Collectables Manual: Cash in on the Credit Crunch »

Jamie Breese’s experience includes nine years of network TV presenting (BBC2’s The Life Laundry and The Antiques Show and ITV1’s This Morning and Everything Must Go!), journalism (weekly columns for eight years in the Sunday Mirror and one year in the Daily Mail, features for BBC Homes & Antiques magazine) and consultancy (eBay’s collectables spokesman).

When recession takes hold, people traditionally think about their possessions and what they can sell. This time round, anyone can turn things of value into cash, partly thanks to eBay, and this manual about 20th century collectables will provide all the guidance needed. Written with verve by TV’s Jamie Breese, this innovative manual covers everything from the obvious to the obscure, whether Action Man or action comics, Marilyn Monroe or Madonna, Hornby or horse brasses – a truly remarkable range of modern collectables is covered.