What is the oldest collectible you have?

frankhardy

What is the oldest collectible you have?

I just received my oldest. I am a Young Married Sunday School teacher at my church and I have been studying the history of the English Bible, particularly the King James Version, which is the most printed and popular book in the history of the world. While researching this subject, my study and my collecting tendencies collided. I started looking for an original King James Version Bible. Well, my search quickly altered because an entire 1611 King James Bible is thousands of dollars. There is one on Ebay right now for $65,000 and another for $139,000. Needless to say, those are out of my price range. But, I soon discovered that individual pages are sold. I ended up buying one page from an original 1611 King James Version of the Bible. I got it yesterday and plan on showing it in Sunday School tomorrow.

Ironically, this is 2011 - the 400th Anniversary of the King James Translation. Below is a picture. What is the oldest collectible you have?

Sean1125

Going through a box that had 80's and 90's junk wax I found 2 off condition Allen and Ginter's earlier - I swear lol,,,, most odd thing I've seen

scashaggy

A common baseball card from the 40's.

A coin from the 1800's.

HAMMERFAN44

Georgian Megalodon Shark Tooth, Miocene ~6-8 million years old...do I win?

tigerdean

I have one low grade psa graded old judge card. Oh, I guess I also have a few civil war era coins.

SDSportsFan

I have a Phrygian coin from 133 BC.


Steve

otwcards

I have a wife . . .

Yankees001

I have 2 Lead Civil War Bullets.

Dave

daveverdo

<< <i>Georgian Megalodon Shark Tooth, Miocene ~6-8 million years old...do I win? >>



Think my Cambrian Trilobite beats that.

Dave

Sean1125

I think me creating the big bang outdoes everyone.


Oh wait sorry back to arguing about fossils and who has an older item.

captainthreeputt

My oldest card is the A&G 1887 John L. Sullivan in a PSA 5.5.

I have an old Dr Busby game from the 1820's-1840's I believe.

Old fossil Ammonite approx. 250 million B.C

Does any of this put me into the "Winning" category

Brian

BunchOBull

Mind if I ask how much?

Stone193

I believe this is the oldest board game I have.

Base Ball Game - H.H. Durgin of Pittsfield - 1885.





I'm pretty sure it's a premium giveaway for buying at the store.

Bigjohn69

This is the oldest poster in my collection, its dated 1880,, you could probably appreciate it given the Bible collectible,,, I love this poster, it was made when posters were not a common thing let alone the content,, very rare,, bj

Brick

I have a couple land deeds of my ancestors. One dated 1832 and signed by Andrew Jackson and one from 1837 signed by Martin Van Buren.

Barfvader

Hard to get an actual date but to the best of my limited knowledge this should be from around the late 19th century.

Scarificator for Bloodletting

grote15

A PCGS graded 1794 Large Cent and a PCGS graded 1775 Twenty Shillings note..

captainthreeputt

Very Cool Brick! Barfvader, I could not tell, but was that a miscut? I have some more miscuts coming your way soon.

Brian

jimmyg

Baseball: My grandfather worked for the Associated Press and gave me a press pin from the '61 all star game. I took that thing everywhere with me. Unfortunately, I think I lost it somewhere on Camp Doha, Kuwait. Alas.

Non-baseball: My grandmother kept a button from my great-great-great-great grandfather's Revolutionary War jacket.

baseballfan

i have a handful of old judge pete gillespie cards, from my home town 1885

and a wood cut of the new york baseball team from 1887

detroitfan2

<< <i>I have a wife . . . >>



Now that's funny!

Southsider

Oldest paper: Admission ticket to the 1893 World's Fair

Oldest man-made object: Greek coin from ~ 450 BC

Oldest object: Meteorite fragment from Barringer Crater in Arizona ~ 4.5 billion years old

Barfvader

<< <i>Barfvader, I could not tell, but was that a miscut? I have some more miscuts coming your way soon.

Brian >>



Well if you carelessly handle it it could miscut you in twelve places.

fkw

10,000,000 Years Old!

I have 8 of these Megalodon Teeth...

jimrad

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if you put that on ebay and said Pujols cup protector you could probably get 100K

cardsnbeads

Eddie Cicotte 1911 T205 Gold Border. I bought it for $10 or $15 and it is probably in fair condition.

My oldest autograph was a: Walter Meanwell autograph probably from between 1910-20. I sold it for about 6Times what I paid for it. Probably the oldest and rarest Basketball item I autograph I owned. I wish I still had it. I am a Basketball Collector and have only seen 2 others.

I have fossils and geodes that are ancient but nearly worthless.

cardsnbeads

Megalodon Teeth. A Pre-Historic Shark as long as a City Bus now that is pretty darn cool.

Elemenopeo

Great thread. Some of the posts are worthless without scans, though.

cadets68

My oldest PSA graded card



Shawn

TheHun

<< <i>My oldest PSA graded card



Shawn >>



I really like this set. Very hard to find ones without the black boarder chipping. Here is my 100 year old + Glasgow Rangers F.C. - Robertson