Carter's Everything Vintage Price Guide to Collectables in Australia & New Zealand
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First-edition hardcover copy of Alan Carter’s definitive price guide, Carter’s Everything Vintage: Price Guide to Collectables in Australia & New Zealand. Published in 2006, this 336-page illustrated reference is still the go-to bible for vintage hunters, antique dealers and eBay sellers across Australasia. Every category—Aboriginal artefacts, railwayana, pottery, jewellery, children’s books, advertising tins, surf memorabilia—is photographed in colour and given a realistic market value based on Carter’s own auction-room data. Because it was printed once and never re-issued in this exact form, the first-edition hardback is now the scarce “keeper” copy that collectors refuse to sell.
What makes this copy special is its condition: clean, tight pages, no inscriptions, ex-libris or remainder marks—just light shelf rub on the jacket from normal bookcase life. It is ready to slip straight into your reference library or retail counter where it earns its keep by stopping you from under-pricing or over-paying. Values quoted in 2006 have actually risen faster than inflation for most Australiana categories, so the book doubles as a time-capsule proving how smart vintage buying beats almost every other investment.
If you source stock at garage sales, markets or deceased estates, this guide will repay its purchase price the very first time you spot a “$10” Flying Duck vase that Carter lists at $350. Young collectors love the nostalgic photos; serious dealers rely on the model numbers, back-stamps and designer biographies. With online prices for a pristine first-edition hardcover now climbing, grabbing a gently used copy today is the smartest hedge against tomorrow’s rising collectables market.
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