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🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Cleaning out an attic, garage, or basement can be such a boring task. But what if you could turn that chore into a treasure hunt? You see, there are plenty of items gathering dust in homes all over the world that are actually worth hundreds, sometimes even thousands of dollars! From your old game cartridges and collectable trading cards to long-forgotten toys and books, you’d be surprised what classes as a collectable item these days! With that said, it’s time to roll up your sleeves, as we go rummaging through some of the most valuable things you might have hidden away in your home!
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0:00.0 | Cleaning out an attic, garage, or basement can be such a boring task, |
0:04.3 | but what if you could turn that chore into a treasure hunt? |
0:07.5 | You see, there are plenty of items gathering dust in homes all over the world |
0:11.1 | that are actually worth hundreds, sometimes even thousands of dollars. |
0:15.9 | From your old game cartridges and collectible trading cards to long-forgotten toys and books, |
0:21.8 | you'd be surprised what classes as a collectible item these days. With that said, it's time to roll up your sleeves |
0:27.6 | as we go rummaging through some of the most valuable things you might have hidden away in your home. |
0:33.5 | You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. |
0:38.3 | You're listening. |
0:39.3 | You're listening. |
0:40.3 | You're be amazed. |
0:42.3 | Back in 2015, a woman from San Francisco was cleaning out her garage when she stumbled across a computer that her family hadn't used in decades. Without |
0:55.5 | thinking, she dropped it off at her local recycling station and drove away, never to be seen again. |
1:01.0 | But when the staff there saw it, they couldn't believe their eyes. This wasn't any old computer, |
1:06.6 | it was an Apple one, the very first computer created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the founders of Apple. |
1:14.2 | Just 200 of them were made back in 1976, and because of Apple's trillion-dollar success since then, |
1:21.4 | these computers that launched the business are now incredibly valuable. How valuable! Well, at auction, this old lady's model fetched a whopping |
1:31.6 | $200,000. Just a year before in 2014, though, another Apple One was discovered gathering dust in |
1:40.0 | someone's basement for almost 40 years. It was expected to sell for a huge $300,000 at auction, |
1:47.1 | but actually went for more than three times that at $905,000. And since then, another one has |
1:53.4 | entered the market, looking for a super massive bid of $1.5 million. So kids, make sure you help |
1:59.7 | your grandparents clear up their houses when you can. |
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