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The other day a thought occurred to me; i was wondering what would be some of the more bizarre collecting pastimes that people have that are done with an eye towards a potential future cash value? I mean that many, many people collect such things as comic books or sports cards or art or action figures and other types of toys in part for their potential future cash value – in other words as an investment, but I was wondering what else do people collect (at least in part) for such reasons? I suppose that old cameras might be something a little less common that falls into that category, however I am aware that there are a number of people who collect them so I guess that cannot be considered too unusual. After my initial musings on this subject, I had another thought about this and figured that one hobby that would be very unusual if it were in fact done in part for any potential cash value would have to be the collecting of old kitchen appliances. the thought of someone investing the time and effort into collecting something like old toasters or microwaves or old coffee makers for anything other than nostalgic value would have to be considered pretty weird. Likely the only kind of appliance that might actually have any potential future monetary value for the collector would be something like a standard slow cooker. A brand of slow cooker such as the Rival Crock Pot which has a huge user base and which often is in need of some minor maintenance might have a some monetary value – even with the older models which might still be in use in many housholds and which might have parts that are similar to those found on more recent models of the appliance, such as the crock pot lid or knob or stoneware liner. It is obvious that there is a constant demand for such parts, as evidenced by the number of retailers that can be found offering rival crock pot replacement parts for sale to those crock pot enthusiasts who wish to maintain their current model of crock-pot instead of buying a completely new model of appliance. Hey, who knows? I might actually be onto something here. Now if I could just find the space to store some old crock pots around here…