One woman's £1,600 profit from an old childhood toy that she sold on eBay might just make you want to think twice before throwing any of your own ragged stuffed animals away because they may too be worth a small fortune. In fact, some of your oldest childhood possessions are often the most sought after as their rare existence has now increased their value, the Mirror reports.
Catherine Lofthouse's story is one to surely motivate most people to double check the supposed junk you're throwing out or sending to the charity shop isn't actually worth a pretty penny. The 41-year-old mum of three, who lives near Loughborough was gobsmacked to discover an old cuddly Care Bear toy discarded in her loft for years from when she was a child was now worth thousands of pounds.
She wrote: "It all started when I was clearing out the attic ready to move house and found an old suitcase of childhood toys. It had been up there, forgotten about, ever since we moved in when I was in my early 20s.
