Things you've kept that might be worth something now

[MrBaker]

I have the only blue Cindy Doll Range Rover ever made, boxed and never been out of the box.

It was the prototype before they decided to make them red

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

MrBaker said:

I have the only blue Cindy Doll Range Rover ever made, boxed and never been out of the box.

It was the prototype before they decided to make them red

Your handle has Mr in it, so what on earth were your parents buying you a Cindy Doll Range Rover for?

[GIYess]

I bought 30 models of battle tanks from an auction once for £30. They came in some magazine or other (I also have magazines). They worth £2/3 each so far so you never know, might make my fortune some day.
I also have a gold pocket watch from my great great granda. No idea of its worth.
Pile of Graham Farish N-Gauge locomotives. Not lost any money but not really worth any more than paid.
My Last tax disc?
Random assortment of coins and some Chinese notes. No idea where these came from!

[MrBaker]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

MrBaker said:

I have the only blue Cindy Doll Range Rover ever made, boxed and never been out of the box.

It was the prototype before they decided to make them red

Your handle has Mr in it, so what on earth were your parents buying you a Cindy Doll Range Rover for?

Note the boxed and never been out of the box!

My dad got hold of it before Pedigree (the toy factory) closed down when another company took over

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

MrBaker said:

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

MrBaker said:

I have the only blue Cindy Doll Range Rover ever made, boxed and never been out of the box.

It was the prototype before they decided to make them red

Your handle has Mr in it, so what on earth were your parents buying you a Cindy Doll Range Rover for?

Note the boxed and never been out of the box!

My dad got hold of it before Pedigree (the toy factory) closed down when another company took over

I was only humouring you

[droopsnoot]

I've got quite a few 1:43 model F1 cars from a promotion that 3M and, I think, Jordan were doing a few years ago. I ought to dig them out and see whether anyone is selling similar ones, I don't know if they were specially made / decorated for that promotion or if they're just normal ones.

[MrBaker]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

MrBaker said:

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

MrBaker said:

I have the only blue Cindy Doll Range Rover ever made, boxed and never been out of the box.

It was the prototype before they decided to make them red

Your handle has Mr in it, so what on earth were your parents buying you a Cindy Doll Range Rover for?

Note the boxed and never been out of the box!

My dad got hold of it before Pedigree (the toy factory) closed down when another company took over

I was only humouring you

I felt the need to defend my manliness

[CubanPete]

I've got a near complete collection of two shilling / ten pence pieces from about 1910 to date. Most from the 50s I have collected in hand. Prior to this date off ebay.

I have just ordered the set of 26 letters from the royal mint.

I am not a coin collector!

[talksthetorque]

Stigproducts said:

My bottle of 1991 Beaujolais nouveau, signed by Kevin Lloyd (Tosh Lines from The Bill) continues to appreciate. I'm hanging on to it - not for sale, don't even ask me.

Isn’t Beaujolais nouveau best drunk when young, hence the dash back from France to get it in your restaurant?

But with Kevin Lloyd’s signature on it, I suppose that’s where the value is.

[randomeddy]

Nice clean boxed Gameboy like that is at least £100 these days.

Games are more expensive than anything else these days, some PlayStation 1 games are off the scale.

Pretty much any format has games that are silly money.

[Robbo 27]

Held on to some tools, spanners in Whitworth and AF sizes, some marked BSA and Riley.

Early editions of Jane Austen, until recently I had a complete set of William Brown first editions.

A lot of fountain pens, they are always going up in value. I had a coin collection which was based on pre 1920 English silver and bank notes, sold them last year. Got a good Wodehouse and Conan Doyle collection, these were bought in the 80s but are probably not worth what I paid for them.

[Bungleaio]

I normally have an amazing ability for buying things at their highest price and selling them at their lowest but I bought a 1/18 scale model of a DeLorean made by Autoart a few years ago for about £80. Turns out the stainless steel finish was a nightmare to reproduce so most of them failed quality control. They are now fetching around £400. http://www.diecastsociety.com/review-autoart-delor...

I've also got a decent collection of Lego models all sealed in their boxes which is worth over £6000 now.

[Jimmy Recard]

One of these:

http://www.vintagewineandport.co.uk/products/Chate...

It was a gift at some point in the 1990s. At the time I didn't really get it, but I think I do now. I've no idea when to open it though. Also I think it was pretty expensive even then

[Stigproducts]

talksthetorque said:

Isn’t Beaujolais nouveau best drunk when young, hence the dash back from France to get it in your restaurant?

But with Kevin Lloyd’s signature on it, I suppose that’s where the value is.

You are correct, on both points! I don't think storage has been correct either and it doesn't look quite drinkable anymore (sediment at bottom, weird cloudy but still transparent tone)