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Brits urged to check their shelves as popular 80s comic collection sells for over £5,000 – are you sitting on a fortune?
Brits urged to check their shelves as popular 80s comic collection sells for over £5,000 – are you sitting on a fortune?
Published on April 01, 2025 at 03:35 PM
BRITS are being urged to dust off their old comic collections after a rare stash from the ‘80s sold for a whopping £5,000 at auction.
The nostalgic haul, packed with classic issues from a beloved comic series, sent collectors into a frenzy as bids soared.
Collectors go wild as rare 80s comic stash fetches thousands at auction â could yours be next?
With demand for vintage comics at an all-time high, experts say you could be sitting on a fortune â so it might be time to check your shelves!
A hoard of rare Discworld treasures has fetched over £5,000 at auction â proving Terry Pratchett’s fantasy world is as magical as ever.
The sale, held by Richard Winterton Auctioneers, featured dozens of must-have collectables, including Clarecraft figurines, books, board games, puzzles and even a signed picture.
Among the biggest sellers was a set of four boxed figurines, including The Librarian Bookend and The Ankh-Morpork Handshake, which raked in an impressive £420.
Pratchett’s beloved Discworld series, spanning 41 books from The Colour of Magic to The Shepherd’s Crown, continues to captivate fans â and these auction results prove his legacy is more valuable than ever!
Auctioneer Richard Winterton said: “We’re seeing more and more generational collectables achieving impressive hammer prices at auction.
“Neo-vintage items can prove as popular as traditional antiques â sometimes more so â as tastes change and a new generation of collectors get the bug for bidding.
“Sir Terry Pratchett’s loyal fanbase, combined with the vast creativity found in his work, helped Discworld expand to various collectable items.
“This comprehensive single-owner collection totalled an impressive £5,050 under the hammer in Lichfield.”;
The Beanie Toys that every nineties kid had in their bedroom can certainly fetch a few quid now.
Back in 2015, a couple bought a £10 Beanie Baby at a car boot sale â only to discover they’d managed to get their hands on the world’s rarest version.
According toThis Is Money, original toys â like Flash the Dolphin or Legs the Frog â could earn a couple of hundred pounds.
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And if you happened to own the Rainbow Furby â of which only three were ever made â then you could certainly rake in even more.
For Harry Potter fans who made sure to grab a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when it was first published in June 1997, you might just be sitting on a house deposit.
According to the Harry Potter fan site MuggleNet, the original book, which has the first-edition cover art and typos, could fetch between $30,000 and $50,000 (£22,900 – £38,200).
Only 500 copies were printed, so if you were lucky enough to snag one, head toFirst EditionBooksor eBay to see how much it could earn.
Meanwhile,The Vergerevealedthat another untouched version of the game sold for $2 million (£1.5 million)
Remember the days when you’d head to Blockbuster to rent afilmrecorded onto a VHS tape?
The Mail Online reported that some classic films have sold for five-figure sums on eBay â including 101 Dalmatians, which was still in its sealed packaging and sold for £15,000.
The tapes need to be in good working condition and barely touched to fetch a significant amount.
Check out which Furby's will earn you the mostIf you have some VHS movies which are in sparkling condition then you could be onto a winner
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