The rarest or most valuable collectible item/antique that you own?

[HyTekJosh]

My family has ownership of a wide array of sports and music memorabilia. Amongst the collection is a baseball bat autographed by Babe Ruth.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Unheard
I have a 1954 Ted Williams Bowman card as seen in this Forbes article.

http://www.forbes.com/2002/03/27/0327conn_11.html

you paid 2k for a baseball card?

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Don't know the values or which is most valuable

A few really old "cigarette pack" baseball cards from 1900-1920 including a Honus Wagner

What kind of condition is it in?

 

[TheSlamma]

1959 Fender Precision

Plus I have a lot of old furniture and some tools that are 50+ years old.

 

[patentman]

I have a 1909 S VDB penny in "very fine" condition. It's worth about ~875 dollars now.

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My grandfather had a baseball that was signed by most of the players on the 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers (He used to live behind the stadium). Some pretty big names on that squad, e.g., Gil Hodges; Pee Wee Reese; Don Zimmer; Roger Craig.....Not sure how valuable it was, but I was extremely upset when my gradfather died and my aunt tossed it out..... It had a lot fo sentimental value to me.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Don't know the values or which is most valuable

A few really old "cigarette pack" baseball cards from 1900-1920 including a Honus Wagner

What kind of condition is it in?

Not great, but pretty good for it's age I guess. It's pretty faded but still legible, couple of what looks to be water spots on it, and a little frayed on the top edge. I got it from my grandpa when I was a kid 40 years ago, and it had those imperfections when I got it.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Don't know the values or which is most valuable

Couple of pieces of furniture circa 1700-1750
Several rifles from 1800-1900, including an army issue Winchester hex barrel from 1845
Pirate pistol from the 1700's
A few really old "cigarette pack" baseball cards from 1900-1920 including a Honus Wagner
A few early Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays baseball cards
Hank Arron's rookie card
Some really old "tin type" photo's of dead criminals and gangsters including Bonnie and Clyde (Wife's grandpaw was a newpaper photog in the early 1900's)
Several old guitars

Way too much to list. I love old stuff and have been collecting for a long time

BS on the honus wagner, fewer than 10 are known to exist.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead

Originally posted by: Unheard

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
There is a baseball card set from 2004 called Leaf Limited. Randy Johnson has three different cards from this set, and each of those three have a variation of which only one was produced. So in essence, only ONE exists of each of the three diff. Randy Johnson cards. They were randomly distributed in packs of cards.

I have ALL THREE of them.

Did you buy them as a set or are you just a lucky mofo?

I bought them all separately, as collectors opened packs and found them. One came from a guy in PA; another from Canada and the third I bought from a guy in CA. I paid about $300 for each one; however as they are the "only" ones they don't really have a value at all unless I sell them. Only then will they have a value, but as of now they are priceless because they are not for sale and therefore it's not possible for anyone to acquire one. (or three).

I'm sure I could sell the set of three for far, far more than I paid for them individually, but I'll never sell them.

The fact that you won't sell them doesn't make them "priceless." I'm sure that if some nutcase came and offered you $100,000 for the three, that you'd part with them without hesitation. Thus, they're not "priceless."

 

[GuitarDaddy]

BS on the honus wagner, fewer than 10 are known to exist.


Correct! I was mistaken.

 

[ballmode]

coins

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Unheard
I have a 1954 Ted Williams Bowman card as seen in this Forbes article.

http://www.forbes.com/2002/03/27/0327conn_11.html

you paid 2k for a baseball card?

He didn't say he *paid* that price for that card. That's what it's worth.

 

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
A few really old "cigarette pack" baseball cards from 1900-1920 including a Honus Wagner

sure you do. :roll:

 

[iwearnosox]

One of these.

 

[madeupfacts]

I have numerous protons and electrons that is very very old

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: herkulease

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
A few really old "cigarette pack" baseball cards from 1900-1920 including a Honus Wagner

sure you do. :roll:

There are Honus Wagner cards from that era other than "the" Honus Wagner card.

 

[Iron Woode]

I have a number of things that are valuable, including:

Guy Lafleur rookie card (not the 1971 card but the earlier Opeechee one that is misspelled) in very good condition.

The rest of my hockey card collection is pretty impressive, and all in good to excellent condition.

I have an uncut sheet of Opeechee hockey cards from 1976 in near mint condition.

I have an official and very rare poster for the 1972 Summit Series; Canada vs Russia hockey series way back in the day.

probably some odds and ends kicking around that I have forgotten.

 

[MisterJackson]

A 1985 Jetfire Transformer, complete. It's hit up around $600 before and i imagine will peak again soon after the new Transformer movie comes out.

I have a Redbull rolling cooler and a full size vader cut out from Burger king that has the voice box, these are just cool things to me.

My Dad has a baseball that his dad got signed for him when he took him to some worldseries game back in the day (forget the year). Yogi Berra, Mantle and Ruth are on there. all told it's like 15 signatures.