Save These 12 Items Now, As They’ll Be Worth Big Money Later

First gen iPod Shuffle

Much like the Amazon Echo, a first-generation iPod Shuffle has the potential to become a sought-after collectors’ item.

At the moment, you can score a new first-gen Shuffle still sealed in the original box for under $100 on eBay. That won’t do much damage to your bank account. But as time passes and fewer of them remain in existence, the price will go up.

That’s happened with the first-generation Sony Walkman personal cassette tape player from 1979. One of those recently fetched nearly $800 — thanks in part to the gadget’s appearances in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.