Hindsight is wonderful. I too am kicking myself about not keeping different thing, which are worth a pretty penny now. I've seen some things on here sell for thousands in average condition and what I had was in a far better state. You just don't think at the time if this stuff would be worth anything in the future. Not as a kid or a teen.
One thing I have kept is all our phones. The only one I don't have is Mr Tippy's original bag phone (which can fetch a decent price). I still have his brick phone and each phone as they tried to make them smaller and smaller (which they could only go so far as people still needed to be able to push the buttons!). Then as technology advance, they have got bigger and bigger and people still want them bigger!
Apart from the brick, I have kept all the boxes and accessories. It drives Mr Tippy nuts, but the older phones are starting to gain value to collectors. If it turns out in years to come they aren't worth anything, I'll chuck them, or send them to the phone recyclers.
Another thing I have kicked myself about were all the Matchbox cars we destroyed at kids. Some are worth a substantial amount of money now, especially the original grey wheel cars. I can't get my head around that people in the 50's, 60's and 70's had the forethought to buy these cars and keep them in mint condition in the boxes. They were aimed at kids, yet so many people never gave them to the kids.
I could go on all day, but I've hijacked David's thread enough!
David, well done on getting the neg removed!
