Vintage Things You Might Find in Your Home That Can Be Sold Off for Thousands of Dollars
Cereal Boxes
Like many other collectibles, such as baseball cards and pinball machines, cereal box enthusiasts are motivated mainly by nostalgia. The elaborate decorations on cereal boxes, which became popular after World War II, are one of their appeals. Manufacturers of that time shifted their focus from marketing cereal as a health food to marketing it as a product for kids.
Although the most valuable boxes were built a little earlier, the ’60s and ’70s are the most sought-after decades for boxes. Boxes of Rice Honeys and Nabisco Wheat Honeys from the early ’60s with a Beatles Yellow Submarine tie sold on eBay for $11k.