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PASSIONATE PURSUITS
TIME OUT WELL SPENT
TANGIBLE INVESTMENTS
Collectors share highlights and insights – it’s all about the journey
Three very different destinations for readers to consider Cairns • Malaysia • Canada
Where money makes money Numismatics and medals
THE NOT SO KITCH PIE BIRD From utilitarian to prized collectable
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WHO IS COLLECTING
KNOWLEDGE BASE
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Pie birds From the kitchen
Alex’s owls
Hoffmann and Klimt
A gift that grew into a passion
The designer and the artist
to the display cabinet Melody Amsiel-Arieli
Modernism in Vienna
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A career, a collection and now an unintentional history of photography Rob Ditessa
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Fayum portraits Funerary art in a social context What was fashionable in
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Egypt 1st century CE
OUT & ABOUT
Melody Amsiel-Arieli
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A Noritake tea cup opened the door to
Innocuous today but once deceptive
an inspired collection
and deadly. The trade cards and bottles
Rob Ditessa
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Online magazines
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Conundrum
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Collectables fairs
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Out and about
The largest city in Quebec
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Notice board
holds surprises for collectors
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Marketplace: buy and sell
A commercial
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Advertising rates
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Advertisers’ Index
for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
DESTINATIONS IINVESTMENT AND
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William Bligh’s
Canada’s Montréal
Roy Williams
reassessment Peter Lane
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REGULAR FEATURES
Through Paul McGuiness’ medal collection. The war hero and co-founder of QANTAS
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Giles Moon
Travel to Queensland’s Cairns Visit the historic and enjoy the modern
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Malaysia’s ancient port city of Melaka
Investing in early Australian coins
(Malacca) a UNESCO heritage listed site
The 1813 holey dollar and 1813 dump
Margaret McNiven
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Out of the oven and onto the shelves the humble pie funnel has a serious following and is an inspiration for ceramicists
Move past the nostalgic images that are so collectable which in their day camouflaged the often deadly elixir sold over the counter to an unaware public
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