Collector's Corner.

Let us start a dedicated thread here (like the Jokes thread) so all Collector items appear in the one thread for all to see in one thread. I am repeating the "Giant" movie collector DVD here, to start the ball rolling.

Sorry MG rules won't let me paste the same *.jpg twice in different threads, even if I rename it. :cry so you will have to check out my post (#8) at http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=174534

Also check out my post #1 at the same thread for my "Giant" knife. :-D

Post your collectible items here, please, so we can see items from your collections.

Bazza

 

I am trying to scan in various items and the Scan function on my HP All-in-One doesn't perform. After a live chat with a HP lady I am downloading 309 megs of software at a painfully slow rate from HP. As Arnie said, "I'll be back". :-D tomorrow morning OZ time with better news, I hope. Bazza

 

There are pro's and cons for your idea. For example, I think it can get too exotic and too fragmented. Let each member decide for themselves. I think I will keep my various bits and pieces under one heading to get Collectors Corner up and going, like I do with the random nature of Tips that I publish elsewhere. If I had split them into Vista, XP, Utilities, etc., there might be only 2-3 under each category. Others can make their own decisions and submissions. Bazza

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Finally got my HP PSC 1410 All-in-One working. Even the Scan button works. Scanned a few 12" Vinyl covers in for Screensavers. Now all I have to do is figure out the Scanning defaults and set them lower to MG acceptable sizes. Or get an easy resizer program. More to do yet. Bazza

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Spoke too soon

Sometimes it works. Really pathetic software. But probably it is me not figuring out this program. so far.

Bazza

 

Lots of different things are Collector items, for different folks.

Soime people collect coins, stamps, carvings, knives, etc.

I have a 12" Elvis Picture Vinyl that I spotted before #1 son saw it. He is still dirty on me. :-D I have tried to scan it on my A4 scanner but as it is a 12" vinyl, not all appears. I have cropped the scan.

PS: I tried to scan in the Beatles White Album (numbered) cover (released 40 years ago today) but Scanners don't work too well on all white covers. :-D

Still waiting for others to contribute something or this Forum will die a quick death.

Bazza

 

I think this may be the World's First picture disc? (on a 45rpm record). Remember those? It even has a US Patent # 3578539

And is part of my small Vinyl collection.
I have Googled various info on the picture disk without a great deal of success. 2 x Thumbnails, attached.

The horse is Gunsynd, a famous Aussie racehorse, known as the Goondiwidi Grey.

One scan is of one side of the 45 rpm Cardboard cover, plus the same picture on the 45 rpm disk. Tomorrow I will publish the reverse sides. Bazza

 

World's first Picture Disk?

Attached are thumbnails, for Side B of The Goodiwindi Grey 45 rpm record.
I am finally figuring out this Scanner and VSO software.

As, maybe, the World's first Picture Disk, I hope they appreciate in value.
C'mon Guys and Gals, please submit the stuff you collect.

Wikipedia link to the Goondiwindi Grey at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsynd

Bazza

 

Re: World's first Picture Disk?

Is a Picture Disk something like a live video recording on a VHS tape or DVD? It sounds like it should be worth money. Even if it's not, it's neat to have something like that. :cool

 

Re: World's first Picture Disk?

A picture disk is just a picture on the vinyl. In this case, it is 45rpm record with a song on each side and a different picture on each side. The picture/s is/are there for decoration (and collectabilty :-D ) Bazza

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Re: Sierra Rutile dredge on Sierra Leone banknote.

Banknotes.

It is not often that an asset of the company that you work for appears on the countries banknote.

Thumbnails are 2 views of the Sierra Rutile dredge used to mine Rutile sand that is turned into Titanium, essential for the Space Race, etc.

Banknote is a 10 Leone note (not worth anything nowadays) and a photo I took of a Bamboo model of the Dredge at the 1993 Sierra Rutile Agricultural show.

Anyone collect Banknotes, Coins, Stamps, whatever?

Bazza

 

Re: You can create your own Collector's item.

With a bit of forward planning, and lots of luck, you can create your own Collector's item.

Take Grease, the movie, for instance. Apart from the normal DVD packaging there have been 3 releases of special DVD packaging. John Travolta's leather "jacket". Olivias pink "dress" and the 30th Anniversary release of the Rydell "R" letter jumper. If you collect all 3 AND keep them un-opened, they MIGHT grow into a valuable collector's set. But with, probably, 100's of thousands of these "clothing" DVD's produced, maybe not. :cry Still they are nice to look at, and conversation pieces.

See thumbnails of the 3 in an opened state. My 3 are un-opened. :-D Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner.--Stallone Rambo Trilogy--Metal box

Another DVD set not released in Australia as far as I know, from my collection. I imported my copy from the USA, years ago. It is opened but still a conversation piece.

From Artisan Entertainment, it was released in a metal case with 4 x DVD's including 3 double sided DVD's (one side full screen, one side letterbox resolution) and looks great. Bazza

PS: Need someone else to contribute from thier collection, no matter what it is. Baz

 

My mom used to be a "collector" of about anything.... LOL She never could throw anything away. Clipping out of newspapers such as cartoons, you name it, all stored in the attic and neatly sorted by day and year. The attic sort of bulged due to the baby cribs, old furniture, clothing etc etc. Once a year at spring cleaning we had to clean up the attic and put everything back. LOL Shoes she kept before she got married until the day she passed away in her mid seventies. Thing is that my siblings overseas got many things from her which nowadays are considered as genuine antiques.

The only things that I collected for a while were Swarovski crystal things which I liked for a time. They sparkled with the lights shining on them. Now they're in storage. Sorry Bazza.

 

Thats OK, oma. Just make sure any individual high value items are described in detail in your House and Contents insurance. And relevant photos of the item, makers marks, etc., taken. Bazza

 

@LauraR@

I think you'd like the Grease items, as per post #13

@MA and CP@

I think you guys would like this metal boxed Rambo set, (as per post # 14), given MG's modelling along Army lines.

All four items are still on sale in the USA. I didn't keep Google links, sorry. Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner-- Carved bed and chests of drawers

One I passed on. :cry
Attached is a thumbnail of a fully carved bed frame and 2 chest of drawers.
If you right click, or left click, on the image you may be able to "Zoom in" to appreciate the workmanship. Or should that be workpeopleship. :0 Bloody PC crap.

These items were on sale at the Sierra Rutile Ltd. Picnic and Agricultural day in October 1993, in Sierra Leone, West Africa, where I was working at the time.

Price was USD$500 (1993) I considered the price as good for the amount of work involved.

Only thing against it was how as I going to get it back from Sierra Leone (West Africa) to Australia and how much $$$ for Freight and Insurance?

I didn't do enough thinking outside the box, at the time, to realise that I could probably have shipped it back as CKD (Completely Knocked Down) as
"planks". I would have left the 2 chest of drawers in Sierra Leone (or sold them to an ex-pat or well off S.Leonean).

Anyhow, I passed up the purchase and still regret it to this day. Still I made sure I had a photo. :-D Apart from the ever increasing value as a Collector's item, what a piece of Furniture !!
Check out the village huts. The local climbing a coconut palm. Hunter after Elephants.

I thought of leaving it with my boss and he could ship it back, for me, as part of his allowance when he left SRL.

I didn't have that luxury as a mere "contractor". Lucky I didn't, as anyone who has seen "Blood Diamond" will know that the RUF Rebels invaded our mine and one nearby, 12 months after I left and while my Boss and his partner were on holidays in OZ. (Very lucky for them).

The rebels took some workmates as hostages (for 3 months) and looted the mines and employees houses. The bed would probably have finished up as Firewood. :cry

Ah well. :cry What might have been.

Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner.-- USA Civil War books

You may woner why I have 2 x USA Civil War books in my collection. (see thumbnails). I have always been interested in that Civil War. My Ex is American and can trace her family back to at least President Rutherford B. Hayes. I fact, Hayes has become a first or second name in her family, ever since. #2 son has Hayes as a second name.

Enough of history, back to the books.
Each volume has over 1500 pages, (heavy as hell), and nearly 2,000 photographs in each. Originally published as 3 volumes, this has been condensed :-D into 2 volumes.

A must for any Civil War buff, IMO.

ISBN 1-884822-08-8 and 1-884822-09-6. if you are interested.

Bazza

 

55 reads yesterday, of these 6 threads, including 29 of this one. Thanks folks.
More / any contributions needed, and most welcome. :-D Bazza

 

Jimmy Hendrix--BAND OF GYPSYS--Picture disk, 12" Vimyl

The record company's spelling, not mine. :-D

I was given this picture disk by a shopkeeper friend of my son. She knew I collected various stuff.

It could be rare as I could not find a reference to it on Google.

It is a 12" Vinyl with different pictures on each side. 2 music tracks on one side, 4 tracks on the other.

The 3 thumbnails are scans of each side of my record, plus an image of a Vinyl cardboard cover found on the Net. My disk came without a cover, :cry so I don't know if my disk originally came with this cardboard cover. The cardboard cover was obviously used as the basis for one side of the picture disk.

BAND OF GYPSYS dolls are by Saskia De Boer. Who are the 4 artists featured? One is obviously Hendrix (doh). :-D

Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner.--- Check out eBay

Enter RARE or SIGNED into the Search box into any eBay for lots of varied Collector's items.

In the Australian version of eBay at ebay.com.au I came across:-

at
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SLASH-SIGNED...3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

See thumbnails. I'm not interested, so eBid away. :-D Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner.--Cars Vinyl--Vargas Lady

Readers, or collectors of, early issues of Playboy magazine will remember the Vargas lady adorning various editions.

The Cars musical group released Candy-O on a 12" Vinyl record with a Vargas lady draped over a pen sketch of the front end of a sports car.

See thumbnail. I would imagine this Vinyl is now a Collectors item.

Bazza

 

Some neat stuff in your collection bazza! Got to have some tunes on while I look at the picts... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJLb-177EaE :-D

 

This thread averaging around 30 reads a day, but we desperately need your submissions otherwise this Forum, and threads, will die.

Bazza

 

Neat video. I've seen that Vargas lady before. :-D
I don't go out specifically to collect stuff. I usually come across something that I like, on any subject, and it eventually it becomes part of my varied collection. Bazza

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Re: Collector's Corner.--Modelo 1909 Argentino Bayonet

I have one in my Collection (of 3 :-D ).

Photos and text taken from http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/arg1909.htm
(Much better than I can do).

Mine has matching serial numbers of Annnn, so a fairly early edition. (First 10, 000) Now I know why the Argentine crest is ground off.

Bayonet is around 20" (500mm) long for comparison purposes in the thumbnails.

Bazza

 

Link I found.
Collector cafe at
http://www.collectorcafe.com/index.asp

See thumbnail (for A-C only) of their range of Collector items. Covering Advertsing to Comics (only). So whatever you collect should be covered somewhere in A-Z.

Bazza

 

2 more links.

Weapons Identification-Appraisal Service
http://arms2armor.com/store/product794.html

Bayonet Identification from Selected Countries
http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/bayonets.htm

Bazza

 

Glad you mentioned bayonets! I found mine and it has developed some slight rust that needs to be taken care of. I have one of these: http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/span1941.htm

Now I know what kind of gun I would need to put on my bayonet. :-D They are right about the sloppy fit into the scabbard. It is a poor fit, and it wore the writing off one side of the blade.

 

Glad to be of help, Fred G, even if unintentional. Was introduced to a bloke at the Fruit and Veg markets, yesterday, with over 400 bayonets in his collection. A really serious collector, willing to pay up to AUD$2,000 for a rare bayonet missing from his collection. He invited me to view his collection. Allow 1½ hours, he said. :cool

Bazza

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Remember, 1 of anything is just a single item. 2 is a pair. 3 is a Collection.,:-D Bazza

 

Well, if that is the case Bazza, I have a bayonet, a pair of swords, and a collection of blades... :-D

And I will be 'collecting', well more like storing wine for several years, letting it age, then enjoying depleting my 'collection'. :-D

 

Luv to see more photos of your stuff, even your wine bottle labels, Fred. Bazza

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Well, my real wine collecting will begin in 2009. I have a 1 case wine chiller ordered that I should get in the next week or so. Then I gotta pick out a couple of bottles and buy them... I have not bought any to age so far because I did not have a place to store them. I will soon... http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=175963

Now Bazza, if you ask Fred_G for picts, you some will be up soon, gotta charge the camera battery. :-D

 

Go Fred. :-D I don't like most wines. They are usually too vinegary for me. I don't mind sweet cider, although I haven't had any for years. I like Jamieson 12 year old, or Gold, Whiskey. It's expensive and I haven't had any of that for ages either.

There were 500 mil cans of McEwans Blue (UK) beer available in Sierra Leone when I was there that I liked, but unfortunately no-one imports it into OZ. The local Star beer there, was good too. I read that the Star Brewery, in SL, has just re-opened after the civil war. Good news for SL beer drinkers. Bazza

 

Well, one Spainish themed picture, and a French picture. In the Spainish pict, the Grahms bottle is a 'ghost' (empty bottle.) In the French one, all are ghosts. I keep some bottles for the memories of the evening. The Henri Martin St. Gloria was to celebrate 1 year of not smoking. I plan on having many of those. :-D

It was not easy to balance the bayonet on the port bottles, but worth the effort.

 

Thanks Fred_G for the pix. :major Bayonet and Bottles, that's an unusual touch. :-D

Bazza

 

Over 70 reads yesterday. That is great, but how about some contributions about your collection/s. You must have something to contribute, pppppppllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssseeeeee. Bazza

 

A few years ago, when I was working and earning good money, I spent a lot of $$$$ at a sports store on Knives. I spent so much that the Salesrep made me a crocodile skin sheath for a dagger of mine at a really cheap price.

He also gave me a copy of a knife catalogue, not your normal cheap paperback catalogue but a Hardbound copy of Miguel Nieto Knives 1997.

120 pages and 381 excellent knife photos. The quality of the Catalogue and photos are exceptional. I think it was their First edition as well, so is also a Collector's item, IMO.

See thumbnails for some knives in my collection from this maker.

I have both knives in thumbnail Nieto-p59 and only the bottom one in Nieto-p61 thumbnail. The other thumbnail is of a knife salesman at a Railway station. Imagine if someone tried this nowadays.

Bazza

 

That should read 381 knives, excellently photographed, in 120 pages.
Some pages have up to 12 knives on the one page. Bazza

 

Ahh, but they are all from Spain... :-D

 

Over 400 reads in the last 4 days. :major :cool

C'mon folks, I'm running out of (maybe) interesting stuff in my collections of varied stuff to publish. All are welcome to contribute here, or in your own thread. It doesn't take long and is relatively painless.

Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner.--12 knives on 1 page

Thumbnail of p115 of the Nieto 1997 catalogue. 12 knives on this page.

I can identify 3 cut-throat razors and some gutting / skinning knives, but what are the 4 long skinny knives used for?

I can't think of any practical use. They look too flimsy and fragile to me.
Hope you can identify these for me.

Bazza

 

They look more like collector pocket knives. Or perhaps a knife for the well dressed gangster! http://www.mnieto.com/empresa/empresa_ing.htm

 

Fred, thanks heaps for that link. There is an email address there as well. I had never bothered to google for links, for some reason. :-o

The product numbers of the 4 long thin knives, in question, are # 409 and # 410, and # 209 and # 210. Using their Search box, all it comes up with is "Series Bolsillo" pocket knives for the 12 knives on this page (see thumbnail earlier). Not much help as 3 of 12 are definitely cut-throat razors. :-D

Looks like if a "knife" is discontinued (razors = # 136, 137 and 138 for example), the Search box does not find a reference to it. :cry

Thanks again, Bazza.
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Over 200 reads in the Collectors Forum yesterday, thanks mainly to nearly 100 reads about MA's wine storage and wine collection. :major

See what a bit of "new" blood does to this Forum. :-D

Your contibutions about your collection /s, will be welcome.

Anyone collect vintage cars, stamps, coins, carvings?
These items haven't rated a mention here, so far. :cry

Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner.-- Henry 8th Chess set

I bougth this Chess Set from a Pawnbrokers. I had my eye on it for a while but it was still "under pawn regulations". The person pawning it had 3 month's to redeem it. After 3 month's, the owner rang me and asked if I was still interested in it. I sure was, and drove a fair distance to his shop. I paid his price and took it home. The next day, apparently, the OP came in to redeem the item. Too late for him. :cry Good news for me. :major

Link is http://www.graemeanthonypewter.com.au/pages/products.asp?ID=3
Scroll down a fair bit to come across details relating to the thumbnails.

The 32 pieces weight 8 kilos (nearly 38 pounds in weight). Really heavy to lug around.

My Henry 8th and Queen Elizabeth the First are slightly different from the ones shown. Both mine appear to be slightly younger versions. QEI is certainly younger with different dress and much younger face.

H8 is more upright and his hat is on a different rake.

I'll have to email the maker for an explanation.

Bazza

 

Make that 8 kilos (approx 18 pounds), not 38 pounds. :-o Bazza

 

Re: Collector's Corner.--Spyderco SpyderCard knifeSpyderco Spyder CardSpyderco Spyder

I have a Spyderco Spyder Card in my collection. Although I never carry it in my wallet, it is very convenient to carry. It folds flat, about 3 credit cards thick, and 1 credit card in size.


Quote from http://www.selfdefenseproducts.com/rigidstainless.htm

See thumbnails. Bazza