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Rare 20th century cookbooks, signed autobiographies, or even old racy magazines can fetch hundreds or thousands of dollars ...

But thanks to the arrival of online second-hand book retail, there is now a whole new market for what Ms Lee calls "cheap collectibles" - mid-market books worth ... is also money to be made ...