17 Things in Grandma's Sewing Box That Could Be Worth Thousands in 2027

17 Things in Grandma's Sewing Box That Could Be Worth Thousands in 2027 A thimble the size of your fingertip sold for $20,000. A plain silver one sold for about $33. Before you donate or empty that old sewing box, take a closer look. In this video I count down 17 things that can hide in a grandmother's sewing box, with real auction results for each: silver animal pincushions, Victorian chatelaines, Dolly Varden and Meissen thimbles, a royal-cypher tape measure, sewing birds, rare buttons (one by René Lalique), Tunbridge ware boxes, a gold almanac étui, a French mother-of-pearl sewing box, stumpwork, a George II gold needle case, a gold thimble attributed to Paul Revere Jr., a Swiss sewing set with a singing bird, and a stitched sampler that sold for over $1 million. For every item you'll see what the ordinary version looks like, what the valuable one does differently, and one thing you can check at home: the band of a thimble, a tiny hallmark, the shape of a box, a maker's label, a stitched name and date. Past results come from public auction records, including Leslie Hindman, Sotheby's, Skinner, Bonhams, Spink, Chiswick Auctions, Waddington's, Gorringes, Bruneau & Co. and Lion and Unicorn, and from reports in Antique Trader, Paul Fraser Collectibles and the Antiques Trade Gazette. Where I only found an estimate, I say so.