How often have you told someone, "I wish I hadn't thrown out that old such and such, because now it's a collector's item. I could probably get big bucks for it."

True, if you could put every trendy thing you've ever bought into a time capsule for 50 years, you'd have a pretty handsome retirement fund. No matter how cheesy a thing seems in retrospect, it eventually rises again -- just look at the current renaissance of pink plastic flamingos and Plymouth Valiants.  more...