Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
The last two years I've tried to pick up a Starbucks mug from every city in the world I traveled to. This minus the ones in the dishwasher.......MJ
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
<< <i>The last two years I've tried to pick up a Starbucks mug from every city in the world I traveled to. This minus the ones in the dishwasher.......MJ >>
Fun stuff MJ.
Given that so many of them are Chinese, I hope you've tested for lead paint...
I collect elements of the periodic table and vintage books on polymers (pre-1950). But my real passion (outside of Buffalo Nickels) is my collection of coin boards. These are generally inexpensive, but the number of varieties is large. My personal collection contains over ~200 coin boards with quite a few unique pieces. Many are in near mint condition.
Thank you ClinkinKY!!! I am glad you enjoyed it! The bit of the Lusitania wreck get the occasional raised eyebrow - but it has papers, with photographs, from a good friend who is one of the world's foremost Lucy experts who had dove on that wreck. Everyone here has such wonderful stuff and good eyes! I once restored an X-Men #1 - that's as close as I come to that. That copy had been ripped nor so cleanly in half!
Very nice ! I love the centerpiece obsidian.....just curious though..........what is the piece near the lower right corner ....looks like a long tooth ??
"MrB- I have the Checkers White Cliffs of Dover on a King 78 I suspect the 45 is significantly tougher to obtain based on when it was released" ----- Yeah coinkat, as I'm sure you already know, but I will lay out for anyone else who may be interested, the 45rpm record format was introduced by RCA at the end of March, 1949. Up until that time, all singles were in the 78rpm format, and all record players were also running at 78rpm speed.
That was the biggest obstacle for RCA to overcome, they not only had to introduce the 45rpm record, but also a player to play them on. Thus, as you can imagine, the introduction of the 45 was a slow process, and for the first few years, 78rpm sales remained much stronger than 45's.
RCA tried to kick-start the sales of 45's by releasing some of their back catalog of songs in the new format when they introduced it in 1949, and slowly, other record labels started releasing their singles in both the 78 and 45rpm formats.
The battle of the two formats continued throuout the 1950's, and it was about 1955 when the sales of 45's drew equal to the 78, and by 1960 the 78's were just about gone, with only a couple of smaller labels producing any of them at all.
So, all of this was to answer your question. Yes, the 45 of "Sixty Minute Man" from 1951, and to a lesser extent, "White Cliffs Of Dover" from 1953, are less common than their 78rpm counterparts. Of course both of these records, especially "Sixty Minute Man", were reissued and booted many times over the years, but the scans I have included in this thread are of the original records.
Here is one of RCA's 1949 releases, and my favorite version of the often recorded "St. Louis Blues", by the Delta Rhythm Boys.
Now that is one great tune- recorded perhaps as much as any tune in History.
I don't think I can say I have a favorite recording of this, but the Vocalion recording by Joe Robichaux New Orleans Rhythm Boys in 1933 is about as hot as I have ever heard
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Well, I had to go to the internet way back machine to find some picures of collections of my past.
I first started with autographed hockey inserts. I had a full run of BAP autographed sets until the companies went crazy. After that I got into hockey memrobillia, at one point I had over 600 autographed pucks, 30 game used jersey, 100 game used sticks, game used skates, gloves helmets, and thousands of hall of fame autographs, pictures, magazines. But the best was a collection of Miracle on Ice memrobillia with over a hundred pieces.
All but just a couple pieces have been sold. Somehow I collected beer steins for a while, I think they might still be in the attic.
Then I had a little harley bug. Finally, it is coins and I hope that is the last collection. when I stopped collecting everything under the sun, I was able to get a nice little vacation spot, where I can sit by the fire and look at my coins.
Anything related to the case of Gef the talking mongoose from the 1930s. I have a copy of this book, quite rare, signed by the author in the 1950s. I even went as far as to fly to the Isle of Man to visit the ruined farmstead where it happened and saw actual clippings supposedly from Gef in London's Senate House Library.
"I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
As a graphic designer I collect things from print history (advertising, books, anything print related!). Just started collecting these. They are called flongs. They are essentially the paper mache molds used in making plates for the printing process called stereotyping, used until the mid 70s. I just got this flong. It is the New York Times, July 21 1969 front page from when we landed on the moon. I love things that are part of the "process".
123cents: LOVE that car!!! I only has a 72 with a 340, and, a 1969 with a 440 police interceptor. My brother had a 1970 Cuda with the 340 too. The remakes look really nice, especially the silver with black Challengers.
You only live life once, enjoy it like it's your last day. It just MIGHT be!
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I really have enjoyed everything posted so far.
To dcarr we spoke at FUN recently about our Super Sports.
Here's mine .... not really a collection, but could be an obsession and can consume a lot of money.
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
PCGS Registries
Box of 20
SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
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Sweet !
<< <i>The last two years I've tried to pick up a Starbucks mug from every city in the world I traveled to. This minus the ones in the dishwasher
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Fun stuff MJ.
Given that so many of them are Chinese, I hope you've tested for lead paint...
U.S. Type Set
<< <i>Very nice magikbilly! >>
Thank you ClinkinKY!!! I am glad you enjoyed it! The bit of the Lusitania wreck get the occasional raised eyebrow - but it has papers, with photographs, from a good friend who is one of the world's foremost Lucy experts who had dove on that wreck. Everyone here has such wonderful stuff and good eyes! I once restored an X-Men #1 - that's as close as I come to that. That copy had been ripped nor so cleanly in half!
Best wishes,
Eric
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Make that RT a ragtop and you've got my HS dream car! Nice!
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
With the name on the back wing "BLEW MONEY"
Love the politicals, beer stein and records
MrB- I have the Checkers White Cliffs of Dover on a King 78 I suspect the 45 is significantly tougher to obtain based on when it was released
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
"MrB- I have the Checkers White Cliffs of Dover on a King 78 I suspect
the 45 is significantly tougher to obtain based on when it was released"
-----
Yeah coinkat, as I'm sure you already know, but I will lay out for anyone
else who may be interested, the 45rpm record format was introduced
by RCA at the end of March, 1949. Up until that time, all singles were
in the 78rpm format, and all record players were also running at 78rpm
speed.
That was the biggest obstacle for RCA to overcome, they not only had
to introduce the 45rpm record, but also a player to play them on. Thus,
as you can imagine, the introduction of the 45 was a slow process, and
for the first few years, 78rpm sales remained much stronger than 45's.
RCA tried to kick-start the sales of 45's by releasing some of their back
catalog of songs in the new format when they introduced it in 1949, and
slowly, other record labels started releasing their singles in both the 78
and 45rpm formats.
The battle of the two formats continued throuout the 1950's, and it was
about 1955 when the sales of 45's drew equal to the 78, and by 1960 the
78's were just about gone, with only a couple of smaller labels producing
any of them at all.
So, all of this was to answer your question. Yes, the 45 of "Sixty Minute Man"
from 1951, and to a lesser extent, "White Cliffs Of Dover" from 1953, are
less common than their 78rpm counterparts. Of course both of these
records, especially "Sixty Minute Man", were reissued and booted many
times over the years, but the scans I have included in this thread are of
the original records.
Here is one of RCA's 1949 releases, and my favorite version of the often
recorded "St. Louis Blues", by the Delta Rhythm Boys.
YouTube Link To Song
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Now that is one great tune- recorded perhaps as much as any tune in History.
I don't think I can say I have a favorite recording of this, but the Vocalion recording by Joe Robichaux New Orleans Rhythm Boys in 1933 is about as hot as I have ever heard
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I first started with autographed hockey inserts. I had a full run of BAP autographed sets until the companies went crazy. After that I got into hockey memrobillia, at one point I had over 600 autographed pucks, 30 game used jersey, 100 game used sticks, game used skates, gloves helmets, and thousands of hall of fame autographs, pictures, magazines. But the best was a collection of Miracle on Ice memrobillia with over a hundred pieces.
All but just a couple pieces have been sold. Somehow I collected beer steins for a while, I think they might still be in the attic.
Then I had a little harley bug. Finally, it is coins and I hope that is the last collection. when I stopped collecting everything under the sun, I was able to get a nice little vacation spot, where I can sit by the fire and look at my coins.
Gary
100% Positive BST transactions
<< <i>Wow, Neat stuff. I've had this Cat for 20yrs.
Nice one.
I've had this one for 21 years
Anything related to the case of Gef the talking mongoose from the 1930s. I have a copy of this book, quite rare, signed by the author in the 1950s. I even went as far as to fly to the Isle of Man to visit the ruined farmstead where it happened and saw actual clippings supposedly from Gef in London's Senate House Library.
I have been collecting Russian Black Lacquer Boxes for about 30 years.
Its not a Gung-Ho type of collecting venture for me - but I really appreciate
the artistry involved in these boxes. I collect primarily from one town, Palekh.
I have a few books on the subject and I wish I had more of these little treasures.
My Imaging Skills leave a lot to be desired... sorry...
[ I'm really ashamed at the quality, really !! ]
Here's a sample...
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Coin collecting is not a hobby, it's an obsession !
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