What's the oldest, low value thing you own?

[FruitPolos]

I've finally managed to sort out a drawer that has been bothering me for ages and have decided to depart with the No 7 make up set I got when I was at university... at the turn of the century (I rarely wear make up, maybe once a year?).

What low value items are you holding onto out of laziness / stubbornness / a belief that it will be "useful" one day?

Trilobite I found in Whitby.
Freemasons apron complete with leather bag.

I have some ornaments that were my mum & dads before they died and a few that were their parents .
I don't see them as having any value and a couple could easily been 80/120 years old .
Also dh does geology as a hobby and we have a few fossils he has found , again probably no real value but they are millions of years old .

A piece of a meteorite given to me by my son. Probably been careering around the solar system for billions of years before hitting the Earth.

I have most of an old tea set ( cups and saucers ) that were hand painted by my great aunt in around 1920 I think . Never used ever to my knowledge and unlikely ever to be used but I can't just take them to a charity shop

A letter from Lady Diana's secretary saying that I couldn't be a bridesmaid at her wedding, but thanking me for the offer 😂. I was 8.

A silver cuff bracelet that my nans twin sister gave to her on her wedding day. Its engraved and probably not really worth anything (not that I'd ever sell it anyway).

My aunt gave it to me on my wedding day (nan died 2 years earlier) and I wore it with pride. Its probably about 80 years old!

To the theme of useless things I've kept onto that are old, probably dh (I'm joking! He is a very wonderful man). I do still have an old Asda set of saucepans that ive had since I first moved out which was 16 odd years ago now. They aren't even any good!

I've got a purple plastic wide toothed comb that came free with one of the earliest editions of Shout! magazine, when I was about 11. I am now 42 :)

This is so precious ❤️

A sprig from the tree planted at my birth.
Economic value = £0.
Emotional value ££££££

Some fifty years ago, my grandmother got a free advertising gimmick plastic handle that can be put on any regular milk packing, so you can pour out the milk more easily.

I still use it!

I've got a darning toadstool that belonged to my mother. I would never ever darn a pair of socks and it isn't valuable, but I just couldn't throw it away.

My teddy from around 1958. He only has one eye

I've got the last bit of my favourite lipstick which I bought when I was 17. I'm now 53 and still wear it on special occasions.

They are old and I suspect worth nothing to anyone other than me... a fancy wall mirror that belonged to my great-grandmother (from around 1880) and a large framed embroidery that my grandfather commisioned in Japan depicting Ireland (his home) when he served in the British Navy in 1913.

My mum's old rolling pin. It still has 2/11 (about 15p) written on one end.

Two patchwork 'quilts' made by my great-grandmother. They are just fabric, no padding or backing on them and need repairing which I've been meaning to get around to.

My teddy. 65 years old.

I have a handkerchief still in its box that I won in a poetry competition when I was 7 - I'm 60 and an abba soap still in its box that I was given for my 12th birthday. Neither on display but in a box of memories.

I’ve got a bat wing low back knitted top from when I was 18. I’ve just turned 60. I will never wear it but I can’t get rid of it either as I loved it sooooo much

Probably a very battered metal spoon that belonged to my DH's grandmother. I'd say it's 1930s. It's low value but I do use it quite a lot. It's a useful size for certain cooking tasks.

DH

I have a red handled "bistro" style teaspoon that I bought when I was in 6th form (1980s) to eat my lunch one day. I still have it, and use it for the same reason.

Aside from items given to me by older relatives, I have some writing paper I bought in 1993 at a school fair. It was hand decorated by another child and probably one day I'll use it!
I also have my old duvet set which must be over 30 years old, it's faded to white now but still fine.

What a load of shit.

A little green frog (I think out of a kinder egg ) in the 80's I gave it to my Grandpa and it lived on his mantlepiece next to his carriage clock until he died and now sits on the shelf in my living room