OT - If You Didn't Collect Sports Memorabilia...

[aeneas01]

what would you collect? how about 60 million-year-old fossils? if so you may want to check bonhams & butterfields october auction which will feature a friggin t. rex named "samson". interestingly the same house auctioned off another t. rex a few years back that fetched a disappointing $80k (roughly the same price the jurassic park mechanical t. rex head is expected to fetch next month) despite estimates of around a million. ouch. doubly ouch given that in the late 90s a t. rex sold for $8.3 million! if you want to start a little smaller, it appears that heritage gets their hands on t. rex teeth which seem to sell for around $10k each....

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=naturalhistorytrexsale&gclid=CJfz5aWkjJ0CFR5HagodditY_w

http://file770.com/?p=1477

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[princip]

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WoW! That's insanely expensive. It seems that other museums would be the sole buyers of that auction.

If I didn't collect what I collect(Sports Memorabilia- Seahawks) I would probably collect vintage Japanese toys, mostly science fiction type. I actually do have a small collection now. I love the super diecast stuff from the 70s.

[karamaxjoe]

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I would probably collect old Lionel Trains or Rock and Roll Memorabilia. I love old concert posters with the psychedelic designs. Unfortunately I only have so much money to spend and Baseball was my first love.

[gatorcollector]

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I actually used to collect fossils when I was in high school. It was part of a 3 year science fair project. I live in Florida, so we don't have T-Rex stuff here. It's all Ice Age stuff. I had a tooth from a horse or a camel, a pelvis from an unknown animal, turtle shells, etc. Found it all myself too. I'd love to do that again sometime.

[bigtruck260]

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My best friend collects beer bottles - and when they are displayed (all over his basement) - they look pretty cool. It's not a real expensive hobby since there are so many micro-brews out there...and we have a bar here called Growlers that has literally EVERY beer made in the world.

He probably has over 1000. When he moved into a new house, it was a crazy day. He's still single, so it's not been much of an issue yet....

[xpress34]

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I already collect stuff other than Baseball... Comic Books (just getting back into it as the kidbecame interested and he couldn't care less about the baseball stuff), some concert posters (only bands I have seen and like), some auto'd cd's of people I have seen...

As far as the comics though, when I think about it, I almost cry... I collected Silver Age Marvel KEY Issues up until about 1990 and then sold my entire collection to pay for college for a semester or two (Amazing Fantasy 15, Fantastic Four 1, etc...) at the time, my collection (being fair on grade) was worth just about 5k and that's about what I got out of it at a Comic Book show in Dallas...

My FF1 (Fantasic Four #1) was Near Mint with a small (1/4") professional repair on the spine, cover was white as could be - and it was signed by Stan lee and Jack Kirby. I paid $300 for it at a shop in Dallas when it was booking at $900 in MINT (and had been for about 15 years) due to the repair. A frined who needed #1 for his collection begged me for MONTHS to sell to him. When he hit $750 I said sure... I just made a $450 profit in three months!

In late 1991 or early 1992, Silver Age Marvel books went nuts... pricing started climbing and they became extremely hot and valuable... my collection by today's prices (still being fair for grading) would be worth somewhere near 1/4 million... yes $250,000...

And that FF#1? By itself - books now in MINT at almost $40,000 - just 18 years later... should have kept my invesyment!!!

Love to hear other's stories...

- Chris

[both-teams-played-hard]

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My collecting interests are many.


Screen worn jockey silks from the 30s or 40s. Pink silk with polka-dots (not that there's anything wrong with that.)



Official gavel used by Charles Halleck at the 1960 Republican National Convention. Halleck helped LBJ push the 1965 Civil Rights Act through congress.



Action figures made in the 70s, especially examples made by Shindana and Mego. "Hanging in a chow line."

[rj_lucas]

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I'm not an 'active' collector but I'm always on the lookout for antique marbles, both handmade and machine made up to around 1960.

If you have any, let me know

Rick
rickjlucas@gmail.com

[bigtruck260]

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My collecting interests are many.


Screen worn jockey silks from the 30s or 40s. Pink silk with polka-dots (not that there's anything wrong with that.)



Official gavel used by Charles Halleck at the 1960 Republican National Convention. Halleck helped LBJ push the 1965 Civil Rights Act through congress.



Action figures made in the 70s, especially examples made by Shindana and Mego. "Hanging in a chow line."

I have been on this board for a few years now, and nobody...NOBODY here has me as interested in meeting them in person as you, Warren.
If you are ever near STL - I would love to sit and talk 70's Blaxploitation movies with you.

[David]

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If you're looking for an example of off topic to game used football helmets and Steiner authenticated jock straps, below's my gallery of original fashion photographs.

http://www.cycleback.com/fashionphotos/

[godwulf]

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As far as the comics though, when I think about it, I almost cry... I collected Silver Age Marvel KEY Issues up until about 1990 and then sold my entire collection to pay for college for a semester or two (Amazing Fantasy 15, Fantastic Four 1, etc...) at the time, my collection (being fair on grade) was worth just about 5k and that's about what I got out of it at a Comic Book show in Dallas...

I collected comics as a kid, and then sold them all for pennies each to a used book dealer when I was about 15 (ca 1969) because I'd "outgrown" them. I had the first 100+ issues of Spiderman, and about four big fruit boxes (comic boxes being unknown at that time) of other stuff, mostly DC.

I did save out a few comics, which I still own. In fact, I took my copies of X-Men #1 and Avengers #1 in to show my friend, who owns a big comic store here in Phoenix, just the other day, and he told me that my Avengers #1 was probably worth around $450. He asked what I paid for it, and I told him, "Twelve cents."

I got back into comics in the early '80s, and have been collecting ever since. I recently thinned out my collection, to the tune of about thirty long boxes, and will probably, eventually, give up much of the rest of it...but my runs of Avengers, Captain America, and Wonder Woman will no doubt still be squirreled away in my closet when I've assumed room temp.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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I have been on this board for a few years now, and nobody...NOBODY here has me as interested in meeting them in person as you, Warren.
If you are ever near STL - I would love to sit and talk 70's Blaxploitation movies with you.

Dave
That's a real cool thing to say. Yes, I collect Blaxploitation movie posters. I live in California, My family lives in Florida and North Carolina, so I doubt I will be in the STL anytime soon. But a sincere thanks for the offer.
Warren

[suicide_squeeze]

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I'm not an 'active' collector but I'm always on the lookout for antique marbles, both handmade and machine made up to around 1960.

If you have any, let me know

Rick
rickjlucas@gmail.com

Rick,

Have you ever considered hanging around with either suave1477 or eisenreich8 for a weekend?

If you hang around them long enough, one or two of those vintage marbles should eventually spill out from above their shoulders?




(JUST kidding mods, no reason to get your "EDIT" button all worked up!!)

[xpress34]

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but my runs of Avengers, Captain America, and Wonder Woman will no doubt still be squirreled away in my closet when I've assumed room temp.

GD -

I collect Cap personally and have been chasing stuff recently... just picked up Sgt Fury #13 w/ Cap on the cover... if your Avengers #4 or any of your Cap's ever need a new home, let me know!!!

These are some pieces I picked up at San Diego Comic Con this past July:














Me With Gene Colan:



Jim Steranko (the wife took this picture on the DL - Steranko said he did not like to be photographed):



Alan Bellman (Original TIMELY Artist in the 40's) Sketch Card:



Gene Colan Sketch Card:



Steve Epting Sketch Card:



Another Alan Bellman:



John Romita, Jr. Sketch Card:



Hope you enjoy these... I've got a few more sketch cards in the mail and some Alex Ross AUTO'd books...

I need to meet up with you next year when I'm in Tucson and Phoenix for Spring Training!!!

- Chris

[both-teams-played-hard]

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I also collect comic art and animation cels. Just found the commercial on youtube of my "Fruit Islands" cels:

http://www.both-teams-played-hard.com/animation_art.html