Are there any museum pieces that were once part of your collection?

MULLINS5

I purchased this stamp album at an estate sale not too long ago and, with a kid on the way, decided to let it go (as well as the majority of my Fitzgerald collection). The buyer and I exchanged phone numbers to go over other items I picked up from the estate, which I'll be selling as a lot very soon. We had a wonderful conversation that lasted about 2 hours solely on Fitzgerald and his life. She called me today to tell me that she donated the piece to the Fitzgerald Museum in Alabama, which I thought was both very generous and cool.

Not card related, but as collectors I thought you'd like to hear. Are there any museum pieces that were once part of your collection?

Dpeck100

No.

Cool story and hopefully you did well with the sale.

hhmag70

Yes I do.

YogiBerraFan

In the 1990s I sold a 1968 Dodge Charger to a museum. It was a rare hippie mobile. I also sold some rare variation 1950s Matchbox cars to a museum in England and a rare 3 Stooges item to a museum here in the US.

Mapleleaf

Some rare Hot Wheels that went in the museum. That was back in the 90's - shoulda kept 'em.

hammered

No.
But I've been to a museum

cpamike

Patrick,

Congratulations on the upcoming birth!!!

I don't think I have any former items I once owned in a museum. I do have a nice Joffa helmet like Gretzky used to wear, but I still like playing with it even if it should be in a museum.

dtkk49a

Its a no for me but my father in law, who is a taxidermist, recently donated a Passenger Pidgeon specimen to a museum.

Stone193

Hiya Patrick

That's incredible!

Good luck with your new child - I wish you all the best.

I will have a "future" museum collection.

I promised Tim Wiles - the director of research at the HOF - that I would donate my collection of Take Me Out to the Ball Game sheet music variations. With one to go - he believes I have the most complete collection in the US.

elsnorto

Back in the 80's Kodak had some redemption program for a coffee table book titled "Running Wild" with a great shot of Walter Payton on the cover. I had two of them and decided to list one on eBay. The curator of the Walter Payton museum e-mailed me to ask about its origins and I ended up donating it to them. Unfortunately, the museum was housed in the old Walter Payton's Roundhouse complex that was demolished a couple years back. When I went to the last National in Chicago, I was planning on going to check it out only to learn it was no more.

Snorto~