These Old Items in Your Home May Be Worth More Than You Think

Antique Cookie Jars

When you think about cookie jars, you probably think about the cookies inside, rather than the jar itself. Well, when it comes to antique cookie jars from the 1940s and 1950s, you may want to change your thinking pattern: these funny-looking containers can sell for thousands of dollars!

Antique Cookie Jars

Vintage Perfume Bottles

Perfume bottles have always been rather luxurious looking. And it quickly turned out that many admired the art of perfume bottle making. By the 19th century, this became a well-known art form for glassblowers to work with! Well, the admiration for this art has only increased over the years. Today, bottles that are at least 100 years old can even earn you 8000 dollars! Not sure about the perfume inside, though…

Vintage Perfume Bottles

VHAS Tapes

Today, with instant streaming, it’s hard to remember we once went out to purchase our movies. Even DVDs seem old-fashioned to us now, let alone VHS Tapes! But don’t be so quick to throw these old buggers in the trash. The VHS collection in the photo above is selling on eBay for over $14,000! You know what’s more fun than Netflix?

Money…

VHAS Tapes

Vintage Band T-Shirts

While these shirts may had been originally manufactured for fans living in the moment, they ended up meaning far more because of their role in music history. Shirts like the Nirvana Tour Tee can be sold for over $5000. But the shirts that rea-hea-heally take the cake are the shirts depicting the original album cover of the Beatles’ “yesterday and today”. Because of the controversy this album cover caused, any shirt depicting it is selling for $20,000.

Vintage Band T Shirts

Kugel Christmas Ornaments

While these ornaments may scream tacky, they also scream money. If you’re lucky, those old ornaments lucked up in your attic could get you a whole lot of extra cash in your bank account. Blown glass ornaments can even be worth up to $1,700! Now that would be a merry Christmas indeed…

Kugel Christmas Ornaments

Lunch Boxes

While lunch boxes may be known for housing some cheap meals, their worth in the market today tends to speak differently. Lunch boxes picturing specific cartoon characters and rock bands are particularly valuable. Allan Woodall, the man behind the world’s most extensive lunchbox gallery (to be fair, there’s probably not much competition there), says that the superman lunch box from 1954 can get you well over $10,000 dollars. We doubt you’ll ever have to pack a lunch again with that kind of money!

Lunch Boxes

Pokémon Cards

Once part of a super popular game for children, Pokémon cards have since gone out of style in child’s play…but certainly not in collector’s play! Because so many of these cards have ceased being manufactured, they are now selling for a whole lot more than they did originally…A PSA 9 Mint card, for example, is selling for $500,000 dollars on eBay.

Pokémon Cards

Vintage Advertising Signs

While some may hate ads, others are paying for them! Specifically, very old ones…you know, the kinds that would actually be hung up in stores once upon a time. A vintage Coca-Cola ad, for example, sold for almost $6000 on eBay. Lesson learned: if you want to earn money, just follow the signs.

Vintage Advertising Signs

Apple iPad 1st Generation

It’s crazy to think this was once some state-of-the-art technology. But while its value in use has gone down, its price has kept on climbing up. Today, one of these can sell anywhere from between $1000 and $16000. Guess it can play some sweet tunes after all.

Apple IPad 1st Generation

Old CDs

It’s becoming less common, and even edging on bizarre, to find a CD being sold. But while this method of listening to music has gone out of style, it’s certainly captured the attention of collectors. Some albums can earn you thousands and thousands of dollars!

Old CDs

Boy Scout Badges

Even the thought of boy scout badges is enough to make anyone smile in reminiscence. Well, it turns out many people want to hold on to this memory physically as well as mentally. And how much are these nostalgic ladies and gentlemen willing to pay, you ask? Well, let’s just say a boy scout patch with 18 patches from about 1930-1940 was listed on eBay in for $400…

Boy Scout Badges

Old Coins

In today’s digital world, coins can feel like a nuisance more than anything else. But before you proceed to hide your coins somewhere and forget about them, we recommend taking a good, hard look at them first. In 2005, quarters were being manufactured with in god we rust replacing in god we trust. Today, these very coins are going for $100 apiece! Who knew a typo could be so expensive.

Old Coins

Weathervanes

Once upon a time, we could not rely on our phones to tell us the weather. In those days, what was used was a trusty weathervane to let you know what to expect. Well, while we may not be using these things anymore, some people definitely still want them. A weathervane from the 19th century can be sold for well over $5,000!

Weathervanes

Polly Pocket Toys

The Polly Pocket era has been engrained in many of our minds. And while the toys may not be manufactured anymore, their value has gone through the roof (a real roof—not a Polly Pocket version). People seeking to sell their Polly Pocket collection are using eBay as their means of doing so. Right now, these little plastic pockets of fun are selling for hundreds and hundreds of dollars.

Polly Pocket Toys

Costume Jewelry

While some jewelry may have gone out of style, it’s certainly not gone out of value. So before you stash away any old jewelry you have no plan on wearing anytime soon, best to think again. Maybe eBay is a better place for it! Chunky collars from the early 20th century can earn you tens and thousands of dollars. We’re sure you can afford new jewelry with that!

Costume Jewelry

Tiffany Lamps

While these lamps may not exactly be in accordance with today’s typical designs, they certainly haven’t lost their place in terms of iconic emblems: many find these lamps to be worth a whole lot of cash. Lamps like this, especially with colored glass and specific patterns are seen as art these days and are at a value of anywhere from $4000 to $1 million. Talk about a lamp that can brighten your day!

Tiffany Lamps

China Sets

Your fine china could be offering you more than just a chance to impress your friends at a dinner party. China sets from the 18th century are especially at value because of English artists at the time using them to replicate design from Chinese hand-painted white and blue ceramics. As you may have guessed—historical significance adds a whole lot to an item’s value; today, a set like this one is worth thousands and thousands of dollars!

China Sets

Cuckoo Clocks

Cuckoo Clocks have made their way to everyone’s lives. Even if you haven’t seen one up close, you’ve at least seen them in films. Their sound is unique and hard to miss. You know what else is hard to miss? The amount of money you can make for these things! Up to $2000 dollars, to be exact…

Cuckoo Clocks

Old Stamps

While very few people send letters today, it turns out many people are still interested in the stamps used to send them. These days, vintage stamps have become extremely valuable in the market. In 2019, a set of vintage stamps was sold for 90,000 dollars! While stamps like these can’t send you a letter, they can certainly send you on one nice vacation!

Old Stamps

Rocking Chair

Rocking chairs seem to have a pretty mundane quality to them. But as it turns out, certain rocking chairs, specifically those from the 1700s can offer you some valuable income! To put things in perspective—even rocking chairs from anywhere between the 1950s and the 1970s are worth $5000…now you do the math for anything older…

Rocking Chair

Boom Boxes

Don’t be so quick to throw out your old boombox just yet…It turns out that many nostalgic hipsters are in search for these musical gems, and are willing to pay some good money to get their hands on them! Case in point: The SharpGF-999 Stereo Boombox was sold in 2019 for $3000. You can go to a whole lot of concerts with that kind of money…

Boom Boxes

Trunk

Who would have thought that the treasure chest itself would one day be the treasure? before you dismiss that old trunk in your garage as something to at best store some junk in, we recommend rethinking things. Trunks from the late 1800s are exceptionally valuable due to them being made strong enough to be transported with wagons: they can bring you in $700!

Trunk

Typewriters

While typewriters may not be used today, they’ve certainly kept their standing as symbols of writing. For many people, these babies are as nostalgic as they come. Typewriters have been known to sell for anywhere in between $7,000 and $100,000.

Typewriters

Signed Yearbooks

Yes, this may seem odd. But if you have had anyone famous attend the same school as you and happen to have had your yearbook signed by said person, you can, as it turns out, earn a considerable amount of cash. A yearbook with a photo of James Dean, for instance, is currently selling for more than $10,000 dollars!

Signed Yearbooks

Vintage Comics

Who doesn’t love superheroes? With so many movies coming out surrounding these beloved fictional mega-beings, you may have forgotten about old but golden comic books. Well, as it turns out, these comic books have a superpower of their own: their ability to make you some super amounts of money. How much, you ask? Well, let’s just say the first comic book of the Incredible Hulk sold in 2014 for $320,000, so…a lot.

Vintage Comics

Star Wars Toys

No one knew Star Wars would be such a hit when it first came out in 1977, but boy, was it! And sure enough, in true consumerist fashion, toys began to be manufactured to boost sales. And they definitely did just that…today you can get an extra $25,000 in your pocket from an original Luke Skywalker toy.

Star Wars Toys

American Girl Dolls

Many people can remember harking after these dolls. With each doll representing a different period and perspective in history with their own accompanying story, it’s as if they were designed to become collector’s items. Well, if that’s the case, the plan worked, since that’s exactly what they are today. To give you an idea of what we mean, a Samantha Doll was recently sold for $4,000 dollars. That’s right; you read those zeroes correctly!

American Girl Dolls

Air Jordans

While they may be extremely out of style these days—perhaps even a source of nostalgic laughter—these shoes have far from lost their touch in the market: one online customer even paid over $18,000 dollars for the pair—and compared for what other pairs are selling for, that’s actually considered a bargain…

Air Jordans

Video Games

Your old video games may not be as fun to play with, but they can certainly buy you some better sources of entertainment if you sell them to the right people. So before you prepare to get rid of some obsolete electronics, go ahead and check out their value online first—you may have hundreds of dollars waiting for you.

Video Games

Cell Phones

You probably wouldn’t want to be caught dead using one of these, but as it turns out, they are worth quite a lot of money these days…A 1983 DynaTAC 8000X was sold for $550 in 2014, for example. To put things in perspective—that’s about the same amount you pay for a brand new phone!

Cell Phones

Antique Guitars

Just like people love retro music, they also love retro musical instruments! Guitars, especially. One guitar from the 1950s was even reported to be worth about $10,000! Guess some expensive songs will be played with that guitar…

Antique Guitars

Happy Meal Toys

Happy Meal toys may have made your childhood dining experience more fun, but it turns out they can also offer some serious joy to your adult life as well. A Potato Head set, for example, can be sold for no less than $100. The force of nostalgia is that strong…

Happy Meal Toys

Flip Clock Radios

It’s hard not to recognize these types of clocks. But, it’s even harder to find them these days. With so many people relying on their phones to wake them up in the morning, these clocks are becoming increasingly rare, and increasingly valuable. We highly recommend double-checking in case you still have one of these lying around…

Flip Clock Radios

White Furby

Furbies were all the rage in the late 1990s. but today, only one Furby is of interest to collectors galore, and that is the white Furby. This little toy was the first of its kind to be manufactured, and consequentially- became much rarer to get your hands on. If you have one of these, know that you can get $800 for it…

White Furby