It's been talked about in other threads, but the topic deserves its own thread.
Who collects swimming memorabilia? What's in your collection? Pictures? Autographs? Ribbons? Medals? Here is the place to talk about objects and artifacts you have that relate to the history of the sport of swimming.
OK, I'll start. Since I seem to have a 'bad girl' thing going with a surprise Eleanor Holm autograph, I thought an autographed copy of FHM with Amanda Beard (World's Sexiest Athlete cover) would be an essential. I saw one today on eBay and bought it for $10.49. In my lifetime, it may achieve an auction value greater than that. :cane:
I may have to bring a copy of the Amanda issue of Playboy to the Olympic Trials (in a plain brown wrapper, of course) and hunt her down for an autograph. For lack of a better description, signed copies of FHM and Playboy would make a nice pair.
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I don't really collect much... I throw almost all my old meet programs away.
But when the Fina World Cup was at UMD back in '99, I volunteered doing some web-site work, and got to be on-deck. I bought a bunch of american flag caps, and got autographs from Ed Moses, Lenny Krazelburg, Neil Walker, Tom Dolan, Jenny Thompson, and a "Jeff - All the Best" from Dara Torres, who was just starting her first comeback.
I got Tom Dolan to autograph a couple of extras, one of which I gave to one of my kids one year when I coached, and the other I was saving, but gave to the blue muppet since she was jealous of my Lenny cap :-)
I don't really collect much... I throw almost all my old meet programs away.
But when the Fina World Cup was at UMD back in '99, I volunteered doing some web-site work, and got to be on-deck. I bought a bunch of american flag caps, and got autographs from Ed Moses, Lenny Krazelburg, Neil Walker, Tom Dolan, Jenny Thompson, and a "Jeff - All the Best" from Dara Torres, who was just starting her first comeback.
I got Tom Dolan to autograph a couple of extras, one of which I gave to one of my kids one year when I coached, and the other I was saving, but gave to the blue muppet since she was jealous of my Lenny cap :-)
