Old tax discs have popped up for sale on eBay this week, netting as much as ?1,000 from collectors. We delve into the weird and wonderful world of ve
ogists - and round up some other strange collecting habitsTony Hill is looking at a tax disc on eBay. The little red-and-white circle was issued in Manchester and expired on March 24, 1935. It has dozens of watchers. ?I?m bidding for it now,? he says. ?But I don?t think I?ll get it. The market?s all gone so haywire.?
Just as tax discs vanish from British streets, following their abolition on October 1, hundreds of them are cropping up online. But the prices being asked for them are so ludicrous that it?s causing seasoned ve
ogists that is, tax disc collectors to despair.This week, the record for most expensive tax disc was broken by a quarterly issue from September, 1921, which started at ?230 and finally sold for ?1,087.80. The previous record was set by a disc from the same year, at ?810.
?It could be classed as getting a little out of hand,? says Tony, a collector whose compendium ?Trade and Collect Tax Discs UK? helped kickstart ve
ogy as a hobby. ?I?m cussing, I really am, because I?ve been selling so many rare discs and they really have been rare discs at what are now bargain prices.?Code:
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