Retirement nest egg

[Hotrodder]

While checking the latest posts on the Moto thread I was reminded of this comment.

Another idle session nosing around the internet discovered something I once owned that should have been kept as an investment. A 1964 Fender Stratocaster that I bought new for $290. They are available today in well-hammered condition for up to $30,000 plus. Mine would probably make enough to pay for a new roof today. I didn't bother to look up the value of the Bandmaster amp and reverb. I was depressed enough.

[niemeyjt]

Ditto . . . so many times over - like a 1950 Land Rover for £750 and two from 1949 at £800 the pair.

[Quiksilver]

Same story for my Dad's saxophone and clarinets.....compounded by selling English instruments in France

[hughnique]

Many years ago my wife's friends mother in law passed away and subsequently gave OH a small bag containing old and battered, forks and spoons. I used a few for stirring paint and mixing up Polyfilla in the shed. I suddenly realised that they were all hallmarked, so transferred them to an indoor location, having now made arrangements to go back to the UK for a visit, I dug them out weighed them up and phoned a couple of scrap silver dealers. There is about 1kg in total, pawnbroker will give me £300, silver dealer £600, but the scrap spot price is 69p a gram so making £690, which might involve a bit of running around, so I will probably just take the £600 and be done with it.

[exile]

Remember when you are selling stuff, the dealer you are selling to also has to make a living. £600 sounds like a pretty good price to me.

[L Austin France]

I've still got an almost pristine 1963 Selmer Hofner bass guitar & case I bought from my bass fiddle playing uncle about 50 years ago for 60 quid including a WEM Dominator valve amp.
Just looked it up & bass could be worth around 10,000€

[Niftyons]

In the early ‘70s I bought a 1948 BSA Gold Star combination m/c for £12/10s.
I sold it shortly after for £25 and wonder what its present day value would be.

[Hotrodder]

Believe me, you don't want to know.

[Niftyons]

Bear in mind that it was rather tatty, would have needed to be stored
and would have tied me in some way.
As things turned out the chap that I sold it to put it through the side of a bridge and it ended up in the canal below. He got in touch with a local army unit and they provided a crane to haul it out. I got into trouble for not notifying the licensing people. I don’t remember any real problems that developed from the event.
I recall being charged a few times by the FAF but not for this particular case.

[Niftyons]

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