[notfarnow]

I bought an old fold-out camera at a yard sale when I was 16... I paid $5 for it.

Last year i was selling off a bunch of surplus crap, and decided I'd throw a few cameras on ebay. When looking for similar cameras, i was surprised to see ones like mine going for $200-500. It was a Kodak Petite with a rare art deco pattern on the lid, and I got $410 US for it due to it's excellent condition.

The $hitty part was that if I hadn't lost the original box & compact that it came with, I may have gotten another $200 for it