The Most Valuable and Old-School Collectible Types

Can you pay for your post-retirement lifestyle by spending a portion of your annual income on the best collectibles? Collecting antiquities, sports memorabilia, and other collectible items could end up paying considerable returns in the future. However, it requires timing your investment perfectly per market demands and performing due research. The modern investment landscape has gotten diversified over the years?

Many invest in collectibles such as sports cards, memorabilia, vintage toys, etc. That’s because collectibles can give the most exciting returns. So, here are a few old-school and valuable collectible types that previously dominated the collectibles market.

Old School Collectible Types Worth a Fortune

By old-school collectibles, we’re referring to the popularity and recognition of different collectible categories and not the actual age of collectibles, despite that being a major price-influencing factor. Here’s a bunch of old-school and valuable item types you must check if you plan to expand your investment portfolio to collectibles.

• Stamp Collections

Collecting stamps is a timeless hobby that might never go out of fashion. The highest value and rarest collectibles are those with manufacturing defects and mistakes (out of short-run productions). The rarer and older the stamps are, the more expensive they’ll sell.

For instance, the “Inverted Jenny” stamps sold for over $1.3 million in 2016! And, only 100 units were produced due to a mint/manufacturing issue. The limited supply and an exciting yet rare mistake made it extremely popular among stamp collectors. And thus, it was worth over a million dollars!

• Collectible and Vintage Watches

You’re no stranger to luxurious watches considering the amount of money the top watch brands spend worldwide. A bunch of factors make watches worth collecting and saving for a future resale as a collectible. Those factors include rarity, distinctive product defects, limited edition, appearance, and more.

Collecting watches is fun and a great hobby. Most people don’t realize that while you’re collecting, you can even wear your vintage watches without wearing them out because they’re quite sturdy collectibles.

The maker’s/brand’s popularity, history working mechanism, assembling procedure and sophistication also make watches worth lots of money as collectibles. Take the 1518 Stainless Steel Patek Philippe of the four-piece series that sold for over $11 million!

• Fiction Memorabilia (Movie Collectibles) 

If you’re a Star Wars fan, wouldn’t you love having a rare Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader figurine in your collection? There are dozens of popular movies, characters, and fictional items that hold a prestigious sentimental value in the hearts and eyes of fans. For example, the Cowardly Lion’s original costume off the set of the classic “Wizard of Oz” was auctioned for over $3 million!

Whether a lightsaber wielded by a famous Star Wars character or an autograph of the voice actors from a Disney movie, movie collectibles are old school and worth every cent on the market.

Conclusion

When you’re ready to explore the collectible market, stay in touch with a safe and suitable collectibles dealer. You can reach out to a local collectibles dealer in your neighborhood or city or check out one of the top-tier online dealers. Collectibles Investment Group buys/sells multiple categories of collectibles.

We buy coin collections, vintage toys, video games, comic collections, sports cards, and other collections. You can contact our expert appraisers to get an accurate quote for your collectibles today at cash@collectiblesinvestmentgroup.com!