles
61
14
CyberShopping: Buying and Selling Online
75
14
Part 3: Paper Chase
87
64
Pulp (Non) Fiction
89
10
Card-Carrying Collectors
99
14
Not-So-Funny Papers: Comic Books
113
12
Tried and True: Collecting Stamps and Coins
125
14
Money Makes the World Go Round
139
12
Part 4: Feathering the Nest
151
68
Cute, Cuddly, and Costly: Collectible Stuffed Toys
153
12
Fun and Games
165
12
Home Sweet Collectible
177
16
Book Learnin'
193
12
China and Crystal Collectibles
205
14
Part 5: Master of Arts: Photographs, Prints, and Paintings
219
36
Say Cheese, Please: Photographs
221
10
Some Day My Prints Will Come: Prints and Lithographs
231
10
Pretty as a Picture: Drawings and Paintings
241
14
Part 6: All That Glitters Isn't Gold---but It's Probably Collectible
255
26
Putting on the Glitz: Collecting Jewelry
257
14
Heavy Metal
271
10
Part 7: Taking Care of Business
281
44
Inventory and Insure
283
12
Spit and Polish
295
12
Appendixes
A Future Collectibles
307
6
B Further Reading
313
12
Index
325