It could be something easily overlooked: a folded note in a wallet, a concert ticket or an old key. We’re interested in the quiet keepsakes that people hold on to as proof of love.
Category: Memorabilia and Souvenirs
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$650,000 in Pop Star Memorabilia? These Superfans Know Few Limits.
For megafans of megastars like Madonna and Mariah Carey, obsessive collecting is an emotional, not a financial, investment. The tradition dates to ancient Rome.
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Miss Piggy, Fraggles and an Auction at the Twilight of a Hollywood Era
The Jim Henson Company sold its longtime studio and is auctioning Muppets memorabilia for the first time in its 70-year history.
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A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles?
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Judy Garland’s ‘Lucky Jacket’ Returns to Carnegie Hall
She wore it at Carnegie Hall on “the greatest evening in show-business history.” Now the jacket that got away is coming home.
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Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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6 Items From the Gene Hackman Auction: His Art, Scripts and Galaga
The actor, who died this year at 95, led a quiet life in New Mexico. An auction of his belongings offers insights into his life and work.
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Treasury Defends Minting a $1 Trump Coin Despite 1866 Law
The Treasury Department said that a 2020 collectible coinage law allows a living person to appear on U.S. currency.
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Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin
The coin, bearing President Trump’s face, would honor the 250th birthday of the United States.
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She Turned the World On With Her Smile. But Where Will the Hat Live?
Mary Tyler Moore’s piece of television history seeks a permanent home.
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The Protection True Whitaker Wears Around Her Neck
A collection of rosaries and cross necklaces keeps Ms. Whitaker, a star of the upcoming HBO series “I Love LA,” connected to her late mother.
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Cereal Box Records Sound Horrible. They Still Look Incredible.
Decades ago, singles were printed on cereal boxes as cutout prizes. Now, a dedicated few are working to save these cardboard treasures from extinction.