Folk art and equestrian paintings reached mainstream popularity in 19th-century England, but horses and their riders have added proper flair to gallery walls all over the globe for hundreds of years. This category is popular for experts and art lovers alike, from formal jockey portraits to action-filled depictions of traditional fox-hunting excursions.
Large oil paintings with original ornate frames garner much higher values, while smaller examples in simpler, more primitive frames bring less.
Cereal boxes
One man's trash is another's treasure, but cereal boxes? You've likely thrown out a thousand of these things after polishing off your Chex or Cheerios, and now we find out that some of the boxes are worth a mint – they'll fit right next to a classic lunch box and a beer can.
You may think it's the older boxes that command the highest prices, but not always. A Kellogg's Sugar Pops box from 2009 has reached $161, but the highest earner is an unopened box of Nabisco Shredded Wheat from 1966, which brought in a hair over a grand.
Concert Posters
When it comes to nostalgia, nothing beats an original concert poster, and the bigger the name, the better. Appraiser Helaine Fendelman advises that framed posters are more desirable and bring in the higher end of the $100-$1,000 range, although those of bigger headliners may bring much more at an auction.
For example, a poster for a 1966 Shea Stadium Beatles concert sold for $137,000 earlier this year.
Vintage Fashion Accessories
Vintage clothing and accessories, such as jackets, scarves, shawls, boots, and belts, can bring values in the thousands and even tens of thousands if they carry a designer name such as Paco Rabanne, Hermes, Louis Vuitton Chanel.
While the less-famous name-brand items can still be sold, their condition is key.
Furby
These furry guys didn't last too long inside their boxes if you got one as a kid, but an original 1998 edition of the walking, talking friend still in its original packaging has an asking price of $1,000 on eBay as of May 2019. While many parents found this toy unbelievably annoying, they weren't cheap back in the day.
The demand drove up the price to around a hundred dollars. Tiger Electronics revamped the toy in 2012, renewing interest, which likely gave a quick start to the prices you'll see on eBay and elsewhere for a simple toy.