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Salvaged and restored items that sold for a fortune

Discarded items worth good money
Carved stone pot – est. value $500 (£412)
Carpet – est. value $758 (£625)
Early 20th-century petrol pump – sold for $800 (£630)
Cadbury's cabinet – est. value $1,098 (£800)
Windsor stickback chair – est. value $1,200 (£990)
Taylor Tot stroller – sold for $1,500 (£1,200)
20th-century garden chair – est. value $1,580 (£1,150)
Crow's nest – value $3,612 (£3,000)
18th-century cannons – est. value $3,800 (£3,134k)
1956 Popsicle toy train – sold for $4,000 (£3,100)
1967 Triumph Daytona – sold for $4,400 (£3,630)
Hayrake table – est. value $5,000 (£4,124)
Pair of Darlington Council's vintage chairs – sold for $5,460 (£4,500)
Carved Jerusalem limestone slipper tub – value $5,950 (£4.9k)
1969 motorised surfboard – sold for $8,000 (£6,200)
1915 gas pump – sold for $9,000 (£7,000)
School bell from 1903 – value $9,500 (£7,730)
1954 Maxwell House coffee machine – sold for $10,000 (£7,800))
Church reredos – value $10,000 (£8,250)
Cast iron storefront – est. value $15,300 (£12,618)
Curved grand staircase – value $18,000 (£14,845)
19th-century walnut panelling – value $20,000 (£16.5k)
Eiffel Tower replica – value $22,000 (£18,143)
Lotus Esprit – sold for $92,000 (£67k)
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible – est. value $260,000 (£214,422)
1950 Ferrari 166MM Barchetta – sold for $1 million (£827k)
Ferrari 275 GTB – sold for $2.3 million (£1.9m)
1935 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante – sold for $3.8 million (£3m)
David Gandy’s 1954 Jaguar – value unknown
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Courtesy Sotheby's

Discarded items worth good money

Sometimes the most incredible antiques look rather unremarkable at first glance. In fact, there are even TV shows such as the UK's Salvage Hunters and America's Salvage Dawgs that feature experts who spend their time actively looking for pieces that look like junk to the untrained eye, but can be scrubbed up for a very healthy profit. Read on to see some of the most remarkable – and valuable – items that have been salvaged and restored to their former glory. All dollar values in US dollars.

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lovemoney staff

17 March 2022

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