$$$$$

[AKAtude]

Is anyone holding onto something because you think it's going to be worth $$$$$ in the future? Ok. Don't laugh, but I'll share my "treasures".

a Strawberry Shortcake tin lunchbox from second or third grade (unfortunately, I lost the thermos)

two McDonald's Happy Meal boxes (before they started using just the bags) plus the toys that came with them

The very first issue of "O, the Oprah Magazine" (y'all know I love Oprah) IMHO, perfect condition.

I regret giving away my Cabbage Patch dolls and my Atari. I had a lot of games, too.

[DOVE1920]

Autographed Alonzo Mourning card. I had the biggest crush on him in grammar school until I found out he was married. lol

[AKA2D '91]

My mother is always "saving stuh". She still has many of my dolls and my sister's dolls (60's and 70'). I still have my Cabbage Patches.

She has our "tin" lunch boxes and other stuff.

I've found myself buying things that will probably be worth $$$$ LONG after I"m gone. As an example, I bought both of my nieces the Barbie Millennium Doll. They have kept them in the box (they have not opened them). Hopefully, it will be worth $$$ when they are grown and have kids. (I should have bought one for myself, now that I'm thinking about it!)

NOTE: Items in their original packaging are worth MORE $$$.

[Poplife]

A 1932 edition of 'Life' Magazine.

[dst3800]

Okay, I am always holding on to stuff ..... it seems as soon as I throw something away, I find another use for it... Athough I am getting better, and I find myself throwing away stuff more frequently now that I have my own place...that junk adds up! I have been able to hold on to....My atari game, which is still in working condition...w/ the Pac-Man and Ms.Pac-Man games....and one of the very first Easy Bake Ovens. It still works, but over time, I have lost one of the pans and that little orange stick thing that you use to push the pan from one end to the other. Oh well, i hope they become collector's items someday, so I can get some loot!!

[exquizit]

I kept all the newspapers and mags from the Sept. 11 tragedy. I wasn't really thinking about the $$$$, I just wanted to hold on to that so my brat can have that piece of history when she grows up.

[toocute]

Pepsi Cans before they changed the design about 6 years ago.

I still have my Cabbage Patch Doll.

[Sexy Mocha]

Ditto on saving the Sept.11 stuff...

I also have stored away all of the newspaper articles on famous people's deaths : JFK Jr., Princess Di, Dr. Seuss (yeah, I said Dr. Seuss!)

Really old coins

Baseball cards

old records (I have quite a few, including a really old Beatles record)

[fatto]

I have 3 Sports Illustrated magazines with 1) The Seoul Summer Olympics, 2) Bobby Hull (hockey player) and the US Olympic hockey team, and 3) Muhammad Ali on the covers. I think (hope) they'll all have some value sooner or later.

I keep saying that I am going to buy the full set of the new quarters with the state on the back, but I am beginning to doubt the long term value of that set. (can you say overkill???)

[ClassyLady]

Most of the stuff that I save is only valuable to me. But, I do still have my Cabbage Patch dolls and a full wardrobe for them. And, the record of "Self Destruction," the all-star rap song abainst black on black violence. Other than that, I don't think that anyone would want the stuff that I have.

I held on to old Right On! and Word Up! magazines. But, I don't think those will be collectors' item.

[prettypoodle6]

i keep alot of stuff for sentimental reasons, but the only thing that may be worth something in the future are:

*the OG nintendo, powerpad and a bunch of games (all in perfect condition and the door is still on the system!)

* talking baseball gards (toy back in the 80's i think. they each have a disk on them and come with a player)

[JJSP01]

I have money from Iraq that has Saddam Huesian's (sp) picture on it. My brother brought it back from when he went to the Gulf War. I also have a coke can with Arabic writing on it.

I kept this stuff more as a reminder of what my brother went through, rather than for the money.

[Steeltrap]

It's not yet my stuff, but we have a ton of classical and jazz LPs from the 1940s to the 1970s at our family home. One of those LPs already is worth about $500 on the open market.

[NOWorNEVER]

Hey y'all. Does anyone remember Fraggle Rock? It was my favorite show when I was little. Anyways, I have 3 plush fraggle dolls: Uncle Traveling Matt, Red, and Mokie. I also have the lunchbox, a ligther, books, and a bunch of stuff I'm toooooo big for. I got them off ebay a long time ago cuz I thought they might be worth some money one day. I was gonna put them back up for bid on Ebay but should I wait? I'm not sure if they'll be worth something one day.

[AKAtude]

Originally posted by Sexy Mocha
I also have stored away all of the newspaper articles on famous people's deaths : JFK Jr., Princess Di, Dr. Seuss (yeah, I said Dr. Seuss!)

When JFK, Jr. died I looked all over for a copy of his "George" magazine and they were sold out everywhere!