What is your most special souvenier or keepsake ?

[Emperor]

lol Last year the ex-Gov of IL. paid a little over 100,000 for one. Apair of teals sold for 247,000 2yrs ago. I dont want to sell it but I do need to have it properly appraised. Do you know an appraiser?

Not off hand, but be careful. That game is always subjective in the eyes of the non-beholder.

 

[gonepecan]

Looks like a lot of you have some really neat stuff. I don't have anything like that, but I do have a nice assortment of hand tools from the 20th, 19th, and even 18th century. I also have some wrought iron shutter hardware that I'm certain was once in use in the French Quarter back in the day.

I will, however, get my hands on a brick from the De La Ronde ruins if they continue to let it fall apart. Legal or not, I want a piece of that history.

 

[Kraut]

Pocketknife given to me by my grandfather back when it was no big deal for a third grader to carry a pocketknife. Pocketknife, watch, and gold man's engraved name bracelet, and a rod/reel of my father's given to me by my stepmother after my father passed. Engraved name bracelet from my paternal grandfather, along with all of his ribbons, collar EGAs, and Sam Brown buckle, and combat knife from his days in the Corps during WWII, as well as his honorable discharge, unit history book (The Spearhead, 5th MarDiv), and a letter he received after being wounded and honorably discharged that demanded repayment of $28 and change that was accidentally overpaid to him (Uncle Sam doesn't cut his boys a break on the money no matter what sacrifices they make). May '45 manufacture Springfield Armory M1 Garand refinished by my bonus grandfather (stepmother's dad, 6th MarDiv) who taught me how to shoot. An old wooden box from God knows how long ago that my grandmother used to hold toys that we played with when I visited, and her dominos and Pokeno set. My parents' wedding album.

 

[Kook]

Granfathers' Remington Model 31. He died before I was born. I also have a rocking chair I restored. My Great Grandmother passed away ten years ago at the age of 100. The chair belonged to her Father, so no idea on age.

 

[swood]

I have an old single shot .22 rifle with a homemade stock that was my grandfathers. It's the gun I learned to shoot with.

 

[cheese]

My great-grandfather's small wooden cask he brought out fishing when he still lived in Sicily.

The recipe for our family's red sauce (locked in my head!).

My American made Fender Telecaster - played it for many, many years in the church choir. Bought it for 200.00 cash in college.

 

[2ridgebacks]

My Fathers and grandfathers dog tags, Grandfathers .22 remmington engraved in 1923. My Red cross ID from Hurricane Katrina.