What’s the one collectible you own that you love more than your most prized GA book ? 4 4

[Chicago Boy]

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[batman_fan]

For me it would have to be this. 1959 Peanuts daily. I have it hanging in our family room where we spend a lot of time and I love looking at it every day. I love the exchange between Lucy and Charlie Brown and the expression on Snoopy is priceless. 

Edited July 2, 2019 by batman_fan

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

My father was an American soldier captured in WWII Battle of the Bulge. When he was eventually freed by allied forces, the POWs were allowed to pick one item out of a nearby nazi warehouse (similarly overrun by these same allied forces), and bring that item back to the states. I’ve since come to understand there is a collectibles market for WWII German war items - crazy!

Some guys took SS uniforms off mannequins.  My father chose this officers dagger

p.s. This is why I’m a Timely war cover nut

Edited July 2, 2019 by GreatCaesarsGhost

[KirbyJack]

I’m going the OA route as well.

[Xenosmilus]

My original paleoart by Mauricio Antón from "The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives". The first picture is Smilodon and the second is Thyalcosmilus. That being said I don't have any GA books, I just like showing these off  

Edited July 2, 2019 by Xenosmilus

[circumstances]

My most prized collectible would be one of my golden age comics.

I love some of my other, non-comic, items, but nothing rivals my top books.

Some things are irreplaceable. I have some souvenirs given to me by Neil Peart, for example, and I have many Rush-related things that are more important to me now that they're done.

[Cat-Man_America]

This one's easy ...and tough.  If I had to limit it to one, it's this original gouache painting by Alex Schomburg: 

Recreating the cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #66 (Image attribution: Heritage Auctions @HA.com)

That said, my second & third non-comic book collectibles are George Rozen paintings for The Shadow pulp (Jun 1st & 15th, '42), so it's a tough call.

[Mr bla bla]

7 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

My father was an American soldier captured in WWII Battle of the Bulge. When he was eventually freed by allied forces, the POWs were allowed to pick one item out of a nearby nazi warehouse (similarly overrun by these same allied forces), and bring that item back to the states. I understand that there is a collectible market for nazi items - and thus the tie in to this thread

My father chose this officers dagger

p.s. This is why I’m a Timely war cover nut

Wow. Really cool item. Youre lucky to have it.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

30 minutes ago, Mr bla bla said:

Wow. Really cool item. Youre lucky to have it.

You are so right, Mr bla bla. Thanks

[eccomic]

Original Nelvana Splash page from Triumph Comics # 29 by Adrian Dingle

 

 

[Chicago Boy]

These are all very cool ( not to mention Perry’s is sentimental ).  Mine would be a toss up between these two : 

[KirbyJack]

Whoa! You knew him when, huh?

[Mmehdy]

10 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

This one's easy ...and tough.  If I had to limit it to one, it's this original gouache painting by Alex Schomburg: 

Recreating the cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #66 (Image attribution: Heritage Auctions @HA.com)

That said, my second & third non-comic book collectibles are George Rozen paintings for The Shadow pulp (Jun 1st & 15th, '42), so it's a tough call.

AMAZING..cong

[Artboy99]

[Robot Man]

My 1959 Fender Stratocaster that my dad bought me used for my 15th birthday. Maybe my most prized possession.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

1 hour ago, Chicago Boy said:

These are all very cool ( not to mention Perry’s is sentimental ).  Mine would be a toss up between these two : 

That Winkler letter is historic!  And David before he was Davey?  So cool

[Chicago Boy]

14 minutes ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

That Winkler letter is historic!  And David before he was Davey?  So cool

 

[entalmighty1]

Similar content to @GreatCaesarsGhost, but much less personal.  I posted this once before in the "what else do you collect" thread.

I'm a very small time gun collector, and am particularly fascinated by WWII infantry weapons.  I have several interesting pieces, but this is my favorite.

I got a call from a friend of mine that someone he knew was selling a bunch of stuff, and he possibly had a k98 Mauser, which I was hunting.  I arrive to find a few dozen handguns spread out on a hardwood floor, and it was definitely a mixed bag.  My eyes were instantly drawn to this piece, as I had a feeling I knew what it was.  After some research, I confirmed it was an FN Hi-Power, made in Nazi occupied Belgium in 1943.  This is a numbers matching gun, likely brought home by a GI after the war.  The frame, barrel, and slide are all stamped with the Waffenamt acceptance logo, the manufacturing code, and the serial number.  The wooden grips are in great shape and original, and the magazine is period correct, but no real way of telling if it's the original mag or not.

These guns were typically only carried by the Waffen-SS, or members of the Fallschirmjäger, which were paratroopers from the Luftwaffe.  Pretty chilling piece of history, and it's definitely my favorite non-comic collectible.

[KirbyJack]

1 hour ago, Chicago Boy said:

 

[Badger]

Carl Barks Preliminary Oil Painting "Menace out of the myths"