Collectibles

I guess I "sort of" collect books of matches from different casinos.

I grabbed them not to collect but to use; I have about a thousand or so now.

Quote: MrV

I guess I "sort of" collect books of matches from different casinos.

I grabbed them not to collect but to use; I have about a thousand or so now.

I also collected matches over the years. I had quite a few in a large bowl, but I threw them out years ago. It would have been fun going through them to see the places I collected them from.

I used to have a collection of keys. Old skeleton keys. Usually picked up in garage or rummage sales.

And although I didn't collect them, I went on several hunting trips for antique bottles with a friend. Pretty cool if it's actually in one piece and not just more broken glass.

Now I collect dust.

Sharing a few more "interesting" ads from Life Magazine, 1959.



I don't recall seeing Bugs Bunny used in any other advertising:






Different approach in the text here:

About the TWA ad...
6 hours 25 minutes NYC to London is still the approximate time it takes to complete the flight.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW182/history/20210505/0135Z/KJFK/EGLL
60 years later and standard jet service is not really any faster.
Concorde was quicker obviously, but no longer in service.
Wild

I've been onboard this one:

I like to collect things from places I've visited, so I have a lot of casino items.

Tell me if this makes sense: Recently, I decided I shouldn't have things that I didn't originally buy or collect. So I sold or gave away a bunch of items (many from casinos during the '50s to '70s) that I bought on eBay.

I just sold the last item, a vintage whiskey decanter from a casino that I thought was a nice display item.

My thinking is that the items my parents and I collected have meaning because we were there at the source. The other items are cool, but contribute to "false" memories.

Quote: smoothgrh

I like to collect things from places I've visited, so I have a lot of casino items.

Tell me if this makes sense: Recently, I decided I shouldn't have things that I didn't originally buy or collect. So I sold or gave away a bunch of items (many from casinos during the '50s to '70s) that I bought on eBay.

I just sold the last item, a vintage whiskey decanter from a casino that I thought was a nice display item.

My thinking is that the items my parents and I collected have meaning because we were there at the source. The other items are cool, but contribute to "false" memories.

I don't collect anything but I don't have trinkets or shirts from places that I haven't been.

Collect what you want and what you like. If you find a piece has meaning to you while another doesn't, then factor that into your decision to keep it or not.
Just don't end up like a woman I met last month. Her mom died and evidently had her entire house decorated with Betty Boop merchandise. The woman inherited half of it and wanted to redecorate her own house with it. Her husband wanted to sell it and was not happy when I told him I wasn't interested in it and doubted anyone would give him $500 for it.
I bought an original owner Avengers 1, this week. The owner got it as a Communion present in 1963, and evidently, it meant the world to him. He died, and his kid put it on eBay two weeks later. So far, the kid has about $100,000 worth of stuff he's listed or already sold.

I dont know if it is worthwhile getting my sports cards graded or not(I have never had a card graded), I have lots of rookie cards and whatnot that I see higher PSA's 8, 9, 10'S are supposedly going for 10's of thousands. I'm certainly not expecting that type of return, but perhaps it may be worth it if it were to turn some of those cards into $500-3k. Do they really sell, or is that a hit-n-miss thing? I don't know what all I have anymore. I'm certain I have some good condition 1971 Nolan Ryan's and other cards that are supposedly going for big bucks.

I guess I have to figure out how they grade the cards and some of the tools they use(I assume a well light magnifier) to choose what cards I should send in. I also hear it can take a few months to get your cards graded. It sounds like a methodical expensive time-consuming process from begging to profit.

Does anyone have any experience with this stuff?


When my nephew was young I would give him some good protected vintage baseball cards from time to time. I think they may have been worth between $25 and $100 at the time. I specifically, remember some Rickey Henderson rookies. I told him to save them and they might be worth something someday. I was surprised to hear (today)that he kept them all had some grades over the years along with his own collection that he started after that. He now has he has a graded collection worth 50k+ and has already sold some. I told him I think he should sell now while the market is hot, but he seems reluctant.