Famous superheroes such as Superman and Batman are always good bets, but mugs featuring less popular characters sometimes are rarer and even more valuable.Įxamples: A pair of Warner Bros. Anything featuring a comic book superhero has a decent chance of being collectible. A mug shaped like the Looney Tunes cartoon character the Tasmanian Devil sells for anywhere from $60 to $130.
An orange-on-white mug featuring Snoopy and the phrase “Curse You, Red Baron!” on the back sold for $295. Out-of-production Looney Toons and Peanuts/Snoopy mugs often have value, as do some mugs from less well-known cartoons.Įxamples: A set of four glass mugs from the 1980s featuring Snoopy in election-themed drawings sold for between $50 and $90.
This Epcot mug was discontinued not long after its release because it shows a monorail with a purple stripe, and the actual purple-stripe monorail was involved in a fatal crash in 2009. A mug from Starbucks’ “You Are Here” collection picturing Disney’s Epcot Center recently sold for $152.50, even though it is not at all old. A mug picturing a flying Mary Poppins in silhouette brought $32. A mug textured to suggest a woven basket, featuring silhouettes of Lion King characters, brought $49.95. A mug from Disney’s Epcot Center in the shape of a purple dragon head sold for $139.50. Anything Disney is likely to be collectible, though, of course, old and rare items tend to be worth the most.Įxamples: A set of six black mugs, each featuring a Disney villain, recently sold for $175.
A 2008 Seattle mug with a picture of Mount Rainier recently sold for $400. These local Starbucks mugs have become collectible, and the rarest examples can fetch $100s.Įxamples: A 2009 Puerto Vallarta mug featuring a picture of a seahorse recently sold for $1,350 on eBay.* A 2009 Sacramento mug featuring California’s state capitol recently sold for $405. The well-known coffee chain sometimes sells mugs linked to particular cities or regions. That lack of attention creates an opportunity-old mugs often can be found for just $1 or so at thrift stores, flea markets and yard sales…but some of these mugs can be worth quite a bit of money when sold on eBay. There are no published mug price guides or large collectors’ clubs for mug aficionados. Check your cabinet for these collectiblesĬoffee mugs don’t attract much attention from very many collectors.
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