what should I be collecting

[unclemac]

When I was a kid the second hand and junk stores were overflowing with WWI uniforms, helmets and equipment. They were so cheap you couldn't hardly give them away. The same was true for a lot of stuff. So my question is this....what should I be picking up on the cheap today that will excite folks tomorrow?

 

[Chisos]

Old original computers, original electronic calculators, original game devices, still hot wheels, cassette tapes and players, any ping golf putters and well, who knows. The junk of today is the treasure of tomorrow.

 

[capt-zero]

I'm not sure you posed the question correctly. Is the question, what should you get now, that will be worth a lot tommorow? I collect what interests me, with little concern for it's later value. That is what collecting is all about. Rarely will I sell those things that light a fire under me. Instead the enjoyment I get from having them and knowing their story is what drives me. If later the items become popular and there comes to be a lot of interest them, so much the better, but the fulfillment in collecting, for me at least, does not lie in the profit.

If profit is your concern, I agree with much of what Chisos posted. Look for items that will spark nostalgia with people who are young now, but will soon join the ranks of the affluent with disposable income.

 

[mjlalt]

A few ideas:
Spent Gift cards - some have interesting pictures on them and most get tossed.
Computer Cpus or Cell Phones - they are getting scrapped for gold and may be hard to find in the future ( and if they don't become collectible they would still be worth the gold content.
Thumb Drives - All sorts of character thumb drives are out there
Energy Drink - cans / advertising

 

[duffytrash]

collect things that were not made to collect...stay away from beanie babies and franklin mint stuff....

 

[Keppy]

If you are like me i never collect any thing...... I just don't like a bunch of stuff setting around ..... If i get something that i can sell now i sell it..... if not it goes right to a thrift store........ I don't like clutter.....

 

[GibH]

If you are like me i never collect any thing...... I just don't like a bunch of stuff setting around ..... If i get something that i can sell now i sell it..... if not it goes right to a thrift store........ I don't like clutter.....

If you get sentenced to hell, they are sending you to my house

 

[Keppy]

If you get sentenced to hell, they are sending you to my house

... and we would get rid of all the great finds you have...

 

[nhbenz]

Early razor scooters. First mass-marketed by Sharper Image. Today those old ones get thrown out by the droves, replaced by the new fancier models. But their popular, and those kids will want them the way folks of my age love the old Schwinn Stingray.

 

[diggummup]

Unfortunately, whatever it is will probably have been "made in China". Sad but true. That alone makes it worthless to me, now and forever.

 

[frankendime]

I like to collect 20, 50 and $100 bills.

 

[2ndisbest]

I like to collect 20, 50 and $100 bills.

Unfortunately, whatever it is will probably have been "made in China". Sad but true. That alone makes it worthless to me, now and forever.