Old Attic Stuff

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

Old attic stuff.

Though their primary purpose is to store old stuff from family treasures to old clothes to baseball cards to ancient high school yearbooks they re inherently terrible storage containers. It s the great irony of attics. You might want to check your basement attic and spare change drawer for some of these gems. The angled ceilings the awkward geometric spaces the disgusting lack of drywall or even proper flooring and insulation.

Post wwii americans were in a celebratory mood and at home entertaining especially cocktail parties was all the rage. So the next time your rummaging around a basement garage or attic keep your eyes peeled for the 14 items. That old cookie jar on your countertop is a hot collectible right now hirsch says if it s from the 40s or 50s. That old guitar in your attic could strum up major bucks.

Keep your eyes peeled for these old toys vintage guitars and first edition books the next time you re rummaging through a basement garage or attic. A man found an old nintendo video game in the attic of his childhood home and later sold it for 9 000. Don t throw anything away. A 1960s fender stratocaster that was never used because someone didn t.

Your attic seems like the perfect spot to tuck away all those items you can t bear to part with but don t want cluttering your house from your old yearbooks to those clothes you just know you ll fit into again someday. A mother gave her daughter a cheap brooch but it turned out to be a 5 000 royal gem. Maybe it s a box of old legos or your old happy meal toy collection. However while that out of sight out of mind mentality may work when it comes to staying organized stashing certain things in your attic could render them unusable before.

Old toys and board games that you can t part with also find a place in your attic. Important to the affair was the offering of the appropriate graphic and colorful barware with just the right dose of gold glitz by well known glassware companies such as libbey federal glass hazel atlas and culver. Guitars especially can bring in a lot of money says silver. Keep smaller items in plastic bins or sturdy boxes.

Consider the composition of each item.