That's the problem nowadays. Yesterdays junk might be today's treasure trove.

I have been watching some programs on Freeview and the Quest channel in particular. Auction Hunter and Pawn Star being two such programs, and it's been very surprising as to what as value and what does not in today's market, and how the expert's decide what is genuine and what is not.

I would class myself as rather an horder (there's even a recent television program on that subject), but on occasions I have got rid of things that I regretted doing later. But storage space can come at a premium, and plastic type shopping bags do fall apart after a time?.

carver

Now your talking. The Lotus Cortina brings back such wonderful memories. I had a strange one in that it was a Mark II 1600E with the Lotus twin cam engine in it. Far too powerful for the brakes despite the twin anti roll bar and an absolute delight to drive. Pity about the rust round the wheel arches and the McPherson struts. At least I know it went to a very good home as I saw it years later looking like new and I swapped it for the owners lovely Citroen CX Prestige

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Not entirely off topic as the poster did say he wished he had kept his Lotus Cortina.

I know my son (now nearly 45)has many hundreds of "comics" stored in special covers in our loft and I'm pretty sure they are not there for our benefit. Perhaps I should start charging him rent.

Way back, in the early early sixties, I used to swap comics with Gilbert, who lived on the same close.Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, John Johns. The WAR comic Commando was a smaller, chunkier read...with German words in jagged bubble word holders, and was an early introduction to the real-world of grown-ups.

I kept Look & Learn, Eagle, Treasure and my dads War Illustrated but not TV21 or Joe 90 magazine. Guess which ones are worth money in good nick.