This is what happens when you let your Crocodile options expire in the money. Always sell before expiration.
Liquidity. Life is all about liquidity. Happiness is liquidity. Don't get stuck buying or owning shit that you can't move.
It depends on your time frame and the price you paid for the item. e.g. radiation detection equipment prices collapsed after the end of the cold war. You could barely rid of the surplus equipment. You could pick them up literally for pennies from companies and individuals that needed cash. The cycle has swung. The country is in nuclear fear mode. there is demand for it and the return on an initially illiquid investment might be high.