You might want to think twice before throwing away your old childhood toys, because that tatty teddy might just earn you a very tidy profit. For many us, the abandoned stuffed animals we played with in childhood might look ordinary, but the most valuable soft toys are worth a pretty penny.
There are lots of highly-sought items out there that you might want to check before sending to the charity shop, as you may be sitting on a gold mine.
Here one mum has written about how she discovered a cuddly toy that had been languishing in the attic for years turned out to be worth a small fortune:
