Back in the day, it was about indoor activities and outdoor games. However, now kids are more into video games and the usage of mobile phones. The games, activities, and masterpieces of the old era will always be classic for us.
Why you ask? Well, the people who still want to experiment and play with such games or want their kids to experience what they enjoyed are paying thousands for those things.
Game Boys
Well, yes, the name suggests that it is for the boys but all the kids, including the girls, used to play with these. Begging our parents for these games was a part of our daily lives. Introduced in 1989, these games were found in every household and in every child’s hands.
A game that was available in every other store is exclusive to some high-end game stores. In the present time, these games cost somewhere between $75 to$2000. According to a report, a brand new game boy game was sold for $4000 on eBay.
Huge Cookie Jars
Antique pieces do have a special monetary value but we never thought the cookie jars of the 40s and 50s were going to give you a fortune in future. The cookie jars our grandmothers used to use for storing our favorite cookies are now selling for thousands of bucks and trust us, we can’t afford them now!
Last time we checked the cookie jars were being sold in the range of $1200 to $3500. This was the cost of cookie jars in 2018; you may expect this cost to increase in 2019.
VHS Tapes
In the era of Netflix, not many people would want to know what it feels like to watch a Disney cartoon on VHS Tapes. Our childhood was way more interesting and less explicit with Disney movies. Netflix has given a platform to the young kids to explore things on their own but it wasn’t the same as before.
We had limited tapes and even more limited time to watch them. The tapes which were available for a few bucks are now listed for $1,499,999.99 on the eCommerce website, eBay.
Vintage Band T-Shirts
We know it is the time of customization and we get most of our clothes customized according to our favorites. Back in the day, the music bands had a special place in our hearts and we couldn’t live without them. Those vintage shirts which were available in every other clothing store are not available the same way.
The age-old vintage band t-shirts are now being sold for more than a person earns in a year. The cost of such tees varies between $7,000 to $20,000.
Star Wars Toys
All the Star Wars fans know the value of the toys that existed in that era. People had a complete collection of toys and they haven’t let them go till now. Back in 1977, when “A New Hope” came out, people knew that it would do well. However, it became a massive success and people wanted everything related to the movie around them.
That is when the toys merchandise came up. Now, those toys are sold for a cost we don’t have in our bank accounts. People are willing to spend a lot on such toys. If you are an owner of one of those, you can earn quite a lot of money. An example to give here is that if you have an original Luke Skywalker toy, you could earn $25,000. Sounds tempting, isn’t it?
Vintage Comics
Reading comics was one thing we used to love back in the day when we had all the time to ourselves. Now that we have our respective jobs, our comics are lying somewhere in the closet. However, the kids who have time are now buying those same vintage comics for thousands of bucks.
We are thinking to get a fortune out of our collection and earn about $320,000 out of it. After all, they are just collecting dust and nothing more than that.
Typewriter
Yes, we have the technology to ourselves now and typing is not a task anymore. The laptops help us create content and write stories quicker. However, typewriters have some vintage value and people still want to keep it to themselves.
Also, some people are curious and obsessed with vintage stuff. They want such vintage typewriters and are willing to pay a fortune for them. Currently, the cost of vintage typewriters is about $7500. And this is not the most shocking price we came across.
The Malling-Hansen Writing Ball is known to be of the worth of $100,000.
Trunks
Yes, these old pieces of wood or metal are now not just storage pieces. They are way more than that. You may have kept them in the garage for collecting dust or you may be using them for storing some useless stuff.
The real value of these vintage trunks in today’s market is thousands we can’t count on our fingers. Back in the day, these sturdy boxes were for about $700.
Boom Boxes
Not many millennial kids know what a boom box is. These portable music systems didn’t just have personalized music consumption but also they were the stage for portable cassettes and CDs players.
Today, the value of the vintage boomboxes has increased exponentially. All thanks to the vintage junkies. On an eBay sale, Sharp GF-999 Stereo Boombox was up for $3,000. Another seller listed his 1988 VTG 2 Lasonic TRC-975 Ghetto Blaster Boombox for $8,250. So, why not sell your old boombox and earn a bit?
Stamps
Want to get some money for your next vacay? Why not take out all your old letters and sell the stamps on them? If you are wondering what those useless stamps would give you then let us clear the scene for you.
There are people who are interested in collecting all the vintage stamps and can give you some serious money in return. On a sale on an eCommerce website, a collection of few stamps was being sold for $90,000 and this price even reached in hundreds of thousands of dollars for some vintage collections.
Polly Pocket Toys
Polly Pocket toys were a vital part of any kid’s room. People had some serious obsession with these inch tall toys. If you have managed to collect these mini pieces over the years, today is the time you can get huge revenue out of those.
As miniature art is becoming important in this period, people now want to have them all. Recently, such a set was available for $1,900.
Weathervanes
What was the first thing you thought after you read the title? Well, we couldn’t think of anything else but David Bowie’s song, “When the Wind Blows”. These metal pieces that used to be set on the top of barns and houses were used to detect the direction of the wind.
Today, these metal pieces are being sold anywhere between $5000-$7000. The shocking part here is that in 2006 a similar weathervane was sold for a whopping $5.84 million at Sotheby’s auction.
Old Coins
This one is not a shocker to anyone. Vintage currency is usually sold at a huge cost after a while. But now people are going crazy and giving away their fortunes just for a few coins. In 2007, a collection of 200-year-old coins was sold for $200,000.
So, go ahead and check the old coins that may be stashed in your pocket. It might get you at least, $100.
Boy Scout Badges
Boy Scouts in America used to get badges for their achievements and the parents used to collect them. Which parent doesn’t want to collect the taken of achievements of their kids?
Who would have thought these achievements could get you a stash of cash? The older they get, the more money you can get out of them. Badges of the 1930s-40s were sold for $4,500 in August 2019.
Old CDs
The CD collection you have is no more a fossil. It can be used to get you bundles of money. The cost of Michael Jackson’s signature series track of 1993 and Coldplay’s 1998 Safety EP were sold for around $1500.
The hidden gem among all the CDs is Paris Hilton’s 2006 album, “Paris” as it is currently for about $12,134. So, if you have CDs of any such stars, why not put it on sale?
Apple iPod, First Generation
Although this article is not yet an antique still they are considered old enough because Apple has managed to release many products after the release of Apple iPod. This piece of technology was built by Steve Jobs himself.
An Apple iPod, First Generation in not so great condition was listed for $2,200 and if you have one in good condition, the price for this piece can go up to $15,999. So, get it in the market and get new gadgets for yourself.
Vintage Advertising Signs
The time when the internet didn’t exist, the signboards were used for marketing and sales purposes. Digital marketing has changed the game. But the love for the signs of brands still exists.
People are going gaga for owning vintage brand signs that were used for marketing purposes. The Coca-Cola sign was sold for $5,700. So, now we have to start a search mission for all the brand signs we have in our attic. See you later!
Pokémon Cards
We are the kids who got balls and acted like we owned a Pokémon. Now that people are done catching them, now they want to get the cards we had back in the day. These cards were our favorite thing to collect. We had bundles of them and we all wanted a Pikachu in our collection.
In today’s time, our age-old hobby can get us money. Trading our cards is not what people want. They want to own them all and are willing to give up to $500,000 for a 2001 Tropical Wind Trophy PSA 9 Mint card.
Vintage Lunch Boxes
We all wanted to have the best tiffin box in the school. We used to pick the biggest one, the most colorful one with most cartoons on them. And today the cost of those tiffin boxes is directly proportional to the number of cartoon characters on them.
Currently, people are paying 10,000 times more than we used to pay for the same tiffin boxes. Do you remember The Jetsons’ tiffin box? It is up for sale and its cost is about $1650. Allen Woodall, the owner of the largest lunch box museums in the world claimed that “superman” lunchbox is the most valuable tiffin box and is for $13,000! Geez, what are these people up to?
Christmas Ornaments
What did you do with all the Christmas ornaments after Christmas was over? Threw them in the box and put it in the attic? Well, that is what we did and today we have tons of those lying in the garage. Now, that we know that those ornaments have some value we are planning a vacation. These ornaments can turn you rich overnight! Your brown glass ornaments can go for $1,700 and the ornament pieces from the 1940s are going for whopping $18,000 and more!
So, what are you going to do with your years old christmasy ornaments?
