{"id":2675,"date":"2022-10-10T15:27:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/collecting-is-increasingly-an-investment\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:15:14","slug":"collecting-is-increasingly-an-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/collecting-is-increasingly-an-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting is increasingly an investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div id=\"text-1266196419\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 24pt; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #e5af00;\">Collectibles are increasingly considered investments rather than &#8220;safe haven&#8221; assets<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\" align=\"center\"><strong><i><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Beyond the record high prices of luxury collectibles and works of art there is a world that focuses on minor objects within everyone&#8217;s reach<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Dizzying prices at international auctions for jewels of the highest prestige, vintage cars, works of art, watches and for large bottles of whisky, port wine and great international wines. Records broken by other records for sales which, in many cases, are in the 7-figure range.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">However, there are also many &#8220;minor&#8221; objects, for all budgets, considered investments as well as useful for completing or enriching our collections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">We are all collectors, born collectors: from footballers&#8217; stickers (some unobtainable and here too with prices that in some cases exceed a thousand euros) to stamps or numismatics; from ancient books to everyday objects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">As Wall Street Italia magazine reports in a nice article, which we point out with the necessary link below, &lt;&lt; <strong>Safe haven assets<\/strong> &#8211; whatever their nature &#8211; <strong>are much less affected by the economic slowdown<\/strong> and above all by market volatility than financial assets. It&#8217;s a well-known thing that comes from afar. The small and medium saver inevitably feels a little depressed by such news: he cannot participate in a game reserved for an elite of hyper-lucky people, who are reserved for trading methods complete with consultants and experts specialized in estimates which alone cost one eye of the head. So the small and medium saver always reads about this VIP world in the media but has no margin for action&gt;&gt;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">In truth, as the article itself points out, there is room for everyone! You wouldn&#8217;t understand the hundreds of thousands of people who storm flea markets, antiques fairs, the proliferation of vintage shops&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">There are many product categories with the most interesting trends. Let&#8217;s try to examine some of these &#8220;collections&#8221; for all of us.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1266196419 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Vintage toys<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-474330347\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1078190996\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3305678219\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">In addition to antique toys, the most &#8220;trendy&#8221; ones are those from the legendary 80s. <strong>Barbies<\/strong> continue to grow among collectors&#8217; &#8220;desires&#8221;, both limited editions as well as accessories for the famous dolls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Still among toys, do you remember the <strong>Furby<\/strong>? For the younger ones, let&#8217;s remember that it was 1998 and many parents lurked outside toy shops in the period before Christmas to be able to grab at least one of these robotic animals which in a very short time had become a <em>must have<\/em> essential (41 million have been sold worldwide!).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3305678219 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-514848209\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1037210995\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/collezionismo-vintage-antiquariato-1solo-pezzi-unici.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"collezionismo-vintage-antiquariato-1solo-pezzi-unici\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/collezionismo-vintage-antiquariato-1solo-pezzi-unici.jpg 355w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/collezionismo-vintage-antiquariato-1solo-pezzi-unici-300x374.jpg 300w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/collezionismo-vintage-antiquariato-1solo-pezzi-unici-321x400.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1037210995 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-474330347 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1866866369\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-969910224\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2679431696\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">It cost around 30,000 lire, now it can be resold for just under \u20ac1000.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">For example, <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">an original Lego package of the Millennium Falcon<\/span><\/strong>, <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">marketed in the 1980s<\/span><\/strong>, and equipped with all the pieces represents a sort of treasure. In fact, <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">it is now worth \u20ac3,000<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\"><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">There are so many examples of this genre, how can we forget the <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">He-Man Luminous Sword<\/span><\/strong> of 1988, the <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">Sgorbions<\/span><\/strong> game figurines, the very famous <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">Transformers<\/span><\/strong> from which the successful, as well as interminable, film series was based.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Even in &#8220;electronic&#8221; games we can find examples of toys that stand the test of time and whose prices continue to grow: from the <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">Game Boy<\/span><\/strong> to the first <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato;\">Nintendo<\/span><\/strong> consoles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2679431696 {\n  line-height: 2;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Wines and Liqueurs<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-2783746690\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Do you know what the most expensive wine in the world is? We are convinced that very few know the answer, so we will reveal it to you right away&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">It is the 1992 <strong>Screaming Eagle Cabernet<\/strong> sold for over \u20ac220,000!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">We reveal to you that we didn&#8217;t know it either but we relied on it <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/most-expensive-wines\">Wine Searcher<\/a><\/strong>, the most authoritative British wine search engine that searches thousands of shops in the world with over 5 million bottles and draws a weighted average of the offers, allowing you to check the average value of the wine you have in your cellar and were about to uncork!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Among the most sought after, and therefore also most expensive, Italian wines, we can mention <strong>Giacomo Conterno&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Barolo Monfortino<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2783746690 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1714772288\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1628155152\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3610300724\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Which for the &#8220;right&#8221; vintages can easily exceed \u20ac1,000, for 75 cl bottles. Even the Tuscan &#8220;classics&#8221; are no different; it would be lucky to discover that you have a bottle of <strong>Brunello di Montalcino Biondi Santi<\/strong> of 1975, one of the best vintages of the last century for Italian wine.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3610300724 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1679550776\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2028372294\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ImBarolo-Monfortino.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ImBarolo-Monfortino.jpg 938w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ImBarolo-Monfortino-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ImBarolo-Monfortino-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ImBarolo-Monfortino-610x400.jpg 610w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ImBarolo-Monfortino-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2028372294 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1714772288 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-3600574316\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">There are many, many &#8220;cool&#8221; bottles, so we refer you to the Wine Search ranking for Italian wines: <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffcc00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/regions-italy?tab_F=mostexpensive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>RANKING OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITALIAN WINES<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nThere are so many objects that have high prices today and that we would never imagine, unless we are enthusiasts of the specific sector&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3600574316 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-969910224 > .col-inner {\n  margin: -41px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >ELECTRONICS<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-3782701764\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Without going into computer archeology with the first examples of domestic computers or PCs such as the first IBMs, Commodores, ATARI consoles, there are many objects in common use and not just for &#8220;nerds&#8221; that today can have exceptional value.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3782701764 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-166651761\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1395883434\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3490499419\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">A working example of the musical revolution of the 80s, the Sony Walkman costs more than \u20ac500, not a lot but only because the Japanese company produced millions of copies.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3490499419 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2034511090\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1667010297\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WALKMAN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WALKMAN.jpg 800w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WALKMAN-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WALKMAN-600x290.jpg 600w, https:\/\/1solo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WALKMAN-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1667010297 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-166651761 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-3891063018\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">Did you know, for example, that an i-Phone 1, the first edition of the famous Apple phone, could today be worth over \u20ac10,000 if it works? To always remain in the Apple House archives, do you happen to have a copy of the rare Apple Lisa? They could also pay you the same amount; a little less than the first versions of iPod, but still many thousands of euros! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: Lato; color: #0a0a0a;\">There are so many objects, more or less common, that could be valid today, so 1Solo.mag&#8217;s advice is: check the web for a moment or, better yet, ask one of our shops, before throwing away an object from the past! You could throw away a &#8220;small&#8221; fortune&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3891063018 {\n  line-height: 1.95;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:400px;height:2px;background-color:rgb(255, 194, 0);\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"uppercase\">INSIGHTS<\/h5>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffb700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffb700;\" href=\"https:\/\/inchieste.repubblica.it\/it\/repubblica\/rep-it\/2015\/11\/20\/news\/collezionismo_tra_business_e_passione-127703971\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Repubblica &#8211; Collecting between Business and Passion<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffb700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffb700;\" href=\"https:\/\/quifinanza.it\/lifestyle\/cose-avete-cantina-potrebbero-valere-fortuna-figurine-vecchi-apple\/176393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QuiFinanza &#8211; The things you have in the cellar that could be worth a fortune: from trading cards to old Apples<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INSIGHTS La Repubblica &#8211; Collecting between Business and Passion QuiFinanza &#8211; The things you have in the cellar that could be worth a fortune: from trading cards to old Apples<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[649,645],"tags":[664,665,666,647],"class_list":["post-2675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antiques","category-collectibles","tag-antiquariato-3","tag-collezionismo-3","tag-oggetti-rari-3","tag-vintage-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9730,"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2675\/revisions\/9730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1solo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}