Things you've kept that you thought would be worth a lot one day but are not.

[Nibby]

I've kept all my train sets, pristine in the original boxes, Triang, Hornby-Dublo etc from my youth in the 60s and 70s and looking at prices on ebay, they're are not worth much at all. I guess they were sold in huge amounts and quite a few people thought the same as me so even today they're not in short supply.
My brother had a fantastic stamp collection and even remember going with him and my parents to Stanley Gibbons on The Strand in the late 60s. But like my train sets are not worth much.

 

[philw696]

Going to have to have a think on this having moved around the World a bit.
Looking forward to see what others come up with.

 

[Ewan]

25 years ago I bought a mk 2 Ghibli for £15k. If I was selling it now, it would be the same. So, a rubbish investment, and huge ownership costs in the meantime.
Should have bought some dreadful Escorts, Capris etc. instead!!!

 

[Nibby]

25 years ago I bought a mk 2 Ghibli for £15k. If I was selling it now, it would be the same. So, a rubbish investment, and huge ownership costs in the meantime.
Should have bought some dreadful Escorts, Capris etc. instead!!!

To be fair who would’ve imagined they would go up in value like they have. My 1600 Sport Escort I had in the early 80s, was about 5 years old at the time and had to have plates welded on top of the suspension turrets under the bonnet, the doors were rotting at the bottom.

 

[MarkMas]

.....My brother had a fantastic stamp collection and even remember going with him and my parents to Stanley Gibbons on The Strand in the late 60s. But like my train sets are not worth much.

I took my stamp collection to Stanley Gibbons, and they looked through it and said that if I went to stamp fairs every weekend for a year, I might be able to sell it all off for £50.

 

[MarkMas]

I've kept all my train sets, pristine in the original boxes....

My late father-in-law spent about £25,000 on model trains since retiring (we got a call from a guy who was working on a £1,500 commission for him when he saw the funeral announcement), and when he died we sold a few of the custom-built Gauge 1 engines and carriages for a few thousands, but most of it was worth pennies (even the unopened ones in their boxes).

 

[MarkMas]

Apparently, my souvenir plastic beer cup purchased for a £1 deposit at the U2 gig at Twickenham is apparently worth about £10, so that's a 10x gain.

 

[philw696]

To be fair my Snap On tool collection that I started buying in 1978 is still worth some coin not that I would ever sell it.
I had an early Ford Capri 2.8i 4 speed box blue over silver with the tartan recaros which was mint when I sold it in 94 at 12 years old for £650.

 

[Sam McGoo]

Good idea for a thread lol.

We (me and my brother as most things were shared presents) kept a few things from childhood, but all very used and not really for future gain. Just because we thought they were worth keeping.
When I have time I'll have to dig some out.
Eg, Scalectrix, some star wars stuff, sinclair spectrum 48, packman, invaders from space.
I also still have my 1983 mk1 Rayleigh cromo burner BMX.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Bought this in 89 from Eastern Bloc Records for £5 , today it's worth anything from £4 to £60, basically what anyone is willing to pay for it. Even have the original bag.
Proper Manc Acid House


The bag



Note that the bag is biodegradable....

 

[Flint]

To be fair my Snap On tool collection that I started buying in 1978 is still worth some coin not that I would ever sell it.
I had an early Ford Capri 2.8i 4 speed box blue over silver with the tartan recaros which was mint when I sold it in 94 at 12 years old for £650.

I think there's probably quite a few of us that can recall cars we sold, that would now have been worth keeping.

Personally I just think .......... there was a reason I sold it, nearly always to finance another; so I couldn't have kept it even if I wanted to.

 

[zagatoes30]

I hate to think how many Escorts we sold back in the day mainly 1300 & 1600 Sports but the odd Mk1 Mexico, 1300E & GT

 

[zagatoes30]

All my other stuff I keep of hold, much to Mrs Zs frustration, worth bugger all. However my son has always loved Power Rangers and he has some guns that you put plastic chargers in, he probably has over 100 different chargers when looking online for some of the missing numbers he needs I found that common chargers are £5-10 and some rare ones £50 or more. I checked his collect and most are common but he has 6 that are rare and 1 that is extremely rare. Likewise the guns and figures he has are all worth much more than we paid for them especially as he plays with them very gently and they are all in perfect condition.

 

[allandwf]

I've never kept anything purely as an investment, always because I wanted something to enjoy.

 

[2b1ask1]

Humphrey’s

 

[CatmanV2]

Most of my watches are worth a bit more than I paid for them, except, possibly, my Longines, but that was bought new.

Other than that I'm pretty much with @allandwf

C

 

[Wack61]

In 1986 I had a Yamaha RD 400E that I couldn't give away , nobody wanted 2 strokes so I took the only offer I got , swapped it for a fitted house alarm

8-10k today

I google street viewed the house and almost 40 years later the alarm box is still on the wall, it's like the final **** take

 

[Delmonte]

Original (70s edition) 007 Aston DB5, in vgc with shields, guns, ejector seat, even the original baddie. All working.
Even as a kid I was almost scared to play with it and looked after it as a collectible.
Now it seems they've re issued it so many times, probs not even in 3 figures

 

[Harry]

My Hotwheels track has degenerated into tiny fragments - I had it all in the original box and was quite hopeful until I opened it. My younger sister had the annoying habit of scribbling her own name on everything, including the otherwise pristine boxes. I haven’t the heart to chuck/sell my Whimsies/Hornby trainset/Lundby dolls house/Matchbox cars/boxed games, but I don’t want to store it, either. I’m sure the market for 60’s/70’s toys will soon be even more flooded because they’re all being dragged out of dead parents’ attics now!

 

[Wack61]

My Hotwheels track has degenerated into tiny fragments

My Mr parlanchin did that , plastic shattered, can't scare my sister with it any more , she's 60 now but it'd probably still freak her out like it did when she was 8