Automobilia: International 20th Century Reference, with Price Guide 3rd edition

Almost anything is collectable nowadays, and so has its price. That is not intended as a caustic comment since I myself have collected some fairly esoteric materials, and our forerunners in collecting the unlikely have, of course, laid the foundations for some of most notable museum (and library) collections. Some enterprising firms are now manufacturing specifically for the collectors’ and nostalgia market; no sooner had I received this review copy than I also received through the post from the manufacturers of the car I drive a catalogue full of delightful small replicas of their cars, ancient and modern. They were...