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27 collector's items you might not know you own

Hidden cash in your home?
Bandai Tamagotchi Ocean: $300 (£240)
Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 12” vinyl album UK special edition: $540 (£430)
Hasbro Transformers Megatron action figure: $750 (£600)
Tiger Electronics Original 1998 white Furby: $800 (£640)
Lego King's Mountain Fortress set: $1,000 (£800)
Konami Castlevania Nintendo NES game: $1,000 (£800)
Sony TPS-L2 Walkman with Guardians of the Galaxy case: $1,200 (£960)
Mattel Masters of the Universe Laser Light Skeletor: $1,200 (£960)
Nirvana's Bleach 12” vinyl album marbled edition: $1,200 (£960)
Mattel Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt Series: $1,550 (£1.2k)
Tales From the Quadead Zone VHS tape: $2,000 (£1.6k)
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks VHS tape: $2,100 (£1.7k)
G.I. Joe Mobile Command Center: $3,000 (£2.4k)
Kenner Star Wars Early Bird Certificate Set: $3,000 (£2.4k)
Lego Trains: $1,500-$3,000 (£1,200-£2,400)
Rare Detective Comics featuring the Riddler's first appearance: $3,500 (£2.8k)
Bruce Springsteen's Spirit In The Night 7” vinyl single: $5,000 (£4k)
Ty Inc. Peanut Royal Blue Elephant Beanie Baby: $5,000 (£4k)
Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are first edition: $6,000 (£4,800)
Pez Softhead Mickey Mouse Dispenser: $7,000 (£5.6k)
The Beatles' Please Please Me 12” vinyl album early pressing: $7,500 (£6k)
J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye first edition: $9,000 (£7.3k)
Apple Lisa 1 Computer: $10,000 (£8,000)
MITS Altair 8800 Personal Computer: $12,000 (£9.6k)
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus trading card deck: $27,300 (£21.8k)
'Joanne Rowling' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone first edition: $55,000 (£44k)
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit first edition: $80,000 (£65k)
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Hidden cash in your home?

Got a few old G.I. Joe toys, first editions of classic books or Beatles LPs hidden away at home? Among the junk gathering dust in your loft or basement, there could be well be a sought-after collector's item or two. Check out our pick of items from back in the day that are worth a small fortune.
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10 April 2017

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