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On a recent thrifting trip to the Family Thrift Center in Albuquerque, I couldn’t help but notice a striking surplus of one particularly cute item: the piggy bank. Quite honestly, I’d mostly forgotten about these little guys. I had a piggy bank when I was a kid, but I somehow assumed that they’d disappeared from the face of the earth.
In a culture where lots of kids have a nicer, newer iPhone than I do, piggy banks just don’t seem like they’d be particularly interesting to kids (or anyone) anymore. Plus, the advent of virtual currency and the ubiquity of cash-free payments means that fewer and fewer folks have spare change jingling around in their pockets. So, it was strange to see a handful of piggy banks that looked relatively new.
But the disappearance of spare change might be why so many of these piggies end up at the thrift store. Since there were so many of them on the shelves at this particular spot, I found myself hoping that piggy banks might be one of those unexpectedly lucrative items to buy and flip. With my fingers crossed, I used my WorthPoint app to see which of these playful banks could sell for the most.
Although adding piggy banks to your inventory probably won’t make you rich, it was fun to discover that some very pricey banks are out there. The banks likely to sell for the most money are probably made of silver and were originally sold at Tiffany’s. These makes can sell for several thousand dollars. Certain celebrity bust banks also have a history of reselling into the thousands.
But one particular piggy bank design meant to resemble another happy round object kept creeping into my search results. It wasn’t nearly as pricey as silver or celebrity, but it did earn a good chunk of cash, considering its materials and style. To see this surprise find, check out the full piggy bank episode!
If you want to read more about the value of piggy banks, check out this article.
In addition to her role as HIP’s curator of photography, Allison Radomski is a writer and filmmaker. She spends her days hunting for analog cameras, scoring her own movies in her laundry closet, and building her collections of Polaroids and handkerchiefs. She has degrees in cinema & media studies and religious studies from the University of Chicago.
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