Rare stuff you own

[ProperRussian]

I own an original copy of a book called When we were boys, by William O'Brien.
It was printed in 1890 and i can't even find an image to show you of it, I highly doubt its worth anything, but i haven't got around to actually checking.

 

[tangoprime]

I have two particularly nifty rare items I can think of off the top of my head. Carl Gustav Jung's glasses you always see him pictured in when he was in his later years- my great grandmother was Alma Jung, and we found them in her basement along with some of his books (sadly they were damaged in a flood) and some other random items.

I also have a screen-used "Grady's Inn" matchbook from Resident Evil Apocalypse, and one of the newspapers on screen from the end of the first movie (it's pretty neat, all the different newspapers shown in that scene were actually the same, with each page just being a different front page).

I have some fairly unique firearms too, but that tends to be one of those can-of-worms issues, so I'll leave it at that.

Edit: Oh yeah! I have a pretty neat fragment from the Berlin Wall with a bit of graffiti too, with a picture of it's source.

 

[V8 Ninja]

I have many of the early Bionicles, Lego franchise, which are pretty hard to get nowadays. I'm talking about the very first ones as well, the original Toa's.

Haha same here. Nothing can top the original bionicles.

I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I have a copy of the first Toa Metru comic signed by writer Greg Farshtey. Unfortunately, the signature has faded, so it might as well be worthless.

Moving Along: I have a two-foot statue of Ronald McDonald made entirely out of LEGOs. It is surprisingly not as creepy as the real thing.

 

[dvd_72]

A coin that belonged to my grandfather. He worked at a bank and got a limited edition coin they made one year. There are only a handful in the world. He died before I was born, so it's practically my only link to him alongside being a rare object!

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I own a near mint condition of a complete 4-disc game of Legend of the Dragoon for the PS1.

 

[chadachada123]

I've got a drum stick that I caught myself at a Green Day concert, along with a guitar pick from the same. That's probably the most "popular" rare item I own.

I have a coin collection worth [a lot], with the oldest being a coin from 253-268 AD, under the Roman Emperor Gallienus.

I have an artbook made by FourLeaf Studios, the creators of Katawa Shoujo, bought at a comic convention and signed by all of the creators that were in attendance.

I've got various special/limited editions of games, but otherwise I think that does it for notable rare things.

 

[EvilMaggot]

I have many of the early Bionicles, Lego franchise, which are pretty hard to get nowadays. I'm talking about the very first ones as well, the original Toa's.

oooh i think i have them aswell somewhere.. in a box.. in the basement.. they were awesome!

 

[Malty Milk Whistle]

The umbrella gun used to shoot Fidel Castro and this little toy train from the 1800's.

 

[Hylke Langhout]

I have a signed copy of "Don't Call Me Ishmael" by Michael Gerard Bauer
I have a metric ton of old Bionicle. I pretty much stopped collecting them after the Toa Mistika came out. It makes me happy to see how many Bionicle fans there are on this website.
I got a CD copy of the Retro City Rampage soundtrack. I believe those were limited in quantity.
I have a hat from the Christijan Albers Formula 1 team.
I have Miracle of Sound's "Press X to Rock" CD, which is out of stock at the moment, so that's something I guess.

 

[ParanoidEngineer]

Beano books from the 1950's onwards. They're worth about £60 each now apparently. Beano is a comic for those of you who don't know.

 

[DugMachine]

I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I have a copy of the first Toa Metru comic signed by writer Greg Farshtey. Unfortunately, the signature has faded, so it might as well be worthless.

Nice! You win my good sir

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

I have many of the early Bionicles, Lego franchise, which are pretty hard to get nowadays. I'm talking about the very first ones as well, the original Toa's.

I've got those too!

 

[gostchiken]

Common sense, apparently that is ridiculously rare around here.
Also

I have one of these.

It's still in it's plastic, but doesn't have a box. I have no idea what card is inside it.

I've got two pikachus (spelling on that?) and a Charizard, waiting for those to be worth something, I also have the whole set of first edition and second edition cards.

I've got a Charizard and a Togepi, back when it's stats were listed as ???

 

[crazyrabbits]

I have a rare hardcover of the Garth Ennis run of Punisher Max.

I don't have anything quite as valuable related to Punisher, but I do have the completed run of the original 1986 series (which had been vacuum-sealed in polybags by a long-time collector) and a signed copy of the infamous "Punisher as Demon Hunter" Marvel Knights arc back in the late 90's.

Insofar as the rest of my comic collection (I have somewhere between 300-400 comics, averaged out to being worth $4,000 - 5,000), I have a copy of Uncanny X-Men #137 - the finale of the Dark Phoenix Saga - signed by Chris Claremont himself. I also have an original copy of the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 from 1965 (albeit, heavily damaged). I have many other signed comics, but those are my two most prized ones.

The rest of my "rare" possessions include a burgeoning coin collection (with some pieces - mostly Bulgarian - dating back to the early 1900's), a pair of my father's boxing gloves from when he competed in local sports in the 70's, a solid oak desk from the 70's given to me by my current boss (which was given to him by the VP of a company he worked at), and a ton of rate limited edition DVD sets:

- Terminator 2: The Ultimate Edition DVD 1st printing w/ metal slipcase (1-disc, nigh-impossible to find)
- Monk Season 5 Emmy Consideration DVD set
- Blade Runner Ultimate 5-disc Collector's Set (in briefcase)
- Inception Dream Machine briefcase set

 

[NoOne852]

I am not sure if they count as rare, but I have an antique spyglass from the late 1800's and a piece of eight.

I also own a couple newpapers from World War II, but again, I am not sure that counts as rare.

 

[eatenbyagrue]

There's an heirloom in my family, from my grandfather's time in World War 2.

See, he was a doctor here in the country when the Japanese invaded, and he stayed because he and my grandmother had just gotten married at the time, and he really wanted to help people out here. Most other doctors decided to leave, and my grandfather being my grandfather, the choice was pretty much made.

One time, this officer (I never found out the rank, because my granddad didn't know) rounded up a couple hundred people, put them all in a house, and started firing at it. It wasn't one of those old, Spanish-style houses either: it was mostly wood, so there wasn't much cover. Luckily for my grandfather, the floor collapsed under him, and he managed to make it out alive.

A couple of months later, after he'd relocated to another city, a Japanese officer walked into his clinic: by his luck, the same officer who almost killed him. Granddad looked him over, then when the officer wasn't looking, pulled a gun out (he'd gotten a gun since that day) and shot the officer. He took the officer's sword, snuck out the back before the other soldiers heard the shots, and ran away to another city.

That sword's been in the family since then, as a "Remember the time lolo (that's what we call him) killed a Japanese guy?"

 

[Bloodtrozorx]

Well...crap. I guess my Mesa M9 Carbine Bass Amp with a serial number within the first 900. Otherwise I got nothing.

 

[thespyisdead]

hmmm....a deck of soviet union cards with 1991 as the date of production... the deck is missing a (calendar) joker(however, the case states that there were 2 calendars), as the deck case states there were 54 cards present. the case it self is somewhat tattered and has been taped on one side. the cards them selves are in fairly good condition, considering i remember playing with them as a kid



also a soviet union birth certificate, which is odd in it self, seeing how i was born late -92

 

[guidance]

Does a VHS copy of Monty Python and the Holy Grain count? If not I also have somewhere in this house a copy of grim fandango, which I will find someday cause I want to play it again.

 

[Nerexor]

I don't know if it's hugely rare, but I do have Crono Trigger on SNES Cartridge. Not in pristine condition given I've played it dozens of times, but still.

Also a copy of The Pirates of Penzance film signed by Rex Smith, who played the lead character.