101 things in your attic that could be worth a lot of money

2. Lines Bros Tudor dollhouse

Manufacturer: tri-ang company  
original price: $ 100- $ 200 *
Value today: $ 5.700 *

Joseph Lines' three sons, along with their uncle, founded the Tri-ang Company in the late 19th century. Tri-ang became famous for its variety of dollhouses, many of which reflected the taste for domestic architecture of the day. The interiors and exteriors were state-of-the-art, and the homes included country houses, bungalows, modern houses, mansions and, of course, Tudors.

Tudor houses have been the most popular, as well as the most valuable. The Tudor design of the Lines brothers remained unchanged until the late 1950s. At Bonhams, a Tudor (Peggy Lines House, 1936) from the company sold for almost US$ 6,000 at auction in 2011.