Short of giving gold ingots as Christmas presents, most gifts don't increase in value.

But have you considered giving vintage toys as gifts?

According to Babble here are some of the
'hottest' collectible toys for the next few years:

You don't need the original box for an early edition of the

Fisher Price Little People Farm to be worth at least $100.

And the Little People Village lists for $150:

While browsing through one of my favorite thrift shops

a few months ago I came across this plastic bag: 

It contained an original 1966 Fisher Price Music Box Ferris Wheel
and was priced at $3.00!  I jumped on it like a duck on a June bug.

Depending on condition (this one is perfect), prices range
from $20 to $70 if all of the little people are included.


The next time you're out thrifting and run across small metal vehicles,
turn them over.  If any of them say Tootsie Toys, buy them.

These 4 are priced at $20.


Remember this guy?

A Fisher Price pull behind vintage Bloodhound
is priced at $30+ in most antique shops.

My older brother had one of these and he wouldn't let me
play with it.  Today, even in poor condition, it's worth $150.


Originally priced at $9.95, this 1985 Hulk Hogan doll is worth $50:

It's not uncommon to find Dinky cast iron toys for sale
at yard sales and the occasional flea market for under $10:

This vintage AMX tank in the box is priced online at $30.00.


From 1985, this troll doll is worth $50:

Imagine how much the original ones from the 60s are worth!


This 2½" Onion Skin Blizzard Marble
from the 1960's sold at auction for $9,975:

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Did you know that there is an entire industry based on vintage marbles?

There's an American Toy Marble Museum and magazines and books

devoted to the subject.  The next time you're at a yard sale ask the sellers

if they have any marbles they'd like to sell.  Most people think they're

not worth setting and you might just find a jewel.

Do you recognize these figurines?

Colgate Palmolive made bubble bath toys in the 1960s called Soakys.
This lot is priced at $200.  Few people know their worth so dig through
boxes of loose toys the next time you're at a flea market or yard sale
and you could run across one of these gems.



Priced at $35, this vintage tin Litho wind up
music maker will only increase in value:

Believe it or not, old black and white photos of
Christmas time events are extremely collectible:

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This photo was taken on Christmas morning of 1900 at 7 Hawthorn
Street, Dayton, Ohio - at the home of Wilbur and Orville Wright,
three years before their famous flight.

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Imagine how valuable those toys from 1920 would be today.

In 1921 bicycles were just as popular as they are today.



Times haven't changed.  This young lad is looking
longingly at a window display in 1910:

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A lucky young boy found these treasures under the tree in 1951:

What a haul!

If you haven't previously considered giving vintage and collectible toys
as gifts, think about it.  Not only are they different and unique, they just
might be worth a lot more in the future.