80 Fascinating Collectibles That Prove One Person’s Trash Is Another Person’s Treasure

Hello everyone, I'm once again posting one of these Soviet education kits. This one is from 1965 and it's a collection of 60 wild seed samples. They're all in perfect condition vials which are sealed with some sort of fiberous plugs. The seeds here are, I think, mostly or entirely found in Eastern Europe or at least what could be found in the USSR at the time.

It's really interesting to take a look at these samples since even in my modern education experience in high school, we didn't get hands on or visual aids in our curriculum.

This box specifically was one delivered to a school in Lithuania, from which I acquired.

My collection of things I’ve found, mostly scuba diving. Shark teeth and other fossils + a few artifacts from shipwrecks.

My grandmother left me these plates and I have absolut no clue what to do with them. I have no space in my apartment to keep them and i don’t really think they are all that nice. But before selling them I was wondering if anyone might know more about them? Thanks in advance!

My Dad was a pharmacist and collected these through the years - they were in storage for 25 years. He passed away last summer and I put them on display because I think of him often.

One dog and one cat. Get along together well.

He was there that day but never talked about it much and passed years ago. In my mind it’s priceless and I’m keeping it, just curious about what something like this is worth for curiosity sake.

After getting such nice comments when I shared my mom’s cookie jar collection, I thought I’d share one of my own collections. I had these clocks displayed around my kitchen window in my old house before I moved in with my mom.

Since my mom passed, I’ve been going through all of her stuff and mine trying to determine what to keep and what to sell. I know that wherever I live next will be tiny cuz that’s all I can afford. But admittedly I am having a hard time getting rid of things. I already had too much stuff of my own and now there’s a bunch of my mom’s belongings I want to keep. Anyone else having trouble getting rid of stuff or simply having too many collections?

I bought my first one on offerup for $25. I was hooked. I bought one a month for a while. I built the shelves. I also collect Telechron kitchen clocks. You can have an awesome collection of whatever you like. The time to buy is when you find it!

Found at home. Parents told me it’s a claw of Siberian Tiger, but literally no evidence. Can only make sure it’s a claw of some big cats, and it’s in our home for at least 20-30 years.

Got it from a local thrift store for 150 and I’m planning to polish it over the next few weeks. I can’t find anything similar online or any kind of manufacturers mark. The base is a flower petal design. Might be a long shot but I’d love to know more about it if someone has insight!

I included a Pic of the metal engraved QUOIZEL COLLECTIBLES on the inside of the lamp shade.

I know next to nothing about these items, if there is anyone out there with some info, I would be so grateful! Thank you in advance.

Probably bought for my uncle back in the 70’s and lost them.

Found in my grandparent’s collection… still sealed cigarette pack from George Bush’s 1988 presidential campaign. Does anyone know much about these? There doesn’t seem to be much info online.

4 piece set. Probably for tea. All made of silver and everything is there. Stamped “UNIVERSAL” on the bottom of each one. Anyone know about these? Year? Real silver? Worth anything?

The one in the middle is hand painted and supposedly from 1920s. My grandmother kept these after great grandma passed. She has tons of them.

This was part of my mom's antique collection which doesn't necessarily classify it as an antique. I've been trying to find information about if for over 20 years and have never been able to identify it. There are zero markings on it, It's very heavy and the base is marble.

I would like to think that these pieces would at least be museum worthy. I've contacted the Chinese museum in NY but haven't heard back yet. Anyone know what I could have here?

Would love some info about them! Only two have tags, one is more or less illegible, says El Paso maybe, and the other says Trujillo’s from chimayo, though I can’t tell how old it is. Any info would be appreciated!

Hi,

I thrifted this articulated wooden snake decor/ toy on impulse and because he was a cool guy. He looks vintage so I thought I’d reverse google to see if I could find how old he was. He is large, much larger than most of the snakes like this I’ve seen. maybe almost 2 feet long. Anyway, I couldn’t really find many that looked like him and his size, but what I did find was alarmingly marked up is this some private seller being ridiculous or could he be worth something? The one listing does say he’s from the 60s or 70s which looks about right.

Hi, I’ve recently found this tea set in our loft. Looks like a kids toy set. The tea pot only is stamped Carlton Ware. I can’t find anything about this tea set online. It’s very damaged so not expecting it to be worth any money, but just wondered if this is a genuine Carlton Ware set or if someone has just chanced their arm and stamped the bottom of one piece! Would be interested to know if anyone has seen it before?!

Thanks.

Would love any info on age! Have tried Google lens and I believe they’re all vintage.

Found this in the basement of my girlfriend’s dad’s new house and he said that the owner mentioned riding it when he was little and he’s more than 60 years old now.

I found this cool piece at a flea market in NYC and they said it was a sign for authorized apple dealers back in the 80s. Was curious if anyone has seen these before or has any additional information on them. I’d love to know who made these back then!

I really like handheld gaming. And handheld tech in general. I dunno, maybe it’s a sensory thing. This is everything I have gaming-wise but I think there’s a couple music players in this pic too—I was in the middle of packing up for a move. I think everything is functional in this pic except the GameBoy with the weird lens cover at the bottom left—that’s my spare-parts Boy. The games.com thing is gone too, I sold that off but other than that, the rest is still here I think.

I am cleaning out my fianceé's grandparents house and found this cup with the lid and now they are wondering if we should just throw it away or see if anyone would find value in it, what do you guys think?

Great condition, china set, photo of the symbol on the bottom included. Set of 8 of the plates (one cup broke so 7 cups here) Located in Chicago

Thank you for your help!

I started collecting avocado-themed stuff like keychains, plushies, backer in 2022. Right now, I have over 300 keychains, and over time I've gotten curious if there's anyone else out there who collects as much avocado gear as I do!

Obviously, they don't need to have that many—I don't think anyone like that actually exists hahaha—but does anyone here have enough avocados to consider it a collection?

I post videos of "The Avocado of the Day from my collection," and through that, I've been searching on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and more, but I've never found any avocado collectors; I've only found a few people, and they don't collect anymore.

If you collect avocado stuff or if you liked my collection, let me know!

Mom doesn’t want them anymore since dad passed. Not my style but appreciate the splash of color it adds to our kitchen….Yeah baby.

When my grandpa passed and we were cleaning stuff out i found these and had to save them from being tossed.

Found this cool Astro Boy watch in a secondhand store. I can't seem to find any others like it online. Does anyone know anything about it? I'm guessing it was released on Astro Boy's fictional birthday but I can find any concrete info!

Grandmother was in Japan and brought these back. Worth anything ? Info?

This object was destined for the landfill, it was a rusty and very black piece, I don't know what it is, I tried to search on the internet but I couldn't find anything similar, it looks like a Victorian dolphin but the guillotine inside its mouth leaves me perplexed... looking at the holes under the base of the fish makes me understand that the object is not complete. Anyone who knows more?

I believe this set is solid silver and not silver plated, but I can't really find an exact match so I'd also like to know how much it would be worth. The pitcher weighs 2.05lbs and the tray is 3.06lbs. The only thing as far as maker's mark is the FB RODGERS which is on the bottom of all the items.

The tray I know is the Edelweiss design, but I'm not positive if tray was originally meant go with the tea set.

Any idea how much i cud get for this . It’s certified etc.

Found in a thrift store in alabama. Looks a bit beat up, but looks hand carved far as i can tell.

Any help ID’ing this lamp would be greatly appreciated as I am curious! Found in a hoarder’s basement in Maryland. He has stuff in his home from the 1900s all the way to present day.

As you can see, I’m in the process of gently cleaning her, but it is gonna be a few more hours of work before the layers of dirt have been scrubbed away.

Photos include a brand logo on the lightbulb and the plug!

Any additional tips on the care and keeping of marble is also welcome. I never thought my tiny apartment would be home to a marble sculpture, but here we are!

Picked it up and it has no stamp or brand or anything. It’s sturdy! Not light. Pretty sure it’s cast aluminum. Any ideas on where it came from? Or how old it might be?

Hey, everyone! I inherited these glasses (8 total) from my grandma…she claims that they are custom made hand blown glasses from France (the France part is questionable). Don’t see any makers mark. Has anyone seen something like this? Do they look authentic? Are they valuable? Thank you!

Grams wasn’t messing around. She spent decades amassing this mega-collection of Beanie Babies, ranging from the ultra-rare to run-of-the-mill and everything in between. I never saw a single beanie baby in her home, I don’t know where she was storing them all those years, all I know is that a few years ago I inherited a room-full of plastic bins containing about 2000 (mostly) mint condition beans, and their fate was now intertwined with mine.

Beanie Babies have never been a passion of mine, but knowing how much time and research - and money, omg - my grandmother invested into these, I felt I had to do my homework and figure out what I had on my hands here.

It took a long time, but I catalogued, photographed, and re-binned each and every one of them and checked price guides and eBay sales to note general price ranges…I know that those aren’t always reliable but it gave me a general sense of what was rare vs common. After cataloguing, I’d say this collection is about 75% standard-issue beans (which I’ll split up into bulk sales and donations) and 20-25% mid-to-high value beans, including a number of authenticated rarities.

I’m starting the long, slow process of selling these little bean-dudes (who I have to say, I’ve grown some affection for), but I haven’t gotten past the point of picking out an eBay account name (I went with There Will Be Beans, but BeanRunner2049 was really close). Actually creating all of the listings and managing shipments and everything seems completely overwhelming to me. Also, most of these are being stored at my parents’ place in Florida. I shipped a few hundred of them back to my apartment in California so I could start the process, but even moving through selling this first batch feels like a huge undertaking.

We’ll see how it goes! Any recommendations or advice would be appreciated, but mostly I just felt like I needed to share this saga with some folks who might appreciate it.

Found this sealed McDonald's MacCoin (from 2008 I believe) and I know nothing about it. Says on the packaging that it's valid for redemption at any McDonald's location in return for a Big Mac, but it says on the coin that the offer is valid until 2018, so no Big Mac for me. Anyone happen to know something about these?

Don’t know what to do with it but at the same time you can’t buy it on tcg player what’s up with this thing.

Any info on this/ anyone think its worth saving... I may just eat it.