7 Things in Your Home that Are More Valuable Than You Think

Dang! I have none of these things... And my old clothes are all crap from Target and Walmart.

Somehow the rarity of these things makes me feel that the title of the article, and assertion by Cari Cucksey that the average family has about $10,000 worth of stuff to sell, doesn't ring true. I'd have to sell virtually everything I own to come close to that, and believe me, I have a lot of stuff crammed into my basement right now! If someone wants to come by and sell it all and I can come out with close to that, I'd pay them a commission!

who would have bought Beatles records in the 60s/70s and NEVER played them????

I hate seeing toys on this list! When I was growing up, my mom was always yelling at me for actually playing with my Barbies ... they'll be WORTH something one day! Well, they were worth something to me at the time.

Then, when my son was growing up, he got a lot of gifts like Star Wars figures ... with the advice to leave them in the box because ... they'll be WORTH something one day. I always thanked these people and told them that toys in our household were to be played with. If they had an issue with the item being open and used, they were free to take it with them. A couple of times, these losers actually DID.

Wish I had known that 13th Century Manuscripts were worth anything. They were so common at our house that we just ripped them up to make paper airplanes. And don't get me started on all the rare Chinese porcelain we trashed.

Wow,what a useful article!So what it is saying is if your family had the money to buy expensive designer clothes in the 60's and 70's and had the money to buy records they never listened to,and had the money to buy costume jewery from famous designers in the 20's and 30's and ancient books hand printed blah blah blah that you may have money just sitting around?If my family had that kind of money I would not need money so badly now.If your family is poor all you have is crap,I guess that doesn't make such a great article#$%$

nobody wants your old computer equipment. it will be hard enought to give it away. this article is bunk.

Articles like this are a joke! I'm in the jewelry business and can tell you that most vintage costume jewelry is extremely difficult to sell and when it does, it generally is worth less than $5 unless it's a very high end designer piece or very rare...these pieces are extremely hard to find. I tried to find the suggested jewelry sales site and couldn't even get the site to open.

What irritates me as people who write articles like this have no clue as to what they are telling people. They get people's hopes up and people wind up not being able to get rid of their junk because they think it's worth more than it is.

As someone said on these comments...you can find much of this stuff at thrift shops for pennies. This article is a waste of time.

Cash and Cari, like several other shows, is a staged 'reality' show. I applaud the producer in his/her efforts to dupe the public into believing a houseful of crap will bring thousands of dollars to the owner of the estate and a profit to the 'host'. They always find a piece and paint it...sell it in their store and I often wonder what the poor schumck thinks when they (that is IF) they paid big bucks for a painted piece of junk and realize they found it in a junk sale. Another show that won't last long. Everything is worth something ...but not everything is valuable....

What are the odds the average person has jewelery from the 30's or funky purses from the 60's or antique toilet brush holders just hanging around? come on. And no one (I tried) will buy used records unless they are the big name artists. Which again, rare that someone still has them, unopened at that.

Makes me wish I didn't use all my unsealed Elvis records as dog chews.

$10,000 on average? I'd like to know how someone could back up such a ridiculous claim.

My local TV news actually ran a report last night repeating most of what was in this article as if it was the gospel. I laughed out loud when I heard them repeating this trash. Are there things that people have sitting around that may be worth a few bucks? Yes...I've sold a few things myself for much more than I thought it would bring. But, this article makes it sound as if our houses are full of treasures. That just isn't true for the average household.

So called "collectibles" are only worth what someone is willing to pay.

It's fun to watch "storage wars" and see the characters claiming something will bring big bucks at their "store". Most of the time it's junk that you can pick up at a thrift store for very little money. People dream about hitting it rich without doing anything to earn it. Articles and shows tap into that dream to help folks forget how crappy their existence really is!

Reminds me of that commercial - "Get rid of that old, used gold you have lying around. Send it to us and we'll mail you a check!".

Hm, figured I'd check the vinyl dealer. Too bad they don't tell you in this article that in order to have your pieces appraised it will cost $20 for the first then $5 for each piece after that. Forget about shipping to them, that's $200/hr on top of the other cost. Further, forget about having them come to you because its all those charges above PLUS food, lodging and travel expenses. If my record collection was worth a few hundred it wouldn't even cover the cost for them to appraise it and then what (?) they turn around & sell it making a double profit and I'm left with no records and no money? Buyer beware of exorbitant fees or that alleged $10k you have right now will turn into a bill later.

With the amount of information available, if you have a vintage Barbie sitting around or an circa 1800 pottery vase that is being used as toilet brush holder, you're an idiot. The "average" person does not have 10K worth of stuff in their homes. The average person is trying to make it from week to week with their paychecks. What world does this author live in? Not mine!

awesome. i have a whole closet full of ratty hand-me-dow...er...vintage attire.

This and other articles like it are written by people without much knowledge but lots of lame advice. Sure there are some treasures and gems hiding in plain site but I believe this article is way overstated. This is more like one of those feels good and living green articles that the writer makes much more money publishing than you'll ever get from found treasure.

For a living I have worked on and around PC's since the early 80's. I am telling you flat out... most old junk is old junk. Besides the very few collectable or nostalgic the rest is hard to get rid of crap. Very Very little value.