Rose Reilly

Collecting often begins out of love. It's exciting to acquire a new baseball card or win the bid on a rare toy. But sometimes, we hold onto collections because we think they might hold value that could pay off later. Sadly, unless it's something really rare, that's not the case with the items on this list. Keep reading to help you decide if it's time to clean out your collection. Beanie Babies Ty Beanie Babies are an item on this list that's hard not to collect.

Heather Locklear stormed onto the scene in the early 1980s and continued her reign on television throughout the '90s and early aughts. The blonde pin-up embraced the rock and roll lifestyle by bedding and wedding two famous rock stars before her life took a dark turn involving multiple arrests and hospitalizations. Check out the ups and downs of Locklear's life.

Animosity toward Russia's ruling class had already been building for centuries when the House of Romanov took power. But a series of violent suppressions and a mounting death toll during World War I ultimately led to the fall of the last empire in Russia, the final Tsar Nicholas II, and his family. These haunting photos depict the lives of the Romanovs before their executions in 1918. The remains of the Romanov family members weren't discovered until over six decades after their brutal slaying.