It will remind you of your youth or parents: a rare find can fetch a good amount of money.

Items that were manufactured in the Soviet Union, which ceased to exist in 1991, can nowadays be sold for quite a sum. In Ukraine, a VESNA M-212 S-4 tape recorder is being sold for 5,000 hryvnias.

The advertisement for the tape recorder is posted on the Violity website. The seller is located in the city of Vyshhorod in the Kyiv region. They indicated that the device is new and defect-free. The tape recorder is fully equipped and has never been used.

The package includes a user manual and warranty card. It states that the tape recorder was manufactured in August 1991. The seller is willing to hand it over to the buyer in person or send it by mail.

There are 20 people watching the listing. The tape recorder was put up for auction on January 15, and bidding will last until January 22. So far, no bids have been made.

"Vesna" is a brand of transistor tape recorders produced in the USSR from 1963 to the early 1990s in Kyiv and Zaporizhia. The "Vesna" cassette tape recorders were among the most popular brands in the Soviet Union.

Previously, "Telegraf" reported on how much a Soviet payphone is being sold for in Ukraine. During the Soviet era, they were found hanging on the streets.