Asklemmy

I have a hideous lamp that I hate that’s worth about a grand. It doesn’t look like it’s worth that much, just a heavy brass base and reverse painted landscape shade.. but all antique and sought after.

My cats are probably going to break it so I should sell it but it was the last lamp my mom refurbished before she died (why it didn’t get sold and I got it in the first place)

I also have a brass fairy floor lamp that, with no shade, is worth about $1500, but that one looks valuable, and is very rare (and super cool)

My two most valuable records are the Katamari Damacy vinyl from Fangamer & the Sonic Adventure 2 vinyl from Brave Wave. I got both for $40 at different conventions and they've never been re-pressed so they both go for $250 sometimes, even used.

I have four tyres in pretty good condition on my car, that's $1000 right there.

I bought a mosin nagant made in the 30s with a hex receiver for $80 when I was 18. They are getting closer to $1000 now. I should have bought more. The place had a whole crate of them.

I have a copy of X-Men #4 (first appearance of Juggernaut) signed by Stan Lee.

I also have a few highly sought-after lego sets. :)

My student loans? Child support? Repairs and maintenance?

laughcries in poor

Bought a (two actually) donkey kong game & watch for some 20-30€ each, with the box (quite used) manual etc. goes for maybe 150 now.

Missed out on an old curtas for like 200-300 though 🥲 such a beautiful mechanical piece with such a history behind it, if I get rich one day I'll definitely get one.

I had a free book reward from Thriftbooks, which I used for a copy of Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams. When it came, I was kinda bummed that some kid had scribbled on the title page, but eh, it was free. At least it was a first edition in otherwise good condition, I won't complain.

As I was reading, I got a little itch in the back of my mind, and it of curiosity looked up his signature. Turns out, it looks like some kid's scribbling

Probably why no one realized.

So I got a signed first edition, which goes for about $200, totally free.

I have an old book from 1932 called “The Theory of Relativity” by Albert Einstein. It smells ancient and is worth a bit of change last time I checked.

I have a pair of front seats for a car.

Got them in trade on some work, was just so I could replace worn out seats, but when I got them I noticed they were special option seats, only came factory in one car in Japan, and an option in ~7 various cars/years in Japan. They're worth ~$3000. For 2, unassuming blue and black seats.

Nothing crazy relative to some cards but I didn't expect this to be worth much.

According to pricecharting.com my video game collection is worth in the neighborhood of $20k. Now, this is kind of bullshit for a few reasons, many of which come down to "just because it says the games are worth that much doesn't mean you could actually get that much by selling them." And I have no intention of selling anyway...i use pricecharting to track what I have, not for the supposed value. But it's surprising to see such a high number considering there's not a ton in my collection in terms of super rare stuff...the highest value things I own are ~$200.

I collected Marvel cards back in the 90s and I'm pretty sure I have at least a few that are official "collectors items" now. I've never looked into it very thoroughly since I just kept them in baseball card pages with no other particular protection from the climate, etc, but who knows?

I have a game boy game that was worth over $30 (which was fairly high for a game boy game at the time). AVGN made a video on the game and it shot up in price more than tenfold. Though it may have cooled down since I last checked.

My copy of Iron Dragon by Mayfair would go for 225 on ebay. It's probably almost at the price point where they'll reprint it... which would be wonderful because it's probably the best Mayfair railgame and I'd love to see it surge in popularity.

Outside of a few comics, one of the unexpected items I have is Lego Wall-E. Even unboxed, it goes for several hundred. Don't underestimate retired sets.

Not sure if these would be unexpectedly high values as most people know they fetch a little bit, but I have all my old N64 games still boxed with most of the original inserts too. The one I know most would be Conkers Bad Fur Day, that always seems to fetch a nice price.

A couple of my Funko Pop figures are possibly worth a few hundred but nothing more.

And I have the full set of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Lego sets which I know go for a bit over the original price.

This isn't a high price, but higher than what I expected when I first thought about it. Growing up, my family had this chrome GE Bakelite toaster. Very dependable, never broke. The very definition of "they don't make 'em like they used to". I took a liking to it, so my parents gave it to me.

I started getting the history of it. My father had bought it at a garage sale in about the 1970's or 1980's. Before that, it was sold in the mid 1950's. I don't know what this one would actually go for since it's seen around 70 years of constant use, but similar toasters on eBay are going for $25-$70. Not bad, considering that people can't even give away many newer toasters.

I have a Halo 4 gold Master Chief Funko that was exclusive to Blockbuster. My favorite thing about it is that it was before Funko switched to their current style. They used to have details and were cool.

My pocket knife costs 200€ but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at it. Obviously it's not that valuable anymore especially now that it has my name and the purchase date engraved on it.