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wines are a great 50+ year investment. When you are old you'll cope by enjoying what you saved.

>>53804765
i collect ceramic figurines

I have a bottle of brandy that’s worth a bit over 1k. It was sitting in my grandmamas closet her whole life. Whe she died my dad took it. When my dad died it was sitting in his closet. Probably when I die someone will find it in my closet.

I wouldn’t even know how to sell it if I wanted to. I would if it was worth more then 10k but for 1k eh

>>53804936
That's actually pretty cool.

>>53804936
That's a neat family treasure.

>>53804936
If it's any consolation, it likely tastes like vinegar by now. The organic components of wine break down over time ("peak" years will vary based on the growing season, varietal, and region, but is usually around 30 years).

>>53805501
It’s brandy, not wine. What little I have researched shows that it doesn’t really go bad unless the cork gets ruined. Judging from the cork I think it’s ok

Combustion engine vintage cars that have nostalgia. I made a 4x on one already.

>>53804936
get a couple high end escorts and drink it with them

>>53804765
Yes, I collect funky pops

also yes, I do rent, how could you tell?

>>53804936
Go to a nice liquor store and ask if they’ll buy it. Or hook you up with someone who will. Might be nice to keep in the family though

>>53804936
ffs drink it

>>53805887
I have 5k cash in my safe right next to that bottle of brandy. I like to have cash on hand in case I ever need it for an emergency. I have literally never used it. Going through the hassle of selling it for 1k really doesn’t seem worth it. I think I would like to pass it to my kids if I have them when I die. Maybe have some sort of heirloom or family treasure

>>53804765
i collect tarot cards. i never thought about them as investments until i was looking on a tarot nerd site and saw that people are paying $150-200 for decks i got for $30-40. i still won't sell them but it got me thinking, if you get in early on limited edition decks by respected companies you could pay for one by buying 3-4 extra and selling them after a year or two when all the limited edition ones are sold out

my dad did something similar with watches. i think it's Swatch, but some company did a promotion with limited edition watches and he was able to get about 10 by going to a certain store at a certain time or something, and then sold them at a 5x markup

i'd love to get into the rare books trade, not so much to make money but just because i'm an obsessive book hoarder and love books as objects. i'm especially interested in older occult texts and rare/out of print conspiracy books, the wackier the better. if i ever "make it" i will have a secondhand book store with a printing press attached to it in a sleepy small town

>>53804936
Recently learned that my water distiller may be used to distill wine and that is what brandy is. Should I turn store wine into brandy and drink it? What is the benefit of brandy over wine?

I have $45,000 in PSA graded Yugioh cards.

>>53806081
As a mead homebrewer I would love to make brandy out of my leftovers and residuals.
Definitely go for it man, the best stuff is what you make yourself.

>>53806081
Forgot to answer
>benefit of brandy over wine
Because liquor > wine sometimes. Wine you don't like? Brandy. Jug of table red? Fruit brandy.
Is also used for cooking delicious meals and desserts.

>>53804765
Yes but invest in collectibles that haven’t peaked. Things that have peaked, funko, Lego, Nintendo, Pokémon, magic etc. it’s difficult to even find fair market value for things. Everything is overpriced.

>>53806148
damn crock pot chicken breast with brandy sounds way better than with tap water. thanks

>>53806167
>Everything is overpriced
because shit like getting a storage unit to hold offerup/craigslist junk became a "side hustle"

>>53806064
I have some antique Tarock tarot cards.
Probably my best card deck is my Kinney Bros 1889 set though. Not tarot, but worth a bit of money.

>>53804765
I have a ton of baseball cards from the 1980's a lot of rookies of hall of famers. Only problem is you need to get the cards "graded" from 1-10 to really establish true value. Grading a card costs about $25 each. A lot of these cards if they're not at least a 9 are worth less than $10 bucks. If they're a 9+ they're worth a few hundred. They look good to my eye but that doesn't mean anything. So when I have some extra cash I'll waste the money to get them graded.

Also to contribute to thread, I'd suggest cast iron (master race) cookware collecting.

Price rises better than PM but that faggot general won't talk to me about it

Imagine having a storage unit with 50 cast iron (master race) dutch ovens in it when the grid goes down

>>53806189
Slow cooked peach brandy bbq pork ribs.

>>53805501
There are wines from 17xx that are still drinkable, they tested one when they rebootled it

>>53806206
This is also based.
Non stick pans give you cancer.
You're cooking in a chemical coating.

>>53804765
I have a bunch of 2005, 2010, and 2016 bordeaux, mostly first and second-growth
gonna hold em till they start hitting peak and then sell most, keep a couple for myself
also found six bottles some very collectable grower champagne on a fluke that has already done a 5x since wine advocate gave it 100 points

>>53806219
To produce heat stealthly i've burnt jute twine encased in wax inside Dutch ovens (the master race kind)
I've taken a cast iron (master race) skillet and made shitty clay strips. Wasn't the best but I'd do it again
Face it chuds, turns out cast iron (master race) is black. And you arent

>>53806206
That's correct. I love my cast iron. Got such a great coat on it eggs go sliding around like they're on ice.

>>53806206
>Price rises better than PM but that faggot general won't talk to me about it
I feel like cast iron is going to be like guns and those old hand-crank meat grinders.
Everyone thinks they're collectible so there's a shitload of them available and nobody ever throws them away.

>>53804765
Can XOR tokens be considered rare coins, i have tons of those and they sell up pretty fucking big?
To be completely honest with you op, the crypto race has made me a dull image of what i used to be, i honestly don't have time to buy or care about silly little collectibles. Good for you if you do

>>53804765
>Collectable investments
Glass cups. vintage, new, rare shopping network exclusives. anything that doesn't have tinted color. I also plan on buying and selling fortnite action figures and stuff I keep in a box once the niglets grow older and nostalgic.

>>53804936
I'll pay you cash money for that right now.

>>53806810
You can buy them online for a grand or so. I don’t think I would sell it unless it was worth substantially more money.