What's the most interesting thing you own?
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Anyone else completely shocked that there was only 3?
Did he live next to Teddy Ballgame up north, or down here in the Inverness area? I used to see Williams sometimes in Charlie's Fish House in Crystal River, he was a regular there for years.
It's a lot of fun to shoot. At some point the marlin "bullseye" fell out of the stock so I'm going to have to attend to that, but otherwise it looks and shoots great.
I believe down in the Keys. Probably wasn't a main residence they were fishing buddies and I assume drinking buddies based on all the stories I have heard about my great grandfather.
Hey. I have one of those too. But mine is Warrick Dunn.I have a Charlie Hough Starting Lineup figure from 1988 - still in its original packaging, and autographed, that I'm particularly proud of.
For those too young to know who he is, he was a Texas Rangers (and Marlins for two seasons) knuckleballer who was 46yo his last season in the majors.
For reference:
An old Christmas tree signed by Jimbo Fisher
I have a copy of the front page of the New York Times reporting the sinking of the Titanic.
My daughter's (no pic) boyfriend is a sports memorabilia guy. He has Tom Watson's autographed putter from the '82 US Open. Has a bat signed by Mantle and two others I can't remember that has been appraised for several hundred grand. His storage room where he keeps everything is insured for like five million bucks. He'll take an athlete to dinner, pay them ten grand and have them sign like 500 pieces. Crazy the pictures he has and the athletes he's met.
My daughter's (no pic) boyfriend is a sports memorabilia guy. He has Tom Watson's autographed putter from the '82 US Open. Has a bat signed by Mantle and two others I can't remember that has been appraised for several hundred grand. His storage room where he keeps everything is insured for like five million bucks. He'll take an athlete to dinner, pay them ten grand and have them sign like 500 pieces. Crazy the pictures he has and the athletes he's met.
I have my Dad's WWII leather flying jacket. He was in the famous 94th Fighter Sqdn. (Remember the 94th Aero Squadron restaurants that used to be around airports?)
I also have the Walther P38 9mm pistol the Italians used during WWII that he brought back.
I also have the Walther P38 9mm pistol the Italians used during WWII that he brought back.
I have a couple WWII firearms that were passed down from my wife's grandfather. My parents have a letter of commission from the civil war signed by confederate president Jefferson Davis.
Are those restaurants no longer around? We used to go to the one in Clearwater after church for brunch on special occasions when I was a kid. I loved that place!
SeaPA, are you in Citrus County? I grew up in Inverness and just spent two weeks there. Hot as hell. You’d think I’d remember this fact when we decide to book a late July vacation (which we’ve done the last few years).
Fun topic. Only thing I can think of is my grandpa got a piece of V2 rocket in WWII he had made into ornate letter opener. Got obsessed with the V1 andV2 rockets because of it. I bet a lot of ya did not know the Germans were shooting rockets that breached space in 1942. It took the soviets and US over decade to catch up. The US launched dozens in White Sands in late 40s and early 50s. Guess you can accomplish a lot with slave labor and no morals...
I feel like my ancestors have kind of let me down by not letting me inherit anything like ancient Roman spears, Nazi guns, and elephant parts.
I do have a veterinary book from (I think) 1905 that my grandfather authored. The coolest thing about it is that most of the remedies referenced were based on cocaine and/or opium. So really, it wasn't that the animals were better, as much as they just no longer cared that they were hurt or sick.
Other than that, I've got a map of Texas from the 1890s. I've got a football signed by Roger Staubach, some baseballs signed by Mickey Mantle, Joe Dimaggio, Hank Aaron, Bob Feller, and Pete Rose, and quite a bit of different Darryl Strawberry stuff, some autographed. There's also a couple of "I like Ike" and Harry Truman campaign buttons.
Not a lot of historical significance in my old stuff!
I do have a veterinary book from (I think) 1905 that my grandfather authored. The coolest thing about it is that most of the remedies referenced were based on cocaine and/or opium. So really, it wasn't that the animals were better, as much as they just no longer cared that they were hurt or sick.
Other than that, I've got a map of Texas from the 1890s. I've got a football signed by Roger Staubach, some baseballs signed by Mickey Mantle, Joe Dimaggio, Hank Aaron, Bob Feller, and Pete Rose, and quite a bit of different Darryl Strawberry stuff, some autographed. There's also a couple of "I like Ike" and Harry Truman campaign buttons.
Not a lot of historical significance in my old stuff!
I think it would be pretty cool and entirely appropriate to get Darryl Strawberry to sign that veterinary book.
I have an old newspaper clipping from the local newspaper of a small town in southern Georgia, where I'd gone to college my freshman year. It has a report of four men who'd been arrested on a couple of charges - hunting out of season, and poaching (they'd crossed the boundary line onto someone else's property).
All four were major league baseball players; 3 of the 4 very, very well known, the other had a solid career. I've always thought that if I were to see that one of them were signing autographs at a memorabilia show, it would be hilarious to drop that clipping down in front of him to see his reaction.
I don't have anything that's super cool. I have a George Bush Photo of him skydiving signed to me. The story of how I got it is cooler than the actual photo.
I had this buddy when I was in my early 20s, his dad was a Miami Dade Cop. He was a big collector, a collector of everything. He was on the field for every Dolphins game for 25 years as security overtime with the police force, he had basically a signature of every single notable name in football from the mid 70s - 2000 on various articles of clothing, hats, jerseys, game worn jerseys. I mean hundreds if not thousands of pieces. He also had documents signed by every signer of the declaration of independence, all of the founding fathers, just about every president, a ton of crazy western memorabilia. A vertebra from a buffalo with an Indian arrowhead in it.
(Break)
So in the middle of typing this, I decided to reach out to my buddy, I haven't spoken to him in 15 years. His Dad died. He sold all the historical stuff for over a Mil, however he had to pay the auction house / service that cataloged all the stuff. Also his dad owed the IRS like $350k in back taxes from a bunch of rental properties he owned so he only walked with like $200k.
He kept the vast majority of the sports memorabilia. Either way he is a Homicide Detective for the Miami Dade PD these days. He's been in a bunch of TV shows, he sent me a couple of links. Crazy trip down memory lane.
Here are the two shows he's been on, he's the detective named Jon.
https://we.tl/0a32ZyOLG1
https://we.tl/lZh8WMKW4
I had this buddy when I was in my early 20s, his dad was a Miami Dade Cop. He was a big collector, a collector of everything. He was on the field for every Dolphins game for 25 years as security overtime with the police force, he had basically a signature of every single notable name in football from the mid 70s - 2000 on various articles of clothing, hats, jerseys, game worn jerseys. I mean hundreds if not thousands of pieces. He also had documents signed by every signer of the declaration of independence, all of the founding fathers, just about every president, a ton of crazy western memorabilia. A vertebra from a buffalo with an Indian arrowhead in it.
(Break)
So in the middle of typing this, I decided to reach out to my buddy, I haven't spoken to him in 15 years. His Dad died. He sold all the historical stuff for over a Mil, however he had to pay the auction house / service that cataloged all the stuff. Also his dad owed the IRS like $350k in back taxes from a bunch of rental properties he owned so he only walked with like $200k.
He kept the vast majority of the sports memorabilia. Either way he is a Homicide Detective for the Miami Dade PD these days. He's been in a bunch of TV shows, he sent me a couple of links. Crazy trip down memory lane.
Here are the two shows he's been on, he's the detective named Jon.
https://we.tl/0a32ZyOLG1
https://we.tl/lZh8WMKW4
My grandfather’s 1940’s service revolver when he was with the Pawtucket, Rhode Island Police Department.
I recently found out I had a 1927 framed Picasso pencil sketch of a lonely tulip hanging on my wall for years.
Was given to my mom by her adoptive Ukrainian god mother. Was supposedly smuggled out of Germany during WWII by none other than singing sensation Nick Rivers.
Was given to my mom by her adoptive Ukrainian god mother. Was supposedly smuggled out of Germany during WWII by none other than singing sensation Nick Rivers.
I am a little south, in Dade City. My oldest sister and her family have lived in Inverness for the last 30some years.
You mean the same Nick Rivers that sang Skeet Surfin'? Talk about an item having great provenance!
I looked it up and it looks like they are still a few around. Miami, Columbus, Van Nuys. Maybe a few more.
I have a bar chest that belonged to Al Capone. He had it in his Star Island house in Miami Beach. My mother in law worked for the man who owned the house in the 60's and he let her have several pieces of the furnishings that were original to the house.
It's a pretty nice looking piece of furniture, actually.
It's a pretty nice looking piece of furniture, actually.
I have a couple of really interesting (to me) gifts that I have received at the end of therapy. I have a letter granting special dispensation allowing me to keep any trophy that is gifted to me in the course of providing therapy to a guild member. I have a couple of very special commendations that we’re gifted to me from my time at the VA. I have a few really rare athletics medals/trophies that were gifted from athletes with whom I’ve worked over the years.
I also have some interesting Hollywood memorabilia that I have collected privately. My favorite, though, is an original, handwritten studio contract from the golden age of Hollywood for one of my favorite actresses.
One that I can describe more specifically: the cuff links that I wear several times per week are a vintage Art Deco set that I purchased from Dita Von Teese.
I also have some interesting Hollywood memorabilia that I have collected privately. My favorite, though, is an original, handwritten studio contract from the golden age of Hollywood for one of my favorite actresses.
One that I can describe more specifically: the cuff links that I wear several times per week are a vintage Art Deco set that I purchased from Dita Von Teese.
Have a few things that are pretty cool at least to me. An Afghanistan Flag given to me by a government official, JF signed FSU flag, An encyclopedia set from the 1800's not sure what year, various military coins some given to me by big time generals, a painting of the SAS selection at Pen Y Fen when I did an exchange with them.
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