The Totally Awesome Collectibles Book: A Comprehensive Guide for Collectors of All Ages

This third in the immensely popular "Totally Awesome" series is the perfect all-purpose guide for the more than 13.6 million households in America that collect...and the countless others who want to start. Collecting is an ideal family activity, involving and interesting both adults and children. The Totally Awesome Collectibles Book is the one book these families need to begin, expand, and maintain their collections.

The book is written in the same kid-friendly style that parents, educators, and most of all, kids, have applauded. The pages are loaded with illustrations and fun activities, plus shaded boxes of famous collectors and collections, and numerous Web sites, newsgroups, and chat rooms related to collecting.

The Totally Awesome Collectibles Book starts with the notion that you don't have to have a lot of money to become a collector and have a great deal of fun with it. What should you collect? What you value...what you love....those things that say who you are either as a person or a family. Readers learn the three secrets of top collectors: They respect their collections; they buy the best for less; and they collect for enjoyment.

The Totally Awesome Collectibles Book tells you how to buy and sell collectibles the smart way: where to buy and sell, how to set prices, how to spot fakes, and how to bargain fairly and keep friends. You learn how to choose the best possible items for your collection and what to do to keep your collection in top-notch shape.