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Suppose you won a contest where the prize was a one million dollar collectible of your choice.
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All taxes covered and it had to be a single item.
What would you choose?
I am going with a classic Ferrari!!
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Probably a work of art; sculpture or painting or car.
Having only one million dollar coin would very stressful until i could find another to add to the collection.
Hmmm...probably an original Norman Rockwell painting, if one could be had for "only" a million.
Maybe a million in gold bullion, but I'm not sure that is allowed as part of this contest
Whatever collectible that I could immediately sell for a million.
This would be nice to add to my collection..... Gold-Inlaid Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver: $1.1 million Cheers, RickO
Grand Watermelon $1000 note, probably.
A S10,000 grand watermelon note - CU.
You mean this one?
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/norman-rockwell-1894-1978-the-collector-5793592-details.aspx
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Only 1.4m at this auction.
For example, yes
Something that sounds like Ferrari.
OK, it IS a Ferrari or maybe a Duesenberg. .
Something liquid..... very, very liquid.
The million dollar number for space artifacts is actually a tough number to get. High end space artifacts tend to either go for $1,500,000 - $2,500,000 or in the $500,000 - $800,000 range.
Given that I couldn't get the million dollar plus items, I'd get this, even though it is actually significantly under $1,000,000 (it went for, commission included, $468,000). It's Neil Armstrong's Lunar Module spacecraft ID plate... basically consider it a cross between a VIN number and a license plate... for the LM Eagle. Needless to say, it flew on the Eagle.
https://historical.ha.com/itm/explorers/apollo-11-lunar-module-flown-spacecraft-identification-plate-display-directly-from-the-armstrong-family-collection-certifie/a/6205-52279.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
U.S. Type Set
Something that I could quickly and easily unload for cash. I wouldn't want to own any collectible with a value that high.
Whatever it was to be, would have to sell it to pay the taxes on it. Remember those?
You mean like 4 bottles of Chateau Margaux 1787 if available? 😀
Read the very first line...
U.S. Type Set
Nope. Even MORE liquid (and less fragile).
A 22kg gold bar would do.
Wasn't there a foreign bullion coin with $1 million in gold content? I'd take one.
A Frank Lloyd Wright house.
Or an amazing Tiffany lamp
He who knows he has enough is rich.
Something I could sell quickly.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
A collectible suitcase filled with 1,000,000 dollars that I can spend some on coins and save most of it.
OK...here are the rules.
If I could have a mortgage for the rest.....there is 1,600 acres in central Nevada I'd love to own and work.
bob
Nah, I'm just dreaming. How many hours a day can a city boy ride a horse, mend fences and brand and rope cattle?
To be young again is every old man's dream. You youngsters get that dream while you can, make it happen and don't look back. There is no time for bucket lists....don't wait.
288 GTO ... my mostest favoritest Prancing Horse ... but alas ... one for $1M would be likely be kinda doggy.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I think this type of fantasy works better if the rule is that you hold the item for 1 year, then return it.
So you are not trying to gain $$ on the thing, just enjoy it.
With regular rules, I'd want to just sell quickly, as it seems the value of many things is going down.
How bout we put it in the Smithsonian and you get a free pass for a year?
I'd buy a cool painting by an American artist and enjoy it every day. Maybe one of the nicer Andrew Wyeths??
I think in the world of classic Ferraris, $1 mil would buy you a bumper.......
Well, restoring a $1M 288 GTO could be a great thread on FerrariChat.com, kind of like the 160 page F40 LM restoration thread here:
https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/f40-lm-restoration.396915/
It starts off with:
A great choice. A reasonable bet that this will be a priceless object one day, seems so to me now. Just a bit more $$ than the two top pop common-date mercs mentioned in other threads. Truly amazing, but who am I to judge? .
The Aztek used in "Breaking Bad."
Looks like I'm getting the minor clip cent.
People collect houses, right?...
Collector, occasional seller
if possible a 1955 mercede's gull wing. if not that then early gold coin of some type
GE 134 Minigun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG3Hi7K9MU4
And before you ask...Yea....I have permission to own one.
My Saint Set
Would have to sell it to pay the taxes.
The OP said the taxes are paid, so we can afford to keep the “gift”.
I’m into art, so my initial first choice from reading the above is that great Rockwell painting of “The Collector”. However, I just read an article about authenticated large dinosaurs selling around that price, so the kid in me would choose that!
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
Is the Mona Lisa on sale?
No but if it were a million dollars wouldn't be enough for a down payment.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
TW’s Scotty Cameron putter.
Dealing in Canadian and American coins and historical medals.
I have noticed the overwhelming majority of posts would buy something other than a coin. I would definitely buy a coin and would have a lot of fun choosing which one.
The best 1907 Ultra High Relief Saint that I could find for a million dollars.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
1804 Silver Dollar in as high a PCGS grade as possible.
If a million dollars is not enough for this coin in any grade, then i would try to use the million as a down payment.
Duesenberg! I had the privilege to see a Duesy in a private collection through a car club. The owner was a CEO, had a "barn" that was filled with classic Packards, Pierce Arrows, and his Duesenberg.
Image from Wikipedia
Would sell it in a heartbeat find nice condo Carmel by the sea, hot car, pretty girl for icing on the cake.
I suppose I'd try to find a pleasant 1797 half dollar or 10$ Eagle.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
It would be this. With the left over 650K I'd buy 50 acres of heavily wooded land here in Ohio and build a nice custom home that I designed on it.
Seems Old Norman got it right...
Clearly one first needs to first invest in the appropriate attire which would include a stylish smoking jacket sporting an ascot and if you're over 60, a Brooks Brothers white shirt heavy with the starch and if you're under 60, perhaps a more casual flair may work but that could depend largely on the cocktail of choice which should obviously be consumed only from the finest cocktail shaker and drinking vessels... Vintage Hawkes should leave the desired impression. The impression that one has the ability to recognize and seek out the finest things in keeping up appearances.
So once I get there, I'll provide an answer.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
This thread reminds me of the old television program "The Millionaire" where reclusive John Beresford Tipton gave $1,000,000 checks to random recipients.
The phrase "all of the taxes have been paid" was used in the introduction to each episode.
I am not allowed to tell if I received such a check.
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
Any of these if they were for sale and not more than one million;