lol When I was a very young girl and sitting on the floor playing with my little metal spinning top and dressing my Barbie I had no idea how important they would be now to collectors years later. Or how about when I was driving around in my 1967 Camaro (I had it in 74) little did I know how much money it would be worth now had I kept it, or my 69 Nova.
So guess everyone should look around and think what could be worth something in the future for their kids to have. Maybe the first game boy, or..... gee, not sure, someone else can help me out here?
It's fun to watch how fashion tries to bring back clothes from the past but they change the colors to fit into the time now. I guess it's their way to keep the style but 'modernize' it to fit for today's people.
And yes, Barbie's are still something everyone seems to want to collect. But I tell ya, Barbies now are alot different then the ones we had back then. They now have Barbies that are having a baby, or ones that have kids, and the outfits...nothing that would be allowed on Barbies when I was a kid! lol
My neighbor has alot of the older barbies, has me looking for an Allan doll for her.
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And yes, Barbie's are still something everyone seems to want to collect. But I tell ya, Barbies now are alot different then the ones we had back then. They now have Barbies that are having a baby, or ones that have kids, and the outfits...nothing that would be allowed on Barbies when I was a kid! lol
Barbie, Barbie, Barbie.. amazing how popular she's stayed.. I just ordered 6 Barbies off eBay for my neighbor for over $100 (she's in her 60's).. I keep telling her they're worth more in the box but she takes them out and plays with them so they lose collector value the minute she takes them out of the box.. up to her tho, I guess. It's what she enjoys!
I think you're probably right Dave. My son recently bought an original Atari system and games for one of his friend's birthdays and he paid $150 for it. We had one in the early 80's and sold it with all the games for $20 a few years later. Sure wish I'd have kept it now.
If everyone had kept them, they wouldn't be worth anything today..
I know I've sold old electronic calculators, slide rules, and adding machines for good money..
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I think you're probably right Dave. My son recently bought an original Atari system and games for one of his friend's birthdays and he paid $150 for it. We had one in the early 80's and sold it with all the games for $20 a few years later. Sure wish I'd have kept it now.
I can't wait for a few years from now, when kids will pick up an iPod and wonder what it is. This is a cool video, although it's in French, with some kids wondering about older technology.
My brothers kids didn't know what record albums were..
Sometimes we overlook the simplest explanations.. archeolgists of the future will have a field day figuring out what things are and how to power them on.
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I can't wait for a few years from now, when kids will pick up an iPod and wonder what it is. This is a cool video, although it's in French, with some kids wondering about older technology.
I keep telling her they're worth more in the box but she takes them out and plays with them so they lose collector value the minute she takes them out of the box.. up to her tho, I guess. It's what she enjoys!
She plays with them?
Well, . . .
good for her.
I think if she likes them that much then why not take them out of the boxes to enjoy them. So many times I hear people buy things to just 'sit' them up somewhere to collect dust because they may be worth something some day. Then there is ones like your neighbor that actually knows how to really appreciate the older things.
Sometimes the 'worth' isn't about the money one can maybe get for an item 'someday'. The worth is in the enjoyment of owning the item and actually getting pleasure out of it.
My neighbor buys collectable Barbies and plays with them.. to me, I'd rather keep them pristine as an investment but usually the markets drops out anyway..
Indeed - Early electronics. Hit the garage sales today, buy clean, workable, complete stuff and store it for 40 years. You might end up as even as the stock market.
Comics, sport cards.. at one time these things were so hot.. now, what kid even reads comics anymore? What kid spends his allowance on sports cards? None that I know..
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