PEZ
AVERAGE OG PRICE: $1.79 (new)
MIGHT FLIP FOR: $32,000 (vintage)
When you look at them today, you can easily dismiss the value of the PEZ, but make no mistake, these masterpieces were gems back then, and so are they today. The first PEZ candy dispenser was made in 1927, Austria. “The name is an abbreviation for the German word for peppermint, ‘pfeffermintz,’” says Anderson Dowell. “The dispenser was designed with sanitation in mind, so you wouldn’t be touching more than one sweet at a time.” You could find a dispenser in the shape of any of your favorite movie characters!
If you’re willing to part with your particularly rare PEZ dispensers, you could make lots of cash. A vintage Rabbit Fat Ear PEZ is selling on eBay for $124. However, Astronaut B, a dispenser created for the 1982 World’s Fair sold for $32,000.