The run-up to Christmas is an expensive time and if you want to earn some extra money this festive season then you might want to search your house for old mobile phones.
Some mobiles are now considered "antiques" or even "classics" with collectors willing to pay hundreds of pounds for them.
The amount of money to be made from a phone depends on the make and model.
Mobile phone expert Ben Wood, from CCS Insight, who has a collection of nearly 1000 mobile phones from the last 30 years said: "We all remember our first mobile phones, whether it was the iconic brick-sized Motorola DynaTAC used by Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, a Samsung that flipped open, or the noughties manufacturer of choice, Nokia.
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"It's now over 30 years since the first mobile phone became commercially available and a whole generation of people have owned a host of different handsets over the years.
"Finding an old handset in the back of a drawer can be an evocative experience: people tend to remember the phone they had during significant periods in their lives, such as a certain job or a particularly memorable holiday.
"It's interesting that a piece of technology can induce sentimental feelings in many people."
However, if you have an old phone that is not worth trying to sell there are a number of charities that will recycle the handset.
The most valuable old mobile phones
The infographic below will give you a good idea on how much certain mobile phones could be sold for.
If you own a Motorola DynaTAC, Apple iPhone 2G or a 1981 Nokia Mobira, you could be set for a lucrative Christmas.
The CCS Insight study also showed that people have the most affectionate memories for the Nokia 3310 and 3390 models.
Ben said: "It's no surprise people are nostalgic about their Nokias.
"The brand was a real game changer back in the nineties and Nokia worked extremely hard to make the mobile phone accessible to everyone.
"Nokia phones were affordable, robust and reliable, and unlike most smartphones of today, sometimes only needed charging once a week. Thanks to Nokia the mobile phone became the most prolific consumer electronics device on the planet."
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