Don't let him re-paint them!

uggh...$1500. The new tires and tune up were likely almost that much. :(

All I was saying Sammy is that scrap copper "cost a pretty penny" these days... I'm sure it is worth a little more than scrap.

Although this is off course, some other things that have tanked in value (although not really collectors items) are honesty, common decency, integrity, dependability... but I digress.

I would not be too worried about the early Porsche's...they have a global cache and demand... There were not a lot of them made where time and attrition has taken their toll.

As with every collectible in the collectible market it is like the tide it comes in and is high and other times it goes out and recedes a bit... Some times values get ahead o themselves and it take some time to consolidate...either by plateauing or receding a bit..then after a bit of time...it moves up again.

Some collectibles are FADS...hot for awhile and then drop off the face of the earth.

Early Porsche's do not fit that scenario. Low production muscle cars...I would think also have an iconic cache...and on going value.

As with anything one has to be knowledgeable and discerning as to where you put your money.

Lower end art (under 5K) has been relatively soft since the RE crash...it is mostly decorative in nature. but it ain't a Thomas Kincaide.

If you have to ask these questions you do not know what you are doing and might as well keep your cash under the mattress because you are a RUBE.

OK, I won't.
The cap and pins look kinda like these below but the cap is completely covered in pins so you can't see much of it.

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1530572798.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1530572804.jpg

Still sellable. People take them apart and rebuild them with other pieces

Cool collars!

The people that buy and take care of a car because they enjoy it, those are the ones that end up with the collector cars.

Now on the other hand, those that buy a car to store it for "future" value, aren't buying it for the right reasons, they tend to make a very tacky choice.

It is something that those that get in to win will more than likely lose; and those that get into to enjoy will more than likely win.

Yep. I bought my Speedster in 1973 because I had wanted one since the first time I saw one, and in 1973 I finally had the $3000 they were selling for. Beat the crap out of it for 15 years before noticing what was happening to their value.

Has anyone mentioned Hummel figurines? I have a friend who still has dozens of them.

What about antique tractors? An uncle was an IH dealer in a small town and had probably 15 or 20 restored antique Farmalls. Sold them all at an auction in Iowa one day about 20 years ago.

Madonna selling off anything ?

Any BMW automobile purchased new! Just bought an 18 month old 540i ($71k new) with 13k miles for $41k....full certified warranty until 2024. Can’t imagine why anyone would buy new!

I depends on their age. Like cars, tractor collectors tend to go for the models they grew up with. For me it was '50s and earlier. For today's enthusiast it's 70s models.

My dad collected John Deere two cylinders from the 1930s to the early 50s. They are a bit more collectible than the equivalent IH tractors. We sold most of them in the late 90s when he died (all too early). If we sold the same or the IH equivalent today, they would bring almost the same money as we got for them at auction in 1999.

You all are just suckers.

I am pretty sure I will be living very comfortably soon on the profits from my Commemorative Limited Edition NASCAR plates. Can you believe they limited the run to just 25,000 plates!

12 plate set, 1 plate sent to you each month for the incredibly low price of $39.99 plus shipping and handling each month.

My biggest fear is I will be so sentimentally attached to them that I just will not be able to part with them.

Rubber Diarrhea

I was into watches during the initial Panerai craze. And while I liked the brand, they always seemed to be destined for the bubble to pop. The craze seemed to be built upon celebrities wearing and promoting the brand, Arnold and Sly were the biggest if I recall.

Bzzzt.

Well, did it pop? What happened? When did it start and end? Can you give some examples of prices, before and after?