A small casserole dish
A white Pyrex dish with clovers and pink hearts, a pattern that never went into mass production. Collectors call it the holy grail of Pyrex.
Listed through Goodwill for a few dollars · 2017
The attic guide from Richard Hayes
Don'tSell It
Treasures from the Attic
Which of your old things are worth thousands, and which you should sell while people are still buying. Learn to spot the difference before you haul a box to the dump or a yard sale.
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133illustrated pages
14kinds of attic treasure
400+real sale prices
4traps that keep losing value
Real stories from the book
Found for pennies. Sold for thousands.
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The difference is almost never visible at first glance. It hides in a single line on the bottom, the color of a label, a letter on a coin, or factory shrink-wrap nobody ever cut.
Grandmother's cut-glass vase
It came with other dishes from a grandmother's house. A Libbey vase from the American Brilliant Period, estimated at $7,500.
Woody Auction · 2022
A 1943 penny
Almost all 1943 cents are steel. About twenty copper ones are known. The test takes one second and a kitchen magnet.
Face value: one cent · Heritage, 2019
A seashell powder box
A 1939 Lalique box with a crystal "pearl" perfume bottle inside. Still the record for a perfume bottle at public auction.
Bought on sale for $50 · Rago Arts, 2006
A game in Mom's attic
A sealed Kid Icarus in a JCPenney bag with the 1988 receipt. The owner figured it was worth a few hundred dollars.
Paid in 1988: $38.45 · Heritage, 2019
An old Halloween candy box
An unmarked candy container with two pumpkin-headed figures. Halloween decor was thrown out after one party, so survivors are rare.
Estimated at a few hundred · Indiana auction
Every price in the book comes from a real sale at an auction or on a marketplace, with where and when it happened.
Two chapters
The dump or "a rainy day"? Both are often wrong.
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An old skillet can be worth $10,000, while porcelain figurines bought as an investment can be worth less than lunch at a café. This book teaches you to see which is which.
Treasures from the Attic
Things people consider junk, even though certain versions of them are worth hundreds, thousands and sometimes millions of dollars.
- What you most likely have at home, so you know in a minute whether to look further
- Quick overview tables: the item, the real price, how to recognize it
- The rare versions and the one detail that sets each apart
- How to check yours: where to go and what to photograph
Sell While They're Still Buying
Things that were treated as valuable for decades, even though their prices dropped long ago and keep falling.
- Porcelain figurines and "limited edition" collectibles
- Things killed by mass production and changing lifestyles
- Cheap look-alikes of expensive things
- The exceptions worth checking before you give a collection away
What's inside · Chapter 1
Fourteen kinds of attic treasure
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From Grandma's china cabinet to the box of toys in the garage. Each section shows the ordinary version first, then the valuable ones.
01
Perfume & Bottles
Lalique, Baccarat, sealed bottles and the stopper that holds a third of the price.
Record: $216,000
02
Glass & Crystal
Depression and carnival glass, cut glass, Gallé, Steuben, Tiffany lamps.
Record: $4.4 million
03
Kitchenware
CorningWare, Pyrex, Fiesta, Jadeite, Griswold cast iron, Hobart KitchenAid.
Skillet: $10,000
04
Sterling & China
Why sterling has a price floor, and the marks that matter on Doulton, Limoges and Wedgwood.
Tea service: $27,500
05
Coins, Stamps & Notes
Wrong metal, tiny mintages and errors: the 1943 cent, the three-legged buffalo.
Morgan dollar: $2.09 million
06
Toys
Kenner Star Wars, He-Man, Transformers, Barbie #1, tin robots, Hot Wheels Redlines.
Prototype: $525,000
07
Video Games
First prints, recalled games and the sealed copies forgotten in closets.
Goodwill find: $10,591
08
Cards, Comics & Books
T206, 1952 Topps, 1st Edition Pokémon, first appearances, dust jackets.
Gatsby first edition: $262,500
09
Vinyl Records
The number on the sleeve, the label color and the code in the dead wax.
White Album No. 1: $790,000
10
Marbles
Which ones to pull out of the jar before you sell it as a lot.
One box: $49,200
11
Vintage Halloween
Papier-mâché, candy containers, die-cuts and blow molds made for one night.
Candy container: $33,280
12
Sewing Notions
Thimbles, chatelaines, stork scissors, Singer Featherweights and Vogue patterns.
Shaker table: $8,750
13
Cars, Bikes & Guitars
VINs, trim tags and matching numbers: Superbird, Shelby, Knucklehead, Les Paul.
Charger Daytona: $605,000
14
Other Attic Finds
Watches, Leica cameras, Catalin radios, Big E Levi's, wooden lures, old bottles.
Jeans from a mine: $87,400
+ Chapter 2
Sell While They're Still Buying
Figurines, collector plates, "limited editions", junk-wax cards, VHS, look-alikes.
And the exceptions to keep
+ Reference
Before You Sell
A checklist, what never to do, how to photograph for an appraisal, resources and a glossary.
Where to get a free appraisalChapter 2
Some things lose value every year you wait
They were kept for decades behind glass by people sure they'd go up in value. Now a whole generation of collectors is selling at once, and new buyers aren't coming.
What they really bring today
| Sold as an "investment" | Today |
|---|---|
| Hummel figurinesbought as investments in the 1970s | $8.52 each |
| Franklin Mint porcelain dolls$200 or more in the catalogs | about $50 |
| Bradford Exchange plateswith numbers and certificates | $10–30 |
| Precious Moments, 1980s oneven in the box | $10–18 |
| Beanie Babiesonce called a retirement fund | $2–5 |
| Mahogany dining settable and six chairs | Hard to give away |
From Chapter 2. Almost every category has exceptions, and the book lists them, so you don't give away the one piece that matters.
How every section works
Know in one minute if it's worth a closer look
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- What decides the valueThe maker, the variant, the condition or the seal.
- What you most likely have at homeThe common versions. Start here and you'll know right away.
- Quick overviewA table of real prices and how to recognize each item.
- The valuable versionsA short story of each, real prices and the telltale detail.
- How to check yoursWhere to go for a free appraisal and what to photograph.
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Before you sell anything
Mistakes that wipe out the value
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A few of the rules from the book. One wrong move can turn a find into an ordinary thing.
Don't clean it
Not coins, not silver, not wax, felt or paper. Cleaning destroys the value of a coin, and patina is part of the appraisal.
Don't open anything sealed
An unopened game or figure can be worth tens of times more. One press on a perfume stopper destroys most of its value.
Look at the bottom
The mark, model number, country and year matter more than how it looks.
Only trust completed sales
On eBay, turn on the "Sold Items" filter. Asking prices in active listings are not prices.
Don't sell in bulk unchecked
Sort the jar of marbles, look at every card. The valuable one is usually the one you don't recognize.
Keep the box and the receipt
Lids, boxes, inserts and even the store bag can be a quarter or more of the price.
From our channel
Meet Richard Hayes
Richard is the host of our YouTube channel about old things and what they're really worth. Viewers kept sending the same question: "I have one of these at home. Should I sell it?"
So we put the answers in one place: what to look for, what real buyers paid, and where to get a free second opinion before you sell.
Please note: Richard Hayes is an AI-created character, not a real person. His photos on this site are AI-generated.
"The most valuable thing in your home most likely isn't on display. It's in the attic, in the garage, or at the back of the china cabinet."
"Open that box in the attic this week."
The last line of the book
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Why does the checkout say "Attic Gold"?
That's the product name in our Hotmart store. It's the same book.
Will it tell me exactly what my item is worth?
It shows you how to recognize the valuable versions, what real buyers paid and where to check your own piece. Prices on the collectibles market change every year, so treat them as a guide, not a guarantee, and always check recent sales before you sell. The book is not a personal appraisal.
I'm not a collector. Is it for me?
Yes. It's written for people with a closet, attic, garage or china cabinet full of things that have sat untouched for years, not for experts. Every special term is explained, and there's a glossary at the end.
Is it about American items?
Mostly, yes. Prices are in U.S. dollars from American auction houses and eBay, and the items are what you'd typically find in an American home, along with European glass, perfume and porcelain.
Can I read it on my phone?
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Is Richard Hayes a real person?
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