So to help you along, here are 15 old things in your house that could be worth a fortune.

Collectible Items That Are Worth Money

• Rock/Pop Items. If there’s one category of items that I’ve had the hardest time parting with it is this one.
• Sporting Collectibles.
• Comic Books.
• Toys.
• Brandname Products.

Keep reading to find out how you can start your own profitable collection.

• Taxidermy.
• Photography “Work Prints”
• Vintage Handbags.
• Japanese Motorcycles.
• Childhood Toys.
• Contemporary Art.
• Comic Books.
• Stamps. Stamps will almost always increase in value and like most things, the better the condition the better the price.

• DAVID BOWIE’S DIAMOND DOGS VINYL.
• RETRO VIDEO GAMES.
• ANYTHING POLLY POCKET.
• VINTAGE COMICS THAT INSPIRED TODAY’S MOVIES AND TV SHOWS.
• VINTAGE ADVERTISING SIGNS.
• BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA.
• POKÉMON CARDS.
• KANSAS QUARTERS.

If you have something you believe that could be a valuable, several websites can offer expert valuations. Appraisers and collectible experts on sites like What’s It Worth, Value My Stuff and WorthPoint can estimate values based on photos. There are fees, usually starting around $10 to $30.

ScanPower. ScanPower is a selling app with a simple premise: “Source. Sell.” The app offers tools for price scanning, listing, repricing and evaluating new products. The app is available on iPhone and Android.

‘Worth’ can be an adjective, a noun or a preposition, but never a verb. Only “Is it worth it?” can be correct, where it is a preposition. There is no verb that means what ‘to be worth something’ means.

There are many different methods collectors use to find the value of their collectibles including:

1. Auction selling prices.
2. Online price guides.
3. Written price guides.
4. Appraisal services on and off line.
5. Local antique and collectible dealers.

A collectible refers to an item that is worth far more than it was originally sold for because of its rarity and/or popularity. Common categories of collectibles include antiques, toys, coins, comic book, and stamps.

Besides eBay, collectors’ favorite online marketplaces include Bonanza, Etsy, Craigslist, Ruby Lane, Webstore, and Artfire. Some of these stores, like Etsy and ArtFire, feature mostly handmade items. These online sites do still incorporate vintage or antique items in their fabrication or their shops.

Rock and roll and R&B 45s with the cardboard sleeves are worth at least $20, with many being worth more than $200. First pressings of albums have more value than second, third, or subsequent pressings. They are referred to as the “originals” that were purchased when the record first hit the charts.

Label Variations One album, 6 labels. One is worth $10; one is worth $10,000! A significant factor in determining a vinyl record’s value is the label on the record itself. A given album or single might have been released with several different labels on the disc itself, even among releases by the same record company.

The 10 most expensive vinyl records ever sold

• Frank Wilson: ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) – £25,742.
• Tommy Johnson: ‘Alcohol and Jake Blues’ – $37,100.
• Aphex Twin: Caustic Window (test pressing) – $46,300.
• The Beatles: ‘Til There Was You’ (10” acetate) – £77,500.
• The Beatles: Yesterday & Today – $125,000.
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy – $150,000.

• The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man: up to $17,080 (£14,511)
• The Beatles – Beatles for Sale: $20,000 (£16,958)
• Jolly What!
• Elvis Presley – Complete Sun Records: $32,500 (£27,612)
• Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan: up to $35,000 (£29,736)
• The Beatles – Yesterday and Today: up to $125,000 (£106,201)

Do I Love You

10 Records You Might Have Owned That Are Now Worth a Fortune

• BOB DYLAN // THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN (1963)
• THE BEATLES // THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) (1968)
• DAVID BOWIE // DIAMOND DOGS (1974)
• SEX PISTOLS // “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”/”NO FEELINGS” 7-INCH (1977)
• HANK MOBLEY // BLUE NOTE 1568 (1957)
• THE BEATLES // PLEASE PLEASE ME (1963)
• THE BEATLES // YESTERDAY AND TODAY (1966)

Chasing The World’s Rarest 78 RPM Records

• Hear a few notable recordings from the 78 RPM era, as picked by guests Amanda Petrusich & Chris King:
• Geeshie Wiley, “Last Kind Word Blues”
• Willie Brown, “Future Blues”
• Skip James, “Devil Got My Woman”
• Blind Uncle Gaspard, “Sur Le Borde de L’eau”
• Sylvester Weaver, “Guitar Rag”
• Alexis Zoumbas, “Tzamara Arvanitiko”

Tefteller said in a phone interview. He said that on average a rare jazz 78 might sell for $1,500 to $5,000, whereas sales for a comparable blues record would start at $5,000.

If you have old 78s you’d like to donate, the Great 78 Project will accept your old 78 records and digitize them to post online. But reading their FAQs, it does not appear they will ship those old records back to you.

Market Report 78 RPM Records from about 1945 onward are VERY common in most cases. Still, many command good prices on eBay and other sites, while others fail to sell or sell at far below original retail.

Records in good condition (no skips) are sought after these days. Definitely search for prices online, as others have stated. If you have the time to sell via ebay or Gemm, you would certainly get the most money for them at those places. Might take some time to search, but it could be worth it.

TOP 14 Most Creative Uses for Old Vinyl Records

1. Vinyl Record Clock. Make this simple vinyl clock using just an old record and clock mechanism. (
2. Magazine Holder. Keep your magazines nice and tidy by making this simple DIY magazine rack. (
3. Vinyl Record Bowl.
4. Vinyl Record Book.
5. Vinyl Record Cake Stand.
6. Record Wall Photobooth.
7. Broken Record Ombre Wall Art.

Any flat disc record, made between about 1898 and the late 1950s and playing at a speed around 78 revolutions per minute is called a “78” by collectors. The materials of which discs were made and with which they were coated were also various; shellac eventually became the commonest material.