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Black Lotus MTG. Which reminds me we should play some MTG again sometime!
Lots of interesting things in my home, but who are they interesting to? Up for debate. I'll post a few.
Up first is a piece I inherited from my mom. It's a Kudlik (qudlik), which is an Inuit Indian (Eskimo) artifact. It's approximately 150 years old (maybe older). It's essentially the life blood of an Eskimo family. It's a combo stove (for cooking) and a heater (to survive the freezing attic cold). It was the most prized possession of any Eskimo family.
While I was reasearching the piece, I had reached out to an Inuit historian (in the article circle) who actually specializes in the kudliks, and produces soapstone replicas. In trying to asses insurance value, the Inuit historian said he charges $5,000 for his replicas, but he had no idea what an actual kudlik would be valued at.
Regardless of value, it's a cool piece imho.
Up first is a piece I inherited from my mom. It's a Kudlik (qudlik), which is an Inuit Indian (Eskimo) artifact. It's approximately 150 years old (maybe older). It's essentially the life blood of an Eskimo family. It's a combo stove (for cooking) and a heater (to survive the freezing attic cold). It was the most prized possession of any Eskimo family.
While I was reasearching the piece, I had reached out to an Inuit historian (in the article circle) who actually specializes in the kudliks, and produces soapstone replicas. In trying to asses insurance value, the Inuit historian said he charges $5,000 for his replicas, but he had no idea what an actual kudlik would be valued at.
Regardless of value, it's a cool piece imho.
Certainly is. Are the originals made of soapstone as well?
Ya. Soapstone. The "replicas" "reproductions" are essentially the same Materials and techniques. Just not used in igloos 150 years ago. Apparently that seemed to matter to the historian, who appeared ready to board a plane for WI to inspect our kudlik. Lol. Luckily I sent him plenty of pictures, which seemed to suffice.
Thats unique...you learn something new every so often!
RowdyRawhide
Full House
I have an old cast iron Enterprise sausage stuffer that came out with my Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather in 1870 when they moved to Lincoln County, Kansas from Washington County, Maryland. They were supposedly the very first settlers in that area. When I rescued it from an old grainary it looked like the cast iron lid in the second picture. I completely disassembled it and had it sand blasted and then I painted it. It also still has the juicer insert as well.
moose
4 of a Kind
In 1912 as part of being on the gold standard, Canada decided to turn some of its gold reserves into $10 gold coins. Only produced for 3 years however because with its entry into WWI, Canada abandoned the gold standard to finance the war. The gold coins were removed from circulation by 1935 and stored by the mint for 75 years when it was decided to put them up for sale.
Imagine buying .59 oz gold coins in 1914 for $10 face!
Imagine buying .59 oz gold coins in 1914 for $10 face!
fish72s
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I got an ashtray, a remote control, a paddle game, and a magazine.
That's all I need ..... Oh and this chair ....that's all I need in the whole world
and these chips....I need some more Paulsons.... that's all I need
That's all I need ..... Oh and this chair ....that's all I need in the whole world
and these chips....I need some more Paulsons.... that's all I need
Rhodeman77
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While I own firearms, I am not a collector by any means. They are a tool to me to be used, much like poker chip.
But I do have one very special pistol. I inherited from my father and I know he had no idea what it was worth or he would have sold it long ago!
Even after I got it from my grandmother (she enjoyed shooting it so my father left with her) I just put it in the safe because I've never been much of a revolver guy. After a few years I decided to look up the gun and discovered it is considered the Rolls Royce of pistols. Pretty much hand made from the best materials to the absolute highest standards in Germany.
The story I heard of how my father came to own is that he had done some work for a man and he didn't have the money to pay him so he offered up the pistol.
Here is my Korth Combat .357
It is a little rough from grandma just throwing it in a bag after shooting it over the years. Starting price on these now is about $6k. I don't know what year this one was produced to know it would be more or less valuable, and they come up for sale so rarely it's hard to guess it's value.
Eventually I will do more research on it.
But I do have one very special pistol. I inherited from my father and I know he had no idea what it was worth or he would have sold it long ago!
Even after I got it from my grandmother (she enjoyed shooting it so my father left with her) I just put it in the safe because I've never been much of a revolver guy. After a few years I decided to look up the gun and discovered it is considered the Rolls Royce of pistols. Pretty much hand made from the best materials to the absolute highest standards in Germany.
The story I heard of how my father came to own is that he had done some work for a man and he didn't have the money to pay him so he offered up the pistol.
Here is my Korth Combat .357
It is a little rough from grandma just throwing it in a bag after shooting it over the years. Starting price on these now is about $6k. I don't know what year this one was produced to know it would be more or less valuable, and they come up for sale so rarely it's hard to guess it's value.
Eventually I will do more research on it.
Ok, interesting item numero dos:
Also inherited from my mother, who was a connoisseur of antiquities. I present to you the prime example of how sad our society is today. This petrified child's toy rattlesnake, is pre-Colombian, and was the prized toy of some child ca. 1300. It was a museum piece acquired by my mother's fiancé (who was a professor of anthropology or some such).
Today our kids require electronics and constant stimulation. Hundreds of years ago, some kid was content to play with a wooden snake.
Also inherited from my mother, who was a connoisseur of antiquities. I present to you the prime example of how sad our society is today. This petrified child's toy rattlesnake, is pre-Colombian, and was the prized toy of some child ca. 1300. It was a museum piece acquired by my mother's fiancé (who was a professor of anthropology or some such).
Today our kids require electronics and constant stimulation. Hundreds of years ago, some kid was content to play with a wooden snake.
12thMan
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Really? You are posting a picture, that was probably taken by a smart phone, over the internet, to an electronic message board consisting of members who were brought together by a love for high end poker chips while calling society sad and pining for the days kids were content with a wooden snake??
Cool snake, belongs in this thread, but come on.
Cool snake, belongs in this thread, but come on.
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Really? You are posting a picture, that was probably taken by a smart phone, over the internet to an electronic message board consisting of members who were brought together by a love of high end poker chips while calling society sad and pining for the days kids were content with a wooden snake??
Cool snake, belongs in this thread, but come on.
Said the guy who probably did not spend the first 3 days of summer vacation with an 11 and 13 yo, who constantly begged to be on their electronic devices... I'm like "go outside and kick a ball around, or something" ...
12thMan
Full House
lol
True, I concede.
True, I concede.
abby99
Full House
Timo Wottka
3 of a Kind
Woooww...My harpsichord finally has its own room.
It's a French double built by Willard Martin and decorated by Pamela Gladding in 1983.
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Lid painting, "Naming of the Animals"
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Soundboard
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Ellasdaddy
Flush
My harpsichord finally has its own room.
It's a French double built by Willard Martin and decorated by Pamela Gladding in 1983.
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Lid painting, "Naming of the Animals"
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Wow, that's beautiful! My wife would build a room around that piece.
Ellasdaddy
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I never really paid attention or catalogued the trinkets and stuff that interests me that I've gathered, but it isn't much. I've never been a collector. The list off the top of my head:
-A lifetime of old pro wrestling VHS tapes. I've only bought individual and Best of collections on DVD and Blu Ray.
-Autographed Curtis Martin Jets card
-Autographed Joe Pepitone baseball
-Autographed fundraiser baseball by Lou Piniella, Mookie Wilson and Ray Knight
-Autographed copy of High Times by Rob Van Dam (pro wrestler/smoker)
-Incomplete set of 1980s reprints of EC Comics (Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, ShockSuspense Stories, Weird Science, etc)
-My ticket stub from Game 5 of the ALDS Yankees vs Oakland - STORY: I bought my tickets on eBay the morning after the Yanks lost game 2 at home to go down 2-0. I confidently guaranteed my brother they'd win in 5. The seats were literally the very last row at the tippy top of the stadium, behind home plate. That was the most electric sporting event I've ever been to. I recall hanging off a steel beam over my head in celebration when they took the lead.
-Every card and note my wife and kids have ever given me.
-Mean Joe Greene's jersey. Kidding.
-A lifetime of old pro wrestling VHS tapes. I've only bought individual and Best of collections on DVD and Blu Ray.
-Autographed Curtis Martin Jets card
-Autographed Joe Pepitone baseball
-Autographed fundraiser baseball by Lou Piniella, Mookie Wilson and Ray Knight
-Autographed copy of High Times by Rob Van Dam (pro wrestler/smoker)
-Incomplete set of 1980s reprints of EC Comics (Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, ShockSuspense Stories, Weird Science, etc)
-My ticket stub from Game 5 of the ALDS Yankees vs Oakland - STORY: I bought my tickets on eBay the morning after the Yanks lost game 2 at home to go down 2-0. I confidently guaranteed my brother they'd win in 5. The seats were literally the very last row at the tippy top of the stadium, behind home plate. That was the most electric sporting event I've ever been to. I recall hanging off a steel beam over my head in celebration when they took the lead.
-Every card and note my wife and kids have ever given me.
-Mean Joe Greene's jersey. Kidding.
reminded me of this Carlin bit - pop in at 1:04 if you don't want to watch the whole thing
detroitdad
Royal Flush
I'll have to google that lol
Pogs?
Those little round disks that kids used to collect or otherwise known as milk caps
detroitdad
Royal Flush
I googled it. I remember them now. Neither I, nor my kids collected them.
Absolutely gorgeous!
But it should be in the middle of that room, with seating all around for your house concerts.
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gopherblue
Straight Flush
Since we're posting pictures (and damn, @abby99, that is one hell of a step up from a Hammond B-3!), here is a pic of my vintage IWC. I love that it is a tank case, as opposed to a round case--it just has a great look. And thankfully, manufactured back when IWC wasn't trying to out-Panerai Panerai with enormous tacky watches.
And speaking of vintage haute horological, Patek-Philippe just held an exhibition of rare and historical watches here in NYC. Some amazing and rare super-complications and watches owned by important historical figures. It was as drool-worthy as any chip pr0n.
Sweet mother of God.... I've always wanted a korth.
BJ Surhoff's hat from when he played college ball at UNC.
Hoping he makes HOF before I sell it.
Baseball career[edit]
Surhoff attended Rye High School in Westchester, New York and hit a monstrous home run as a visitor at Somers High School which cleared route 139 and hit the firehouse. The home run was dubbed "The Killer", and is infamous in high school baseball lore as it bounced off the firehouse and killed a small squirrel. The spot the home run landed is still marked. After high school he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was honored as the 1985 ACC Male Athlete of the Year, and played on the very first (1984) U.S. Olympic baseball team. He was a two-time first team All-American at UNC and his career batting average of .392 was a school record until Dustin Ackley set the mark at .412 in 2009.[1]
He was selected by the Brewers with the first overall pick of the 1985 amateur draft. Surhoff was a very versatile player, having appeared at every position except pitcher over the course of his career. He had 2,326 hits and 1,153 RBI in his career. Although always a consistent hitter, having hit over .280 in 12 of his 19 seasons, Surhoff's finest season was his 1999 campaign with the Orioles, in which he led the American League in at-bats (673), ranked second in hits (207), was selected to the American League All-Star team, and ultimately won Most Valuable Oriole honors for the season, becoming one of five players to get 200 or more hits in a season for the team. He also participated in the Home Run Derby. In other notable seasons, he finished sixth in the AL in doubles in 1993 with the Brewers and finished fifth in batting average in the AL with the Brewers in 1995 with a .320 average.
In 2007, Surhoff was elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame, with the official induction ceremony occurring before the start of the Orioles–Twins game on August 25, 2007, atOriole Park at Camden Yards.
Hoping he makes HOF before I sell it.
Baseball career[edit]
Surhoff attended Rye High School in Westchester, New York and hit a monstrous home run as a visitor at Somers High School which cleared route 139 and hit the firehouse. The home run was dubbed "The Killer", and is infamous in high school baseball lore as it bounced off the firehouse and killed a small squirrel. The spot the home run landed is still marked. After high school he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was honored as the 1985 ACC Male Athlete of the Year, and played on the very first (1984) U.S. Olympic baseball team. He was a two-time first team All-American at UNC and his career batting average of .392 was a school record until Dustin Ackley set the mark at .412 in 2009.[1]
He was selected by the Brewers with the first overall pick of the 1985 amateur draft. Surhoff was a very versatile player, having appeared at every position except pitcher over the course of his career. He had 2,326 hits and 1,153 RBI in his career. Although always a consistent hitter, having hit over .280 in 12 of his 19 seasons, Surhoff's finest season was his 1999 campaign with the Orioles, in which he led the American League in at-bats (673), ranked second in hits (207), was selected to the American League All-Star team, and ultimately won Most Valuable Oriole honors for the season, becoming one of five players to get 200 or more hits in a season for the team. He also participated in the Home Run Derby. In other notable seasons, he finished sixth in the AL in doubles in 1993 with the Brewers and finished fifth in batting average in the AL with the Brewers in 1995 with a .320 average.
In 2007, Surhoff was elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame, with the official induction ceremony occurring before the start of the Orioles–Twins game on August 25, 2007, atOriole Park at Camden Yards.
I hadn't thought of this, but I guess it's fairly unusual -- I do own well over 1,000 books on tennis, dating back as far as 1874, and the domain tennisbooks.com (though it hasn't been updated in many years...).
And 52 pieces by artist and printmaker Robert Kipniss.
And Girl Scout Thin Mints from the past four vintages.
But I'm not a collector. No, sir. Not me.
And 52 pieces by artist and printmaker Robert Kipniss.
And Girl Scout Thin Mints from the past four vintages.
But I'm not a collector. No, sir. Not me.
colter ripton
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