The New iPhone Costs A Fortune With 02: Use Your noodle

You have just got to get an Apple iPhone (it says here). They are so amazing. You can make telephone calls on them and everything.

And do you know what one will cost you? Take a guess. The same £200 it costs in the US? No chance. Over in the UK it cost £269.

As Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple notes: “Sometimes you get what you pay for.” And some times you don’t. Sometimes you get a bargain. Like with noodle.

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Tomorrow's Antiques: Sweat-Stained Tom Jones Suit Sells On eBay

I see that a suit worn by the Welsh Pelvis Tom Jones has been sold on eBay. The suit, worn by Jones in 1974, is beige. It measures 30inch at the waist and 42 inches at the chest. As the advertorial boasted, the outfit has “what appears to be sweat marks under and around the arms”. It sold. For £155. Dry cleaning bill not included…

How To Get Your Stuff Sold At Auction And Make Money From Junk

Earlier I told you all that James Bond memorabilia is highly collectable and thus worth money. But for those who have no such items, the news is that just about anything can be sold.

The vital word is “antique”. What marks an antique from a worthless piece of tat is its price, or rather, the price someone is prepared to pay for it.

The popularity of such television shows as The Antiques Roadshow and David Dickinson’s Bargain Hunt has made antique hunters of us all. But since only a few of us have a clue what we’re looking for, best thing is to look anew on what you already own.

That picture in the loft that you hate with a passion might be worth thousands of pounds. Is the long-forgotten Hornby train set you had as a boy really so worthless?

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Buy Bond: 007 Has A Licence To Print Money At Auction

Christie’s, the once venerable auction house, sold the bikini Ursula Andress wore in the movie Dr No for £41,000. That sale might never have gone ahead had the actress not found the item lurking in her loft.

The message is clear: where there is Bond, there is brass.

First editions of Ian Fleming’s original James Bond story, Casino Royale, are now worth about £12,000. That’s a healthy sum, and represents a nice profit for those who paid around £400 for the same edition in the mid-1980s.

You might not have the books collecting dust in the attic, but you could well have one of the Corgi model cars based on the film Her Majesty’s Secret Service. A complete set of 21 cars will earn you big bucks, but even one could fetch a couple of hundred pounds at auction.

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£75,000 Antique Of Tomorrow: Making A Watch From The Titanic

There's money in antiques. Today's tat is tomorrow's collectable. Although this one might not be everyone's taste.

When you think of the Titanic, what pops into your head you? A dreadful disaster which could’ve been avoided? A dreadful movie which could’ve been avoided? Well, for Swiss jeweller Romain Jerome, the Titanic ship, which took 1,500 victims to their untimely deaths, means the chance to charge wealthy customers a small fortune for a little piece of history.

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