Buy, Hold, Sell

Toss your old med-school textbooks, but keep your English Lit classics.

The DMC DeLorean (1981-83)

Famous for its gull-wing doors and stainless-steel body—and its legendarily

prime placement in Back to the Future. Fans’ celluloid memories will propel John DeLorean’s masterpiece well past

the going $45,000.

Middle Eastern Works

Oil prices might be middling, but museums and collectors in the Arab world are spending big on their heritage. A sheet from a 1482 copy of Ptolemy’s atlas of the region just

sold for $27,880.

Jadé Fadojutimi (born 1993)

The youngest artist in the collection of London’s

Tate (she’s 27) straddles the line between abstraction and figuration. Her auction debut, a piece from art school, brought

in $378,000.

Porsche 356B/ Porsche 356C (1960-65)

Well-built, fun to drive—and maybe most importantly, undervalued—these last-generation gems promise longevity and, at $80,000, significant

appreciation.

English Classics

Looking to impress your

colleagues on Zoom? Try decorating your library with an 1843 first edition

Christmas Carol by Dickens—one of which recently fetched $27,500

at auction.

Amy Sherald (born 1973)

Michelle Obama’s portrait painter has a strong following—note her $4.2 million sale in December of “The Bathers” (2015, above), a brilliantly hued depiction of two women in swimsuits—

and collectors lucky enough to own a Sherald

should hold on tight.

Lancia Aurelia B20 GT (1950-58)

Designed by automotive virtuoso Vittorio Jano, this

stylish coupe’s meteoric rise has slowed. At around

$175,000, it’s time to sell.

Old-Time Medical Books

Doctors may be saving more lives than ever, but don’t expect to see that reflected in the prices of physicians’ textbooks. At $6,950, true first editions of William Osler’s classic The Principles and Practice of

Medicine are flatlining.

Beauford Delaney (1901-79)

The captivating portraits and landscapes of this getting-overexposed Harlem Renaissance master are selling for close to $500,000, but with a documentary in the works, this renaissance

may have hit its peak.