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Buying coins for investment
Should you consider rare and collectible coins as a part of your investment portfolio?
I think you should.
Coins are a good diversification for i...
12 ways to keep your valuable stamps safe
If you’re building a valuable stamp collection you need to learn how to store them.
In the collectibles world stamps are among the most fragile i...
10 vital dates in British coins collecting history
Numismatics - or coin collecting - is all about history.
Coins are long-lasting, durable items.
Coin collecting is one of the few collectibles ...
10 poignant D-Day objects that tell the story of the Longest Day
80 years ago today, on June 6, 1944, from just after midnight, an enormous military operation to liberate Europe began.
We call it D-Day, though ...
What luxury watch should you buy?
Welcome to the world of luxury watch collecting and everything you need to know to buy a luxury watch.
Whether it’s your first, or your 100th, we...
6 Rolex nicknames you won't believe
Rolex watches are the most popular luxury watch. Certainly the best known. And there are a lot of models to choose from.
They're categorized as ref...
Numismatics and meaning: a beginner’s glossary of coin collecting terms
You can read for days about coin collecting.
And for beginners, the language can sometimes be opaque.
Here’s a simple guide of …. terms that we t...
Collecting British political memorabilia - the best Prime Ministers to buy
An election has been called here in the UK.
The prospect of over a month’s heavy-rotation exposure to our politicians has not triggered universal ...
The greatest stamp collection ever? The Ferrary Collection
The Ferrary Collection is probably the greatest stamp collection ever. And its story is one of the great tragedies of stamp collecting. Broken up f...
The Collector’s Tale Part 2: Collectibles in Fiction
Fictional collectibles are a rich vein for writers.
We explored them a little in our first post on the subject:
Here are some more made-up - or ...