Curious about souvenirs

[Marthe48]

If you get a souvenir for yourself, how long do you keep it?

If you get a souvenir from someone else, how long do you keep it?

When we were buying at sales and auctions, we saw a lot of souvenirs, and sometimes they are collectible. I saw enough that I stopped getting souvenirs for my friends and relatives, unless they wanted something, or if it was edible.

Happy Saturday!

[quaint]

1. Whether for myself or others, I would buy only if made in the country (or state) I'm visiting.

Food usually wins.

[Niagara]

2. If purchasing animal souvenirs for anyone ...

Always double check to make sure that there's no male anatomy parts underneath animal figurine souvenirs.



I'm totally serious, Marthe48.

[Marthe48]

3. Sounds like someone got offended!

[yellowdogintexas]

4. we do not do souvenirs much anymore but if we do, they are small things we will want to keepj

with others, it has to be something they will want. Example: my sister's husband collected shot glasses.
We added to his collection often. Mr YD took a trip to Alaska with his sister and got a bunch of really cool ones for him. He really liked them.

[Kali]

5. in the process of dusting off many generations worth

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don't get me wrong some are cool, but between a well-traveled family and the sick need I have to hang on to it all...(and nevermind the shit I get for myself) it can get overwhelming.

coolest of the cleaning project yesterday? some old wooden carvings from Polynesia collected by a great-aunt who was a WAC in the 40s.

[Marthe48]

6. I keep most of what was brought for me

I'd see souvenirs at yard sales and a lot of them didn't look they'd been cherished for long, or at all. I added a lot of rock samples and seashells to our collection over the years. Instead of friends and family bringing me a mug, I ask them to bring me rocks they find on the ground where they go. My daughter and her husband went to New Zealand. She brought me 4 rocks from different places they visited and told me about each one when she brought them to me, also showed me a picture of the place That was nice.

Glad to know there are people who do love their souvenirs.

[Kali]

7. like a lot of stuff, even the junky things get better and more valuable with age

old, local, hand-made crafts are some of my favorites. I mean, I have old ruined Navajo rug/saddle blankets that are probably worth a fortune, even in bad condition, but they were bought for actual saddle blankets and well used.

[Marthe48]

8. You perking me up

I've bought souvenirs from sales. Some of them are older. I love how even the smallest towns offered keepsakes. And how some of the things have no connection to the place named on the object. lol I have a porcelain plate with a realistic lion on it, and it is a souvenir of Oakland, Maryland. Maybe they had a Lions' Club.

[zanana1]

9. I keep the ones that were given to me.