This year we highlight all the latest collecting trends, charting the meteoric rise of the Beanie Baby and the grown-up prices fetched by children's toys. We explore the value of vinyl records and the market for rock instruments from guitars to synthesizers. We celebrate the history of weddings with a selection of vintage wedding dresses, and take a sober look at the high-spirited world of cocktail ephemera and breweriana. Other special features this year include World War II memorabilia and religious objects. We reveal the hottest names in ceramics and glass, and cautiously examine the world of collectable insects.
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There is a wealth of background information, as well as collecting tips and advice about where to buy and what to look out for. Most had been requisitioned by the armed forces and, when de-requisitioned, were left to stand empty awaiting their owners' return. It was then that John Harris first discovered country houses. Between 1946 and 1961 he visited over 200 houses. No house glimpsed through the trees or up an overgrown drive escaped his attention.