How are you at spotting trends? If you'd have bought these 10 items when they first came out, you'd now be very, very rich

By Iain Lynn
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT
Updated 21st May 2019, 13:42 GMT

Almost everything we buy will lose its value over time, until you grab a few pounds for a quick sale on Ebay, or chuck them in the tip.

But if you'd invested in these items at some very modest original prices, you would certainly be quids-in now. If only we'd known...

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In 2010 it took 10,000 Bitcoins to buy 2 large pizzas and have them delivered. Based on today's value that's the equivalent of GBP 30,958,852 per pizzaplaceholder image
In 2010 it took 10,000 Bitcoins to buy 2 large pizzas and have them delivered. Based on today's value that's the equivalent of GBP 30,958,852 per pizza
In 1938 a copy of the original Action Comics #1 would have cost you 10 cents. One sold at auction in 2018 for USD 2,052,000 an increase of over 2 million percentplaceholder image
In 1938 a copy of the original Action Comics #1 would have cost you 10 cents. One sold at auction in 2018 for USD 2,052,000 an increase of over 2 million percent
The GBP 10 chair used by JK Rowling when she wrote the first Harry Potter book sold for GBP 278,000 in 2016 - an increase of over 2 and a half million percentplaceholder image
The GBP 10 chair used by JK Rowling when she wrote the first Harry Potter book sold for GBP 278,000 in 2016 - an increase of over 2 and a half million percent
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