Expensive rarity. Even unnecessary old things can generate income: where and for how much will they buy them from you? Decorative items made of cast iron

You may have a real treasure in your closet, garage or dacha, and you don’t even know about it. You might even be thinking about throwing it away. Stop! And check out this review. We have collected ten things that many of you have, and their cost may pleasantly surprise or even shock you a little.

Dulevo porcelain

Can be identified by the “Dulyovo” brand. These items have become more expensive than their original cost and are highly sought after by antique dealers. Simple porcelain figurines, which used to be in every second apartment, today can bring the owner up to 10 thousand rubles apiece. And the rarest one is sold at various auctions from 250 to 630 thousand rubles. This is “Mom with a Stroller” - a serial figurine by N. Malysheva. It is extremely rare even among antique dealers.

Pedal cars

In the USSR, children simply loved to ride pedal cars. True, only the truly lucky ones owned them, while everyone else rented them at recreation parks. Such machines cost about 30 rubles, a considerable amount for those times. Now pedal-powered Muscovites and ZILs are gaining value. Even a badly damaged and rusty car can, in principle, be sold for 3 thousand. On average, their price ranges from 5 to 15 thousand rubles. A pedal “horse” in excellent condition is sold for 40-60 thousand.

TV "KVN-49"

The first mass-produced television in the USSR is still popular among antique lovers. Even for a non-working one you can get almost 10 thousand, and if it also shows, then the purchase price will be twice as expensive.

Porcelain LFZ

Figurines from the famous Imperial Porcelain Factory (during the years of Soviet power, the Leningrad Porcelain Factory) are also much more expensive. In antique stores, the cheapest copies are priced at 5 thousand rubles. There are also more expensive copies. For example, a figurine of Stepan Razin costs about 80-85 thousand rubles.

Vinyl player

Nowadays the fashion for records is being revived. Companies release additional copies of already known albums, and young bands do not forget about vinyl when recording new albums. A working player, depending on the condition and company, can be sold from 1 to 10 thousand rubles. By the way, records are also selling well, but listeners are more interested in classic rock.

Cast iron figurines

Cast iron figurines from the USSR are prized among collectors. Some figures can be sold for 50-60 thousand. Kasli casting is especially valued. They were produced in Chelyabinsk region, special characteristics - clarity of silhouette, carefully finished details and coating of finished products with black paint of a special recipe.

Surprisingly, for some reason the popularity of Krasnaya Zarya fragrances has suddenly revived again. Retro fashionistas will happily grab a bottle of Natasha, Red Poppy and other Soviet scents. The price depends on the rarity of the fragrance, year of release and condition. Open bottles are periodically purchased, but they are inexpensive. But the price for unopened perfume reaches 5 thousand.

Ready room

As a child, almost no one could remember this strange and funny word that was used to call this velvet box with compasses and other incomprehensible things. Nobody explained to me why it was needed in almost every home, because modern schoolchildren only need one compass. But Soviet cooking equipment can be sold for decent money. Even the most simple options cost from a thousand rubles, and if you have a German-made set, then you can sell it for as much as 40 thousand.

Christmas decorations

Soviet glass Christmas decorations They were pleasing to the eye at every holiday, how the garlands and candles reflected in them, and how offensive it was when something broke. Nowadays there are more and more Chinese plastic toys in the store, so the demand for Soviet glass or toys from the GDR is growing every year. Even for things with minor defects, collectors are willing to pay 200-400 rubles, and for rare items good condition they post from a thousand.

Dolls

It is not clear whether there is a great demand for Soviet plastic dolls, but there are many advertisements on Avito where Soviet dolls are sold starting from 500 rubles and up to several thousand. Dolls made in the GDR are especially valued; they say every Soviet girl dreamed of one.

Pioneer badges, grandfather's books, grandmother's dinnerware and father's records. These trinkets that collect dust in our homes can cost a pretty penny. Let's figure out how to profitably sell something unnecessary.

Rare coins

You can earn up to 250 thousand rubles.

What to sell: Look for rare coins in your wallet - maybe you were accidentally given 50 kopecks in change, which collectors will value at one hundred thousand rubles? Of the modern ones, the five-ruble notes of the St. Petersburg Mint of 1999 (more than 250 thousand rubles) and 2003 (up to 6 thousand), the two-ruble notes of the Moscow Mint of 2001 (up to 30 thousand), the St. Petersburg Mint of 2003 (from 8 thousand), as well as coins with Gagarin without a mint mark (up to 3 thousand rubles). In addition, you can sell commemorative coins - check the cost of each specific coin on ​profile websites. And at the same time, it’s worth thinking about this way of earning money: creating Internet sites.

Where to sell: Banks, for example Sberbank, periodically buy rare coins, but not everyone is ready to wait for the next such promotion. The easiest way is to sell the coin to buyers, who then arrange them in albums and resell them to collectors.
And the most profitable thing, of course, is to sell the coin directly to collectors. To do this, find the appropriate ​forum or ​group on a social network in your region.

Old laptops and phones

You can earn up to 40 thousand rubles on a working laptop and up to 8 thousand on a broken one.

What to sell: Don't rush to take your equipment to the landfill. Firstly, it cannot be thrown into ordinary containers, and, secondly, it can be sold at a profit. IN major cities Almost any electronics repair shop buys old computers for parts. For good laptops in working condition in Moscow, on average, they offer 20-25 thousand rubles. For broken or very old ones - 6-8 thousand.
The average price for used smartphones in working condition ranges from 30 to 50 percent of the cost of a new device of the same type on the market. For a broken one they will give at most a couple of thousand, but this is also money, especially considering that for you such a thing is, in fact, garbage.

Where to sell: Contact a computer electronics repair point or a special website on the Internet - many of them are even ready to go to the client to pick up his old laptop or smartphone. Just call several companies first - perhaps somewhere they will offer you a higher price.

Vinyl records

You can sell one record for an average of 50-300 rubles.

What to sell: Many of us still have vinyl records in our homes or garages. If the player for them is broken, and you are not ready to spend incredible money on a new one, the vinyls can be sold. General rule is this: the older the record, the more expensive it is. The exception is limited and rare editions, which are now almost impossible to get.

Where to sell: The purchase of records is carried out by specialized stores, as well as collectors in in social networks. Selling records one at a time is inconvenient, unless, of course, we're talking about not about rare collectible vinyl. At online auctions, large selections without descriptions also go poorly, so it’s better to turn to ​professionals. There are plenty of such companies in Moscow and other large cities.

Soviet badges

You can earn from 3 thousand rubles to one and a half thousand dollars.

What to sell: Not all Soviet badges are valuable, but only those made of heavy metals and, preferably, before the 1950s - they can be sold for 3-5 thousand rubles apiece. The more complex the icon is, the better. Also, the price depends on the circulation - if it is less than 10 thousand copies, the cost rises sharply. Rare badges with history and documents are especially valuable - their price can reach up to $1,500.

Where to sell: The simplest, but quite effective option– online auctions and sites such as “Molotok” or “Avito”. If you live in Moscow, in good weather you can go to the Zhukov monument on Manezhnaya Square - near it there are both sellers of exotic items for tourists and real collectors.

Rare book editions

You can earn from 200 to 20,000 rubles.

What to sell: If you have a book “lying around” at home, published before the Great Patriotic War, or, moreover, before the revolution, its value is quite likely quite high. But what to do with Soviet books purchased in the 1970s and 80s? Before you take them to the nearest library, look through the titles.

The market values, for example, books in the series “Philosophical Heritage” (1,500-3,000 rubles per edition), “Library of World Literature” (from 200 to 700 rubles per volume), as well as the complete works of Lenin and Stalin (15-20 thousand rubles for a complete selection of the 1950s). In addition, at online auctions, it is quite possible that you will be happy to buy small-circulation books (up to 1000 copies), but this can take a lot of time, since connoisseurs are quite rare.

Where to sell: In the Russian segment of the Internet, perhaps the largest platform for the sale of used book literature is ​Ozon, but you can cooperate with it directly only by registering an individual entrepreneur or entity. If you don't want to bother with this, take the books to a good second-hand bookstore.
True, central stores, such as, for example, Biblio-Globus, only accept publications before 1950, and the Moscow bookstore generally requires a list first, and only then promises to contact you if something interests them. Therefore, less picky retail outlets or the Internet are preferable for you.

Soviet porcelain

You can earn from several hundred to several tens of thousands of rubles.

What to sell: Are there Soviet dishes left in your grandmother's sideboard? Don't rush to throw it away. Perhaps the Soviet porcelain preserved in your home is valuable for collectors.
Mid-century figurines can easily fetch a couple of thousand rubles in antique shops, and pre-war examples are valued even more. Rare author's sculptures can even reach several thousand dollars in price, but this is unlikely to be in your sideboard, unless your grandfather was a major party official.

Where to sell: You can sell porcelain to collectors yourself, on websites such as Molotok or Avito, or you can take it to an antique store, where the figurine will be valued and a buyer will be found. True, in this case you risk making a mistake and hearing an unreasonably low price from the antique dealer. Therefore, it is better to first ask collectors to estimate the approximate cost of porcelain on a specialized forum.

Envelopes and stamps

Rare stamps are always very expensive, and stamps from the USSR are no exception. The price of the postage stamp “Consular fifty dollars” of 1922 is more than 10 million rubles. It was made by order of the RSFSR Embassy in Germany for official correspondence sent by air mail to Moscow. In September 2008, one such copy was sold for $218,500.

Philatelists will not offer such sums for envelopes. Usually the price of an envelope varies within a thousand rubles. However, there are exceptions. An envelope dedicated to the visit of Gagarin and Tereshkova to the UN in 1963 was auctioned on a foreign website in 2008 for more than two thousand rubles.

It turns out that a handful of badges from the 1930s is equal to the cost of a huge plasma. The “Friends of Radio” badge is sold for 570 thousand rubles. The same amount can be earned for badges “Trade Union of Narpit and Hostel Workers” and a sign dedicated to the flight of Aviakhim workers in 1926 on the route Paris - Rome - Tehran - Angora. The price is determined by the level self made and limited edition.

Children's mechanical toys

You can also make money by selling toy cars made of metal. The most popular are ZIL trucks, pedal cars, and spring cannons. Thus, collectors give 90 thousand rubles for a ZIS fire truck, and the cost of an old pedal car on some sites reaches 400 thousand rubles. These items are valued for their quality of materials and workmanship.

The list of the most expensive money in the USSR is quite extensive, but it starts with the gold chervonets of 1923. It depicts a sower on the reverse. More than 2.5 million of these coins were produced in Petrograd, but they were not in demand and almost the entire circulation was sent for melting down. The number of surviving coins is still unknown, but now their average cost is 170 thousand rubles. In general, numismatists are interested in rare coins, which include those issued in 1947 and 1958. Their cost varies from 60 to 200 thousand rubles.

TVs and radios

If you managed to find a KVN-49 TV model in your home, then you will become rich by 100 thousand rubles. The abbreviation stands for “Kenigson, Warsaw and Nikolaevsky”. These are the engineers who created the first Soviet serial television in 1946–1948. Over all these years, about 2.5 million of them were produced. Today it can be sold for 50, or even 100 thousand rubles. A non-working model will cost 20 thousand rubles. Pre-war tube radios SVD-9 are also expensive. The price starts from 20 thousand. Moreover, the main thing for collectors is that the device crackles like in old war films.

In the antique community, Soviet porcelain is highly valued. The tureen with the abbreviation RKKA (Workers' and Peasants' Red Army) is of collectible interest, and the cost starts from 15 thousand rubles. Even more valuable is a set of six plates produced by a German porcelain factory in honor of the Marshal of the Engineering Troops, Colonel General Alexei Proshlyakov. You can tell that you have this particular set by looking at the bottom of the plate. The general's name is engraved there. The price of porcelain cutlery is 72 thousand rubles.

Zinger sewing machine

There is a myth that in the late 1930s - early 1940s Soviet Union They brought in several dozen Zingers with palladium parts. Because of this, machine owners often believe that their machine is worth a lot of money. This is not so, “Singer” has no value due to the huge number of these cars produced by the American concern. In Russia, cars from two different manufacturers are often confused: the American concern Singer and the German concern Zinger. There are no big differences in design and price, but Zinger is less common. For this device, some users are asking about 70 thousand rubles.

The high cost of records is legendary. But not every one of them can fetch good money. Only rare records that were released in limited editions at one time are valued on the market. So, for the album Metallica/Ride the lightning released in 1984, they are asking 66,450 thousand rubles. The price for the player itself on websites varies from 10 to 40 thousand rubles.

Surely many people have dreamed of finding priceless paintings or antiques in the attic of their own home or in grandma’s old closet. But don't despair if this hasn't happened yet. It turns out that even the most ordinary things that are lying around at home can cost a lot of money today.

1. Printer cartridges

Old used cartridges from a home inkjet or laser printer can always be sold for a few dollars. Cartridges for larger printers can cost $20 or more.

2. Videotapes

A 1980s VHS tape of the horror film Tales from the Dead Zone sold for almost $700 on eBay, so it's worth going through that box of old tapes that's been collecting dust in your closet. Only about half of the films that were once available on VHS have been re-released on DVD, meaning movie buffs are often on the hunt for old VHS tapes.

3. Wine bottles and corks

Today, people often use wine corks and bottles to create unusual works of art. Each bottle typically sells for 50 cents or more on Etsy, while corks go for about 10 cents each. But some wine bottles (especially antique ones) are considered more valuable.

4. Pyrex cookware

Last year, cookware company Pyrex celebrated its 100th anniversary. Since their pottery is very durable, quite old examples still exist. Kitchen utensils from the 1950s and 1960s can fetch $400 or more on eBay.

5. Board games

Vintage games typically sell for around $30 to $200 on eBay, but those with truly rare copies can expect to fetch significantly more for them. For example, only 1,000 copies of War of the Ring: Collector's Edition were released, and today people are willing to pay up to $2,500 for them.

6. Breakfast cereal box lids

Of course, it won't bring in hundreds of dollars. But it turns out that such cardboard can easily be sold on eBay for about ten cents.

7. Toys

Today, old toys can fetch hundreds of dollars. For example, rare LEGO sets sell for between $500 and $2,500. Even the furry owls, which were very popular in the 90s, can sell for between $10 and $100 each.

However, something else is surprising - now many of our old Soviet things are really expensive. Collectors are ready to offer a round sum for such things - from several thousand rubles to several thousand dollars. So maybe it’s worth taking a closer look at the old sideboard?

Crystal

Crystal vases and decanters seem to many to be a relic of the Soviet era. Soviet people considered crystal an investment, so an incredible amount of it accumulated in apartments and in Russia it lost its value.

However, in the West it has become surprisingly popular. Europeans look for it in thrift stores, and the mass market copies the motifs in ordinary glassware. First of all, collectors are interested in pre-revolutionary crystal - its cost will reach 50-60 thousand rubles. Among Soviet products, the most interesting is blue or red crystal - products made from it can be sold for up to 5 thousand rubles, and a whole set for 10-15 thousand rubles.

Dulevo porcelain and LFZ porcelain

Such figurines can be recognized by the marks “Dulevo” and “LFZ”. Among antique dealers, such items have become significantly more expensive, and in Europe they are considered a rarity, although previously such figurines could be found in every apartment. Now the design of such figurines is copied, and new products based on them are produced. A simple figurine can be sold for 10 thousand rubles, and the cost of some rare specimens reaches fifty thousand rubles.

It turns out that metal toys also cost a lot. Collectors value them for the quality of their material and workmanship. You can get up to ten thousand rubles for ZIL trucks, and you can also sell passenger pedal cars and spring guns at a high price.

Here, for example, is an offer on Ebay, where it is offered to buy a metal pedal car GAZ-M20 for $3,450

On the Internet, metal soldiers are sold for an average of 2 thousand rubles, and in the wake of the popularity of World of Tanks, the demand for metal tanks and toy military equipment has again increased - they are bought at prices ranging from a thousand rubles and more.

TV "KVN-49"

Not all Soviet TVs are now in price, but this case is an exception. The great-grandfather of televisions today is readily bought at prices ranging from 10 thousand rubles and above, and if it is also working, then it is twice as expensive.

Radio receiver SVD

Another Soviet miracle technology is also valued by antique dealers today. Its price also averages 15 thousand rubles, depending on condition.

Bronze figurines

Bronze figurines from Soviet times are also valued by collectors, although much less so than works from the 18th and 19th centuries. The figurines made in the town of Kasli, Chelyabinsk region, are especially valued. On the Internet, Kasli castings can be found at different prices, but on average such figures cost from several thousand to several tens of thousands of rubles. Figures from the 50s are sold expensively - on average 25-50 thousand rubles. But they are offering to buy this horse and foal for 48 thousand rubles.

Old perfume bottles

In Russia they are not yet highly valued, but Europeans are very willing to buy them in second-hand stores. Ideally, these are crystal bottles with a worn cap. They are sought after not so much by perfume lovers as by interior designers. Pre-revolutionary products are especially valued. Their cost can reach hundreds of thousands of rubles.

Who among us has not had multi-colored glass cones and balls? Houses of the same type, owls and dolls, which were in every family, and now they are gradually increasing in price. Of course, for now they are unlikely to be sold at a high price, but toys from an earlier period before 1960 are now very valuable, but it is worth taking them into account appearance. On average they cost from 5 to 10 thousand rubles. Moreover, much more valuable toys are not made of glass, but of cotton wool. This unsightly harlequin costs about 15 thousand rubles.

Old Pyrex cookware

Heat-resistant cookware from this French brand is still popular among housewives. However, for cooks, dishes that are twenty years old or more are of particular value.

Lithographs

Lithographs often decorated the walls of apartments Soviet man. Many of them cost nothing. However, there are certain series that are highly prized by collectors. For example, in Europe, early 20th century lithographs from the Currier and Ives series are sold at auctions for an average of $100 thousand

This is far from full list something that is still valued by collectors. It is quite possible that an expensive rarity is hiding on your farthest shelf.