Rare items you possess

[Paragon]

Me:

Brent (Commander Data) Spiner's music CD, Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back

Two (count 'em) strip poker CD-ROM games featuring one Ms. Kelly (General Hospital) Monaco

First pressing of Ice-T's Body Count CD, with infamous "Cop Killer" track not excised

[TrogL]

1. A painting by Dali

A very small painting.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. How exciting!

Do you have a pic?

[Taverner]

70. An original "Get Back" promo poster

That was used at record stores to promote the new Beatles album - with the pic that eventually became the blue album.

[soothsayer]

2. My charming smile?

Ok, some drawings from the sketchbook of Walter "Matt" Jefferies----guy who designed Star Trek sets, uniforms, shuttlecraft, Enterprise, etc. and of course he's the fellow for whom the Jefferie's Tube is named. Very cool! Sorry to say he passed away last year.

[7th_Sephiroth]

3. japaneese languange manga

autographed (complete) set of dragon ball manga
a picture of me infront of the "jaws" robot at universal studios

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I've got LOTS of Japanese manga

including nearly all 27 volumes of Ningen Kousaten ("Human Intersection").

Not to mention Japanese "greatest hits" compilations from 1977 and 1978.

Oh, and one of the original Crosses of Nails made from the rubble of Coventry Cathedral.

[salvorhardin]

4. The only rare thing I have

I can't mention or the thread would be locked. I can tell you there's only one of them though! :evilgrin:

[Ladyhawk]

5. Mastodon Ivory

P.S. I saw Spiner's CD at a Star Trek Convention. :)
P.P.S. Don't get mad at me. Mastodons are extinct.

[tainted_chimp]

6. A signed book of poetry by Dorothy Parker

....and i hafta say, her dainty signature belies her sardonic self.

[Heyo]

7. I have...

The engineering log book from the ship The S.S. United States from like 1957. (found it with some stuff that belonged to my grandfather (may he rest in peace) after he passed away... my g-ma gave it to me with his WW2 models)

Also, several bills of the old Iraqi dinar, with Saddam's face on it.. (I have a 5, 10, 25 100 and 250 I believe.. mind condition)

Um...... my Rabbit in the Moon "Phases of an Out of Body Experience" 12".. (if I had to pick a prized posession, that would certainly be in the running)

Um.... lets see.....

I guess that's it for now.. (I'm pretty lame)

I used to have that Slayer 'blood pack' CD but it got stolen long ago.. :mad:

Heyo

[Doohickie]

23. Hang on to those dinars!

They are going up in value. I shit you not.

[Heyo]

27. I believe it...

.. I got 'em off e-bay cause I thought they might...

:toast:

Heyo

[Doohickie]

28. There was a story on NPR this morning I think about them...

You might want to check it out.

[TexasBushwhacker]

33. An Australian "Mad Max" movie poster ....

with a VERY young Mel Gibson on it.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

8. A President Gore-Vice President Lieberman inauguration button

WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[miss_kitty]

14. that is both cool and sad n/t

[name not needed]

10. pants

what are these pants i speak of? :P

[maveric]

12. A menu from Jack Dempsey's restaurant, signed by Jack Dempsey.

My grandparents brought me to NYC in 1970 and we ate at Jack's restaurant. He came to our table, politely introduced himself and signed a menu for me to take home.
Way cool!

[VOX]

55. This is very, very cool! Dempsey was from the "Golden Age of Sports"...

and was one of the greatest. He was even more popular than Babe Ruth in his day!

:toast:

[miss_kitty]

13. i have a basket that i was told if i sold

it would take care of my debts-native american-the guy that told me that CRINGED when i told him we used to cart kittens around in it! if i were going to be british about it-i'd say he had KITTENS when i told him that.

i also have rare moroccan and berber jewelry and lots of other jewelry, about 2 boxes full.

and i make jewelry and have rare beads...

[Tom Kitten]

15. some comic books

A run of the original Amazing Spiderman, #s,3,4,5 and 7-123 (death of the original Green Goblin a good arbitrary place to stop)
Tales of Suspense #39 (first ever appearance of Iron Man) I paid $60 for it about 15 years ago, could get $1000 for it now (it's in pretty good shape)
also
An original Jack Ohman political cartoon (has a big huge clown lady titled "S&L Bailout" saying to a distraught looking President Bush the first "Read My Lips!")...it's pretty cool...
an autographed photo of Ray Harryhausen he signed personally for me when I saw him lecture several years ago.
All of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner's "singing" lps in original vinyl!

[Lefta Dissenter]

16. OK, I'll play...

two original drawings by James Montgomery Flagg - one of my mom when she was a baby, and a caricature of my grandmother. :)

[amerikat]

17. I have an Abolishionist newspaper "The Struggler"

Published in Philadelphia 1835. It should be in a museam or a library. Very interesting reading.

[Doohickie]

18. My rarities

1. A circa 1930 NY Yankees baseball signed by the whole team, including Ruth and Gerhig.

2. A pair of "Shultz & Dooley" mugs from Utica Club Beer.

3. A medal of the Order of the Virtuti Militari, the Polish equivalent of the Medal of Honor or Victoria Cross, earned by my great-great uncle during WWI.

4. A teenaged son that prefers classical to rap.

[Red State Rebel]

35. WOW!!! that #4 is a real treasure!!! Any idea of the value??

Good for you! :)

[Doohickie]

37. Well, Number 4 still requires some additional investment

before it starts producing any returns. But I plan to pony up the money if I can; it's too good an opportunity to get away!

[guitar man]

19. A " Vote Democrat" button

From the 1930's that belonged to my Grandfather. I will be wearing it proudly to the polls in November.

[Baja Margie]

20. I only have a couple of things,

one is a little china tray from after WWII, on the back it is stamped "Berlin US Zone", a whimsy bottle whittled by my great grandfather with all of the tools they used on the Railroads, a china piece bought over by my mothers parents stamped "Germany", from when they left Berlin in 1934, a stamped envelope, 1937, sent by my dad
aboard the USS Chaumont (Christ Help All Of Us Marines Aboard Naval Transport) crossing the international dateline going to Peping.

A "JFK 464" California license plate my Dad had made for his car, prior to Kennedy's assasination.

I'm still trying to find the Look Magazine from 1956 showing my sis and I hugging Adlai Stevenson at the San Diego Airport.

My Bluebird and GirlScout buttons.

And, if anyone really wants it, I have a 1918 edition of Steep Trails by John Muir, you can have it, I'll mail it to you. Seriously. It's just gathering dust here.

An original Oscar Meyer Weiner Whistle.





Oh, almost forgot, my car - a 1968 VW Van (Combi), which has been all over the country, up to Alaska, and down to the tip of Baja.

[Doohickie]

22. Oscar Mayer and I

belong to the same fraternity!

:D

[onebigbadwulf]

21. Softball signed by Kirby Puckett

and some other baseballs with random TWINS autographs

[derby378]

24. Old volumes of JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY

I kid you not. I think the oldest issues date back to 1910-1911.

[bratcatinok]

25. A chess set handcarved by my great, great, great grandfather

while he was a prisoner in a Yankee prison camp. Every piece is there except for one pawn, all the pieces are in great shape. He used juice from a wild berry to stain half of the set. The set has been stored in an ice cream carton which bears a date of 1892.

Family lore indicates he played chess with his jailers. When he was released he moved to Texas.

[BrotherBuzz]

26. Grandpa's 63 year union lapel pin

He was awarded a fine gold lapel pin for being the oldest (active) member of his union on their 90th anniversary celebration. I proudly wear it on formal occasions. Grandpa never did retire, he just kept working, and working, and working. Sixty-seven years in the United Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiners of America!

[ze_dscherman]

29. Some

Besides a lot of old stuff from grandparents (furniture, clothing, coins) and some old books from the 19th century I got a stone age blade made of obsidian, which I found on an Italian island. Also, I have aquired some meteorites and tektites (glassy minerals produced by a meteorite impact), rarest one is a piece of libyan glass, that had been used as a prehistoric scraper. I also some old Tibetan silver coins, the oldest one more than 250 year old.

[DemOverseas]

30. Baseball

handed and signed by Roger Clements. OK, it belongs to my son. Roger gave it to him in Florida during spring training. He was playing for the Red Sox at the time. There were many vultures trying to get this baseball but he handed it to my nine year old son who was a fat kid and not a big fan at the time. Well, he is a handsome man today and a bigtime RED SOX fan (my son). He is also a Clements fan....no matter what.

[derby378]

31. A coin from ancient Parthian king Osroes II

Last I heard, nobody even knew that Osroes II existed until they found coins from his reign (circa. 150-175 AD). This guy was almost wiped clean from human history itself.

[Doohickie]

39. Eh....

That's nuthin'. I got a whole bag of 'em...!

[GOPisEvil]

32. A glass given out to St. Louis Cardinals fans in 1965.

It commemorates the Cardinals World Series win in 1964. It has embossed signatures of all the players and coaches. My parents each got one in 1965 (pre me). They gave one to me when I moved out. Unfortunately the one I wasgiven was knocked off a shelf by workmen pounding on the outside wall. Luckily I found a replacement on eBay.

I also have a couple dollar bills in the form of silver certificates.

[norml]

34. A 1912 Roosevelt button,with a bull moose,and the word progressive...

on it. I got it this year,at a yard sale,for cheap. The bull moose is yellow on a blue background. The word progressive is above the moose's head in white. I've also have a Remember The Maine button.

[TransitJohn]

41. Got a pic?

I'd love to see that button.

[norml]

74. It's small,I'll see if I can find a way to scan,or take a picture of it.

I just got my first real computer,not an internet device,last Friday,and I'm still teaching myself how to do things. I'll use it on my posts when I learn how to do that.

[Red State Rebel]

36. Antique glass bulb fire extinguisher

Filled with a chemical. You are supposed to throw it on the fire so the glass breaks and it puts out the fire.

[VelmaD]

38. Hardback of "Star Wars" released in 1977...

along with production stills. :)

[TransitJohn]

40. A couple

Autographed Phil Lesh and Friends ticketstub.
Tyrannosauros rex tooth
8-year-old daughter, Ona-Rain Steven Morgan, and there's only one of her.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. 1962 Fender Jazzmaster - Stock

The Professor

[Mr. McD]

43. An Ansel Adams book thats autographed

I have had it about 25 years.

[slackmaster]

44. Original Elihu Root campaign button from 1912

He was an interesting character.

[asthmaticeog]

45. A few interesting things

P.I.L.'s "Metal Box" LP in the actual metal box, in perfect condition.

A Paul Signac watercolor.

First-edition hardcover copy of "The Family of Man."

A Third Reich stamp collection.

[radwriter0555]

46. Original scripts from Silence of the Lambs and The Big Chill.

Autographed pic of brad pitt signed to me specifically.

[russian33]

47. my treasures

1. Coin from 1737 Russia, 5 kopeks

2. A few paper money banknotes from Tsarist Russia (late 1800's-early 1900's).

3. An autograph of Grand Duke Nikolai (cousin of Nicholas II, I'm big on Russian history).

4. A book on women of Valois Dynasty of France, published in 1897.

5. A photo of me and President Clinton

This one is not as fancy as the others, but a photo of Cindy Crawford autographed by her to me (met her a few years ago in NYC).

[BlackVelvetElvis]

59. A question on your #3.

The younger or the elder?
Not particularly rare but I have a 1913 tercentenary kopek in excellent condition

[pdx_prog]

48. I have an album

of JFK's inuagural speech and others. A (canned) letter sent out by the white house after JFK's assasination (my mother sent a sympathy card to Jackie).

A set of six second class coffee cups from the Titanic (replica's). (very nice though)

A '69 St. Louis Cardinals penant signed by the whole team!

My little red Hartford Insurance fire chief's badge from first grade....

[jpak]

49. 18th Century Maine Native American root club

19th Century Penobscot (NA) shaman's rattle

19th Century Penobscot horse hair bird trap (looks like a Dream Catcher)

Four 19th Century Penobscot hand carved belt (drinking) cups

A 19th Century Penobscot crooked knife

A large collection of 19th and early 20th Century Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, and Mic Mac baskets

A pair pair of 19th Century Inuit mukluks

A gold nugget my great-great-Uncle panned in the Yukon Gold Rush

A collection of Maine maps from every decade 1805-1978

and a bunch of other stuff...

[AngryAmish]

50. Baseball signed by Thurman Munson the day he died

My dad stole it.

[EstimatedProphet]

51. My collection of gold coins, and swords

[Bertha Venation]

52. A basball pitched by Nolan Ryan, Rangers v Angels, Sept. 1989

Fouled off by Chili Davis -- I caught it!

[VOX]

54. Great! I have a field-worn Angels jersey of the late Jimmie Reese...

Who, as a member of the Yankees in 1930-31, was Babe Ruth's roomie!

Reese, who was friends with pitcher Nolan Ryan (Ryan named one of his sons after Reese), was the Angels' conditioning coach from 1972 up to the time he passed away, at age 92 in 1994! His uniform #50 was retired by the club. O8)

I'm going to put the jersey in a display case and hang it behind my desk at home.
- - - - -
Hey BV -- we're going to see the Angels again on 9/11, v. Chi. White Sox!

[Bertha Venation]

67. It made me cry to read what you wrote - because I was just nodding

my head. I know about Jimmie Reese. I sobbed when he died. I am sooooooooooooooooooooo homesick, and I get that way whenever I read one of your posts, rezmutt. :pals:

Have a great time at the game! (The last time I saw the Halos play the White Sox, it was Pudge's -- the original and one and only PUDGE -- Carlton Fisk's -- last game. And I don't remember which at bat or what it meant to the outcome of the game, but he hit a home run and everyone in the stadium went nuts.)

[Doohickie]

76. I checked my baseball

and it's signed by Jimmie Reese, too!

Right under where it says "OFFICIAL American League Ball".

That's cool.... now I know the ball is from 1930-31.

I inherited it from my dad and he never told me about it or showed it to me when he was alive, and my mom knew nothing about where it came from.

My dad was born in 1930; I wonder if grandpa took him to a game as a baby and somehow got the ball autographed.

Other names I can make out (the ball is full of 'em):

Babe Ruth (very prominent)
Lou Gehrig
Jimmie Reese
Ed Wells
Earle Combs
Lyn Lary
Tony Lazzeri
Myril Hoag--- he was only on the '31 team... the ball is from '31!
Art Jorgens
Joe Sewell
Henry Johnson
Ben Chapman
Herb Pennock
Jim Weaver
C.R. Ruffing
Dusty Cooke
Lefty Gomez
George Pipgras
Bill Dickey

There are more... I'll have to check.

Thanks for that post about Reese; I didn't know enough about baseball from 30 years before I was born to be able to date the ball until tonight.

[greatauntoftriplets]

53. I have a leftover chunk of the granite that was used to create...

the Vietnam memorial. Years ago, I interviewed the man in the Chicago south suburbs who owned the stoneyard that provided the stone for the memorial. He liked me and gave me a leftover chunk.

It is on my computer desk and I can see it now.

[Beaverhausen]

56. Joni Mitchell's autograph on a flyer for the Amnesty International

concert in 1986. not really a flyer but a felt pennant that they hung at the stadium.

My brother got it for me.

[curse10]

57. Venus on the Half Shell by Kilgore Trout, Giant X-Men #1

and a first edition of Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book. All worthy a pretty penny. ALthough the comic book is technically owned by the SO :-)

[Elginoid]

58. an autographed copy of "Fortunate Son" by james hatfield-

he won't be signing any more of those...

[Liberal Veteran]

60. An ORIGINAL lava lamp from the late sixties.

And I love it.

[Dukkha]

61. "Blue Snaggletooth" action figure

A rare variant released with the Sears exclusive Creature Cantina Playset Christmas 1977

[BlackVelvetElvis]

62. Nazz 1 & 2 still in shrinkwrap.

Todd Rundgren fans would like that.
I hear this one is hot on ebay: I have a top loader NES system (w/box) which I still play.

[HEyHEY]

63. Charm, good looks

[medeak]

64. Lenny Bruce album n/t

[nuxvomica]

65. A 1) movie poster, a 2) shooting script and 3) campaign buttons

1) "Revenge of The Jedi"
2) "A Boy's Life"
3) McGovern/Eagleton

Hmmm... Now that I've listed them together, I see a theme.

[Blue-Jay]

66. A tenor sax once owned by Ben Webster.

I even have the original bill of sale framed with a picture of Ben playing it. It's my primary gig-horn, because I promised someone that I'd play it every chance I got. Sweet axe, too.

[PittPoliSci]

68. Autographed authentic Mario Lemieux rookie card.

PSH! I wish... :-(

[Xipe Totec]

69. A Framed Poster of Shuttle Columbia on Her Maiden Flight

[DancingBear]

71. Original Fillmore West, Avalon, Winterland rock posters

1951 Vendo 81 Coke machine (restored)

1930's American Bosch floor radio (restored)

Original (unpeeled) Beatles "Butcher Cover" LP

[NewHampshireDem]

72. You won't believe this, but ...

An autographed copy of Muscle and Fitness signed by ... yup, you guessed it--Der Gropenator!

It is also signed by a bunch of other weight-lifer types from the late 80's. My mother worked for a company that made weightlifting collars (Quick-lee was the name of the company, I think.) Anyway, she was at this huge industry show in Atlanta where she was in a meeting with Joe Wieder's folks ... including both Joe and Ah-nold.

I also *had* a poster signed by both Joe Montana and John Elway, also from the same convention.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

73. Catcher In The Rye...first edition, Gone With The Wind ....first edition

both in excellent condition with oridginal dust jackets

mmmmm maybe worth $15/20K

[left_wing_literati]

75. all wine-related

several signed bottles by winemakers, but my fave is a 2001 bottle of Madrigal Cab (yummy) signed by Chris Madrigal