Where the Wild Things Are

Although not a toy, what child didn’t have this book as a kid? If you kept Sendak’s unique first edition around, you’d have enough investment money to buy a car, or several of them. For some, Where the Wild Things Are was the best-selling children’s book of all time, and if you have a first-print, first-run copy with no tears, stains, or ripping, it may fetch you a real deal. Collectors all over want to get their hands on a copy of this famous short story.

The classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are is worth far more than its initial sticker price. A signed first edition recently sold for $4,000 on eBay, but a non-signed copy might still be profitable. First copies are selling for $50.