Top Ten Collectable Items
Collectable items are getting more and more popular with
people as they can bring in big returns especially with rare items or items
that have been signed by famous or historic figures like Winston Churchill or
Michael Jackson. Just remember another man’s junk is another man’s gold.
Here are my top ten collectable items.
1.
Old Stamps
Stamps have been very popular
with collectors for many years now as there are very many rare stamps floating
around, stamps were often used as currency many years ago which makes them
interesting to collector’s. Limited edition stamps and mis-printed are the most
desirable stamps to collect as only a certain amount of stamps were printed,
one of the rarest stamps is The Swedish
'Treskilling Yellow' as it was mis-printed in 1855 and sold for £1.59 million
in 1996 and is pictured below.
2.
Coins
Coin collecting has been a hobby
for many years now and some of the rare coins are quite often worth a lot more than
their face value and even more so if they were made with a valuable metal like
gold. Coins made of gold can be worth thousands of pounds depending on the year
they were made, the weight of the coin and how many coins were put into
circulation. One of the most expensive coins made is the Gold Minted Double
Eagle which had a face value of 20 dollars in 1933 and the last coin that was
found sold in auction for 6.6 million dollars.
3.
Coca Cola Collectables
Collectors today can find a flood of Coke memorabilia and
collectibles—part of these items’ genius in the first place was their
durability and usability. To pick one example among
many, Coca-Cola thermometers served a practical purpose that helped ensure a
long promotional life. This set them apart from the posters and other
advertisements that most store owners would routinely discard. As the decades
passed and popular styles changed, so did the design of these thermometers.
Some in the 1940s, for example, featured an Art Deco-inspired design.
Coke bottles, too, evolved over the decades, from a
non-standardized hodgepodge of improvised glassware in the early 20th century
to the now-classic curved shape known as the “Mae West” or “hobbleskirt”
bottle, which was patented in November 1915 after a two-year contest to find
the perfect design. Then as now, consumers instantly associate the shape with
the Coca-Cola brand. The most expensive Coca Cola bottle today is the Weldon
which was manufactured in Weldon, North Carolin which is where it got its name
from.
4.
Antique Guns
Guns have always been very
collectable as they have played an important part in our history and they are
sought after by collector’s mainly for their historical relevance. Guns come in
all shapes and sizes but the most collectable ones are usually ones that were
owned by famous people or were used in famous battles. One of the most
expensive antique guns ever sold was a Cased Colt Texas Paterson Revolver which
was owned by a Texas Ranger called Sam Wilson which sold at auction for 970,000
dollars.
5.
Sports Memorabilia
Major sporting events are remembered
for years or even decades after they were
played like when England won the World Cup in 1966 or when the first Super Bowl
took place and the items that were used in those games have become hugely
collectable and if someone was lucky enough to have a ball signed by all of the
players that won winning game then it
could be worth thousands. But when it comes to expensive sports memorabilia
then Baseball is one of the all-time favourites for collectors with icons like
Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner or Joe DiMagio and one of the most expensive sports
memorabilia was Mark McGuire’s signed 70th home run baseball which
fetched 3.3 million dollars at an auction in 1999.
6.
Antique Swords and Knives
Swords and knives collectors
always turn their attention to acquiring rare swords, weapons of the past that
are rich in stories of warfare and filled with extraordinary tales of heroism.
These antique swords not only give us a chance to behold the artefacts of the
past, but also a lens through which we can revisit the olden times. One of the
most sort after swords is Napoleon's sword. This sword was actually used by
Napoleon in his Egyptian campaign, and was based on his observation that the
curved swords his Arab enemies used were better suited to beheading enemies.
After the campaign he presented it to his brother as a wedding gift. The sword
was sold at auction for $6.4 million, but only on the condition that it was
sold to a French resident, and it must spend 6 months a year in France, since
it's a national treasure.
7.
Antique Cameras
Old cameras have always been very
collectable as people like to remember what these devices helped to capture in
the past and the photos taken were able to preserve a bit of history. There
have been many different makes of camera and they came in all shapes and sizes
the most popular makes these days are Nikon, Canon and Sigma but one of the
most expensive antique cameras ever sold was O-Series Leica No. 107 which sold
for around £240,000 at auction
8.
Toys
Toys that children grew up with
will never be forgotten and often when people have grown up all they want for Christmas
is that toy they spent so many hours playing with as a child and will pay huge
amounts to get one in mint condition. Popular collectable toys come in all
shapes and sizes like teddy bears, toy cars, and action figures and if these
are found in their original boxes and un-touched then these can be worth a lot of
money. People have been taking collectable toys to the extreme and recently a Model
Lamborghini Toy car was set to make 3 million pounds when it went to auction.
9.
Jewellery
Jewellery has always been an
expensive accessory and the finest pieces are made with the fanciest of jewels.
Jewellery made using the Coloured
diamonds fetch more attention than the regular white diamonds and one the most
expensive pieces was this rare pink diamond ring has set a record of selling at
$11.7 million at auction.
10.
War Memorabilia
There is a huge market for War
Memorabilia and as there have been a few wars over the years there are tons of
collectable items out there that people want. These items can vary greatly from
old guns to uniforms even to the old planes and tanks that were used and the
better the condition they are in the more valuable they become.
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