Thousands of people stopped by to check out Nancy McCray's exhibit at the 1979 antique show and take home a collectible.

Collectibles that have generated a lot of interest happen to be linked to childhood memorabilia. Now, many people are finding out toys and items from their youth can be worth a lot of money.

"You need to be realistic about how big a proportion of the mortgage you are likely to have in the savings account," he says. "So the bigger the margin in mortgage rate, the more you're going to ...

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