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<p>[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 568829, member: 481"]I'm resurrecting this thread in the hopes of some advice.... I took these albums along to the Antiques Roadshow last year and they ended up being more collectible & valuable than I'd imagined: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p073jmtk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p073jmtk" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p073jmtk</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I should have taken more notice of the original advice on here but as I said at the time, I was <i>SO</i> tired. Too tired to think straight. And the albums sat on the shelf next to me until last August when I took them on a whim to the Roadshow in Media City, Salford, for a much needed day out. I never expected to be filmed - or I'd have had my hair done, haha!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I'm in a quandary about what to do. We're not in a position to sell them (and certainly wouldn't want them split up). It has been suggested to me that a reference book of some kind would be useful to collectors, but I have no idea how to go about that. I've had an offer for magazine publication, which we're considering. Help! I have no idea how big the collector's market is... how the badges would best be presented etc. It'd be nice to make a little income from them while keeping the originals. Anything to help with care home fees!</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Quick note: there are about 400 badges in total, not 1000 as stated in the programme, but some are very rare.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 568829, member: 481"]I'm resurrecting this thread in the hopes of some advice.... I took these albums along to the Antiques Roadshow last year and they ended up being more collectible & valuable than I'd imagined: [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p073jmtk[/URL] I should have taken more notice of the original advice on here but as I said at the time, I was [I]SO[/I] tired. Too tired to think straight. And the albums sat on the shelf next to me until last August when I took them on a whim to the Roadshow in Media City, Salford, for a much needed day out. I never expected to be filmed - or I'd have had my hair done, haha!!! Anyway, I'm in a quandary about what to do. We're not in a position to sell them (and certainly wouldn't want them split up). It has been suggested to me that a reference book of some kind would be useful to collectors, but I have no idea how to go about that. I've had an offer for magazine publication, which we're considering. Help! I have no idea how big the collector's market is... how the badges would best be presented etc. It'd be nice to make a little income from them while keeping the originals. Anything to help with care home fees! [I]Quick note: there are about 400 badges in total, not 1000 as stated in the programme, but some are very rare.[/I][/QUOTE]
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