Vintage Things You Might Find in Your Home That Can Be Sold Off for Thousands of Dollars
Weathervanes
Old weathervanes were essential to early Americans because they lived off of agriculture. However, these practical old weathervane designs were some of the very first works of American folk art and were highly sought by collectors. There are collectors of these old and vintage weathervanes.
Naturally, weathervanes needed to be fashioned from a durable material like copper, most of which were coated or plated with gold leaf over an undercoat of yellow scaling pigment to protect their surface. These cost more, being the highly sought-after ones. Rare kinds, like the weathervane in the form of an Indian chief, sold for $5 million.