Collecticus
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| Editor | Ben Hillier |
| Categories | Collecting |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First issue | September, 2004 |
| Company | Wentrow Media |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | collecticus.co.uk |
| ISSN | 1746-4420 |
Collecticus is a weekly magazine, focusing on the subject of affordable collectable items. The magazine is published by Wentrow Media in the United Kingdom, It is currently edited by Ben Hillier and printed by Hartley Publications.
Collecticus was first published in September 2004 as a monthly 36-page A5 magazine. The style changed significantly throughout the first few issues and Collecticus proved very popular with collectors. In April 2006, it was decided that the magazine should become fortnightly.
The magazine received a complete makeover in issue 24 (31st May 2006), but remained as a fortnightly A5 publication, printed by Hartley Publications.
In issue 44 (June 2007), the magazine once again became monthly, but now printed as an 84-page A4 magazine by Acorn Web Offset. The A4 magazine featured a wide variety of feature articles on subjects including football programmes, James Bond, Beanie Babies, Star Wars, Observer's Books, Butlins, Royalty, Noddy, First Day Covers, and many more. The A4 magazine also included news, competitions, and a crossword.
In December 2007, it was announced that, from January 2008, Collecticus would be returning to its original A5 format (printed by Hartley Publications), but would now be published weekly to "take subscribers on a trip down memory lane each and every week".
A wide variety of collector's items (selected from over 200 collecting categories) are featured in every issue (including full-colour photographs) and most are offered for sale through a dedicated auction website.
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[edit] Current Features
- Over 100 collectable items - all items featured are put up for sale via an internet auction (bids are also accepted by post).
- Watching Values - an in-depth analysis of the prices achieved in the latest Collecticus auction, to help spot the latest trends in the world of collecting.
- Reader's Collections - a fascinating look at what other people collect.
- Letters - comments from readers.
- Subscriber Benefits - access to a special subscriber website containing a collectables search engine (listing every item that has ever appeared in Collecticus), a car boot sale list, an ephemera year finder and a dedicated auction website.
- Advertising from the Past - a range of advertisements from days gone by.
[edit] Collecticus Emporium
Collecticus Emporium was a facility that enabled all subscribers to enter their own collectable items into a magazine. The items were then auctioned on behalf of the subscribers. Initially, Collecticus Emporium was a separate monthly magazine sent free of charge to all Collecticus subscribers (first issue dated August 2005). However, in issue 21 (April 2007), it was announced that Collecticus Emporium would begin to be printed inside Collecticus.
In December 2007, it was announced that, following Collecticus becoming a weekly magazine, there will be one last issue of Collecticus Emporium as a standalone magazine and then the service will be stopped for the foreseeable future.
Due to popular demand, it was announced in issue 68 that the service would be returning in June 2008. One in every four issues of Collecticus will now feature a Collecticus Emporium section.
[edit] Trade And Collect Books
Collecticus has published four individual books focusing on specific collecting areas. Titles so far are: Tax Discs, Ephemera, First Day Covers, and TV & Radio Licences. More titles are set to follow.
