22 Crazy Antiques That Collectors Pay Big Money For

Collectors are very peculiar people. They are ready to buy things for crazy money that an ordinary person would throw in the trash without regret. We have made a selection of 22 antique items that look more than strange, but are considered expensive rarities by connoisseurs of antiquity.

You might think that this is a daring creative experiment by a modern sculptor with a penchant for illegal substances. But no, this object is a valuable ceramic figurine from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, made by the firm of Emile Gallé, France.

What do you think this is? You'll hardly guess. It's a mechanical cast iron money box made in the USA in the 1870s.

This is also a piggy bank, but a Dutch one. Such things were popular at the beginning of the 20th century.

The Japanese are refined aesthetes who adore exquisite, highly artistic things. For example, such as this teapot, which was in demand in the 1930s-1950s.

Another example of Japanese design from Oribe, which appeared in the early 20th century.

The Cats Tea Party music box, created in France in 1892. Agree, you imagined cats a little differently.

These pig-shaped salt shakers could be found in Soviet kitchens in the 1970s. Who would have thought that today collectors would hunt for this monstrosity?

And this is a "cat" spice set from Germany in the mid-20th century. The tongue spoon is a very interesting solution.

It is absolutely impossible to understand what this porcelain composition from Germany of the late 19th century symbolizes. Even the inscription in English "The Spoils of War" does not clarify anything.

Reptiloid? No way! This is an ashtray in the form of a cat in a raincoat from the Tver factory of M. S. Kuznetsov. Late 19th century.

Another cat, this time a vase. This beauty was made by Thomas Forester & Sons in the UK in 1900.

Cats seem to have had it the hardest at all times. How about this Soviet letter holder from the 1960s?

And this is a Mickey Mouse candlestick from 1929 from the USA. Looks like this little mouse has seen some tin.

These cute bunnies were produced in the USA for a whole century, from 1858 to 1958.

A jug from England, late 18th century, depicting an unknown figure with a tambourine.

In the 17th century, the vaunted French perfumes were poured into such bottles.

So this is what you are like - a cat with an iron. Vienna bronze, late 19th century.

The prim Victorian Brits used these tongs to put sugar in their tea. A product from the second half of the 19th century.

And these are nutcrackers from Germany, 1920s.

A life-affirming oil can produced in the 1930s.

Fred Spillmann women's shoes were the dream of millions of American women in 1954-1956.