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Record-breaking royal memorabilia collector flies across world for coronation

A record-breaking owner of one of the largest collections of royal memorabilia in the world has flown from rural Australia to join the crowds in London during the King’s coronation. Jan Hugo, 64, owns more than 10,000 objects honouring the royal ...

05 May 2023 at 14:42

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Man, 53, converts spare room into ‘shrine’ for collection of 450 retro Barbie and Ken dolls worth more than £25,000

An Australian man has converted his spare bedroom into a “shrine to Barbie” with a £25,000 collection of 450 Barbie products, including Barbie and Ken dolls, dream houses and video tapes, which he says is “his pride and joy”. Eddi Franz, 53, a ...

30 Aug 2023 at 14:29

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Milk haulier avoids jail term for failing to declare €160,000 in VAT

A milk collection haulier who failed to declare over €160,000 in VAT to the Irish Revenue Commissioners a decade ago has been given a suspended sentence on the basis that ‘life has punished him enough’. James Wauchope (75) suffers from severe ...

24 Jan 2024 at 15:33

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PICTURES | Bargain hunters converge on Longford for Lakelands Vintage Club Autojumble and Collectors Fair

Use the Arrows < > above to go through the gallery Bargain hunters flocked to the Lakelands Vintage Club Ltd Autojumble and Collectors Fair on Sunday, January 14 in Ballymahon Farmers Mart. Longford Leader / Longford Live photographer ...

18 Jan 2024 at 20:33

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Toy car obsessive forced to sell models to pay for cancer treatment builds extension to park 13,000-strong collection

A Hot Wheels obsessive, who built a house extension to park his 13,000 toy cars worth more than 65,000 US dollars (£52,000), has said the hobby means more to him than money, after selling some of his extraordinary collection to pay ...

11 Apr 2023 at 07:00

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Mum of premature baby saves money towards his future by trading valuable Pokemon cards, with one going for £900

A mother who has collected more than 1,000 Pokemon cards over two years has found a “profitable hobby” in selling the “pieces of cardboard”, saving thousands of pounds to buy essentials for her premature baby, help pay off her ...

17 May 2023 at 07:45

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Mum of premature baby saves money towards his future by trading valuable Pokemon cards, with one going for £900

16 May 2023 at 20:26

Council and school support staff begin voting on strike action over pay

More than a third of a million council and school support staff across England and Wales will start voting on Tuesday on whether to strike over pay. Unison said an offer of a flat rate £1,925 was “nowhere near” enough to ...

23 May 2023 at 00:01

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Hot Wheels obsessive forced to sell models to pay for cancer treatment builds extension to park 13,000-strong collection

22 Nov 2023 at 07:00

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Man who has spent £60k on collectables and kept peel from Ian McKellen’s tangerine says his ‘obsession’ brings him joy

A collector who has spent approximately £60,000 on items such as vinyl records, celebrity autographs, vintage Star Wars figures, and even stole and kept the peel from Sir Ian McKellen’s eaten tangerine at a film ...

26 Oct 2023 at 12:12

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Gothic artist who used to collect Barbie figurines now has an entire room full of 300 creepy dolls worth over £19k

A Gothic artist has turned an entire room of her house into a “shrine” to more than 300 “creepy dolls”, as she thinks collecting “makes life so much more interesting and fun” and has spent over £19,000 on her ...

04 Jul 2023 at 07:00

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Simpsons superfan, who hid room full of expensive memorabilia from dates, now shows it off to 40,000 TikTok followers

A Simpsons superfan, who has an entire room dedicated to the cartoon’s memorabilia and shares videos of his collection to his 40,000 followers on TikTok, says he has so much merchandise that he would hide it ...

01 Feb 2023 at 11:49

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