What is the rarest thing you own?

Mayne

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I have a few comic book boxes from the late 80's/early 90's. I'm sure there are some rare ones in there somewhere.
 

dasherHampton

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I own something pretty fucking cool.

It's a page of musical notes that were very likely written by Mozart himself. It was acquired somehow (nobody knows for sure exactly how) by one of my relatives in Europe sometime in the late 1800's.

It hasn't been "officially" verified but several musical scholars that my family had look at it over the years have stated it is almost 100% certainly Mozart's writing.

I have no idea what it's worth. I would never part with it.
 

lxskllr

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I have a 74 Thing. They only brought 25k into the US in the two years they were imported.
 

Red Squirrel

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Not really sure how rare it is, but this WW1 (I think) shipping container. No idea what it's worth if anything or how rare it really is though. Found it when I was renovating my house after I bought it.





That's not my address.
 
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ElFenix

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i have a nerd national championship ring. only 9 made per year.
 

richaron

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I had a pair of rare things once. Got one engraved and gave it to a girlfriend.

Emotions are the worst.
 

Mayne

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I own something pretty fucking cool.

It's a page of musical notes that were very likely written by Mozart himself. It was acquired somehow (nobody knows for sure exactly how) by one of my relatives in Europe sometime in the late 1800's.

It hasn't been "officially" verified but several musical scholars that my family had look at it over the years have stated it is almost 100% certainly Mozart's writing.

I have no idea what it's worth. I would never part with it.


I would definitely get that verified asap. For insurance purposes.
 
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I have a coin collection with some fairly rare ones. Unfortunately, they are only in fair to good condition, so the value is not that great.
 

Mayne

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If the the Aztek is good enough for Walter White...its good enough for me.
 

dasherHampton

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I would definitely get that verified asap. For insurance purposes.

That would probably be wise but we have no record of how the page was acquired, and I have no idea of the potential labyrinthine legal issues that could emerge if someone else claimed the page doesn't legally belong to us (technically it's co-owned by me and my siblings but I have possession of it with their blessing). I'm assuming official verification would expose the document to public scrutiny.

Right now it's in a very safe place and will stay there indefinitely. A family treasure.
 

Mayne

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That would probably be wise but we have no record of how the page was acquired, and I have no idea of the potential labyrinthine legal issues that could emerge if someone else claimed the page doesn't legally belong to us (technically it's co-owned by me and my siblings but I have possession of it with their blessing). I'm assuming official verification would expose the document to public scrutiny.

Right now it's in a very safe place and will stay there indefinitely. A family treasure.

don't do that. Get it verified, even if you have to find the latest Antiques Roadshow stop.
 

dasherHampton

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don't do that. Get it verified, even if you have to find the latest Antiques Roadshow stop.

If I eventually do the first stop will definitely be a lawyer who specializes in international property rights to get ownership of the page confirmed somehow.

That'll be cheap (lol)
 

lxskllr

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If I eventually do the first stop will definitely be a lawyer who specializes in international property rights to get ownership of the page confirmed somehow.

That'll be cheap (lol)
Who gives a shit, right? It's a cool thing to have, and you don't need someone else telling you it's a cool thing. Since you have no intention of getting rid of it, I only see downsides to having it professionally analyzed. If it burns up in a house fire or something, you'll have just as much money as you had before the fire(minus tangible losses of course). I think you're doing fine with its care.
 
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I have some good porno that might go extinct some day.....

But no srsly, I don't really have anything, I thin my dad has a Nolan Ryan rookie card - aside from that, I have nothing as far as "rare" - nor do I really care.
 

Platypus

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Not really sure how rare it is, but this WW1 (I think) shipping container. No idea what it's worth if anything or how rare it really is though. Found it when I was renovating my house after I bought it.





That's not my address.


Curious. That says "New Ulm (Neu-Ulm is a city) Customs Office. Overseas Luggage Service Main Station."

But Bahnstation Bremen (Train station Bremen) is quite far north in Germany, and Neu-Ulm is in Bavaria in the south. Perhaps it left Neu-Ulm to Bremen, and then to Canada? Both cities are old enough to be pre-WWI even. I doubt it's worth anything at all, but a neat piece of history none the less. Any other German language written on the container? Anything inside?
 

Alpha One Seven

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Curious. That says "New Ulm (Neu-Ulm is a city) Customs Office. Overseas Luggage Service Main Station."

But Bahnstation Bremen (Train station Bremen) is quite far north in Germany, and Neu-Ulm is in Bavaria in the south. Perhaps it left Neu-Ulm to Bremen, and then to Canada? Both cities are old enough to be pre-WWI even. I doubt it's worth anything at all, but a neat piece of history none the less. Any other German language written on the container? Anything inside?
40m in gold bullion.
 

Ichinisan

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I'd have to think about it a bit. The first things that come to mind are:

1. Sealed 6-count shipper pack of Zelda Master Quest bonus disc for GameCube.
I've received offers of several thousand dollars.

2. Gold Game Boy Camera from the Nintendo Power catalog. It has alternate Zelda Ocarina of Time graphics instead of Pokémon.
No idea of the value.

3. Sealed Hori Game Boy Player controllers (USA and Japanese versions, in both colors)
No idea of the value.

Lots more game stuff. I recently sold a sheet of uncut Killer Instinct cards from the Nintendo Power catalog, but they were in crap condition (pics). Also sold my award and paraphernalia from playing Donkey Kong Country in the 1995 Blockbuster Video competition (pics).