How’s your basement looking right now? Is it nice and neat or messy and heavily cluttered with no room to swing a cat?
If you’re just like me, your basement is most likely filled with old stuff. From paint cans to used shoes and outdated electronics, most basements look like a tornado has swept through them.
And let’s be honest… we don’t pay too much attention to our basements, although they deserve it.
Tell me, how long has it been since your last basement declutter? Can’t remember? Well, maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the old items you find down there. Even if most things belong in the trash, I bet you’ll find some potential money-makers underneath the stairs.
Check all your mildewed cardboard boxes—your old stuff could generate you a handsome sum of money (if not a fortune).
19 thoughts on “15 Old Things in Your Basement That Are Literally Worth a Fortune”
I have the very first issue of USA Today. It is in an unopened envelope.
What is the safest way to get an idea of a particular item’s possible value and how to sell it?
I have items that may fall into vintage items. Have nothing to refer to as far as value of items. Do you have a catalog or a Webb site I could go to that would have this information?
Old photographs from other countries or from America
i even have an old juke box and dozens of 45 records , boxes of the great big records 33’s and 98’s ?? in the garage
yoyo’s boxes of comic books heaven only knows, what is in the attic
78’S
It’s and lots of cash in your pocket! Good luck
I also have vintage postcards nicely organized in a specific photo type alum and 95 percent or more I 100 percent mint condition but the thing with trying to sell your item is finding the correct companies or right persons! If anyone could help me with this would be a great thing for you too! Thank you all! PLVMB tool set that is fully completed and in a wooden box designed specifically for each individual tool lined with green felt lining! Some could truly help me to help them ! Thank you again
I have 20 foot POD with items from 3 families. How do I go about selling the items?
I have collector plates, 1900 Lynn Range with all accessories, furniture, Books, Art, cameras
Nascar collectibles
My wife.
We don’t have a basement. They don’t build them here in FL!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha — VERY FUNNY! — but NOT if you’re serious!!! : ( Cherish your wife, and remember that if you are loved, you have it all. No one — including yourself — is perfect. Try harder; miracles happen all the time because God is on your side…… : ) Good luck, and God Bless!
No room to swing a cat why would you even come up with that analogy …of all things…
No basement but attics are the same for us who live on rock. I have about 100 331/3 records – in original jackets. Some of the Beatles – Bob Dylan – John Denver – Barbra – lots of Broadway – lots of opera – lots of classical piano.
Why do you title it as 15 things when you only show 9, have the other 6 already been sold or thrown away? People really should learn how to count it sometimes drives me nuts to see how our education system has let our kids down to a point where they cannot even count or add simple numbers without a calculator to do it for them.
There are 15 items on 9 pages. Count them again.
I have 7 storage units with 60 year old plus items. I wish there was someone to call to come out and shop me
John Wayne memorabilia