The Hidden Value of Movie Flops

A single prop from a forgotten flop can be worth more than memorabilia from a

blockbuster hit. Here is why most collectors get it completely wrong. Everyone chases the

obvious stuff. Lightsabers from Star Wars. Dorothy's ruby slippers. But smart investors

know the real money is in the cult classic bombs. That weird mask

from a horror movie nobody saw? Could fund your retirement. The jacket from

a sci-fi disaster that tanked at the box office? It is now priceless.

You are betting on what will be rediscovered. Films that flopped had tiny production

runs. Fewer props exist, and that scarcity is exactly what drives the value