![]() Heritage AuctionsĬards featuring beloved athletes across all sports also experienced mass growth in 2020, according to eBay. A Darth Vader-shaped storage case full of characters went for $750 on EBTH in January.ġ986 Fleer Basketball cards and stickers complete set with mint condition Michael Jordan sold for $2,390 at Heritage Auctions. If, like most kids, you actually played with your Star Wars toys, you can still make potentially hundreds off of them. A 1978 Jawa action figure with vinyl robe went for $6,700 in 2018 on EBTH and a set of 1977 figures, including Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca and R2-D2, in plastic wrapping topped $2,770 at another EBTH auction in 2017. ![]() If the force is with you, they'll still be in their original packaging too.Īt the top end, a Luke Skywalker action figure from 1978 in its original box with a double-telescoping lightsaber sold for $25,000 at a Sotheby's auction in 2015, but many other characters in original packaging still sell for lower six-figure sums. To see big money, you need to be holding the Kenner toys that date back to the 1970s and 1980s when the original trilogy was released. Kenner “The Empire Strikes Back” accessory storage chamber toy with action figures inside, including: Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2D2, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo among others, that sold for $750 on EBTH. A collection of cards that included the characters Gastly, Horsea, Charmander, Charmeleon, Porgygon, Magmar, Victreebel, Jynx and Tangela sold on EBTH for $325. Not all first editions however will net such a premium, though they will still make more than you spent on them initially. Heritage Auctions sold a sealed box of 36 booster packs of these 1st edition Pokemon cards for $408,000 in January, about $48,000 more than a similar booster box went for just last year. The 1999 Pokemon Base 1st Edition Holo Thick Stamp Shadowless Charizard sold for $350,100, while the 1999 Pokemon Base Set 1st Edition Shadowless Holo Charizard went for $295,300.ĭon't have those two Charizards in your collection? Any other cards featuring the character or other popular favorites like Pikachu, MewTwo, and Blastoise from that first production run, which features a circle that says 1st edition, will fetch a pretty penny. The top two Pokemon cards sold on eBay last year both featured the character Charzard and sold for six figures a piece. A renewed love for the mass-produced Japanese card game sent sales rising 574 percent last year alone. ![]() Riding at the top of this surge is Pokemon. EBay found that sales went up 142 percent in 2020 vs. Looking for a cheat sheet of what's selling well now? Here are 33 commonly-owned items that can put some extra money in your pocket-possibly a lot more.Ĭollection of first edition Pokemon cards, which included characters such as Gastly, Horsea, Charmander, Charmeleon, Porgygon, Magmar, Victreebel, Jynx, and Tangela, that sold on EBTH for $325. "What doesn't matter is how much you originally paid for it or how old it is," she adds. The item's condition, its scarcity or unusualness, its connection to an iconic event or pop culture figure, and whether it's currently trendy all add to its value, says Jacquie Denny, co-founder of the estate sale and auction website. ![]() "You'll be surprised at how much you can sell on secondary markets and how much you can get." To help, Newsweek surveyed appraisers and antique experts to help you assess what's valuable and what's not and to get their advice about how to get top price.įirst step: "Just pause for a minute and spend five minutes looking up online the thing you're thinking of throwing out," says Reyne Hirsch, a long-time appraiser on PBS' Antiques Roadshow. With a collector out there for almost any type of item, from your mom's old casserole dish to that Nintendo you haven't touched in 30 years, the trick lies in distinguishing what's truly worth the effort and time to resell and what's better off in the donation pile. Hidden among the hand-me-downs, knick-knacks, old toys and discarded electronics gathering dust in your attic, garage, basement or closet are valuable items that might be worth hundreds, often even thousands, of dollars-if you can figure out how to identify them. Odds are there's a treasure trove waiting to be unearthed inside your home. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago/Getty Junk or valuable collectible? Some of your cast-offs could be worth hundreds, or even thousands.
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