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.
:kiss1:
I need to look through my belongings and see what swimming memorabilia I have, I should have been a much better autograph hound with all the great swimmers who came to austin over the years
I do have a book of unused tickets to the
1980 US Olympic swimming Trials that got cancelled
my guess is
most people who had them tossed them or lost them
Many years ago my wife and I were eating at a restuarant in Austin and Mary Lou Retton walked in, (she went to UT) we left before she did and walked past her convertable corvette, we were tempted to snag the pillows she had in her seat to boost her up high enough to see over the dash board, but we left them there and missed out on having a great living room conversation piece.
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.
:kiss1:
I need to look through my belongings and see what swimming memorabilia I have, I should have been a much better autograph hound with all the great swimmers who came to austin over the years
I do have a book of unused tickets to the
1980 US Olympic swimming Trials that got cancelled
my guess is
most people who had them tossed them or lost them
Many years ago my wife and I were eating at a restuarant in Austin and Mary Lou Retton walked in, (she went to UT) we left before she did and walked past her convertable corvette, we were tempted to snag the pillows she had in her seat to boost her up high enough to see over the dash board, but we left them there and missed out on having a great living room conversation piece.
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.
:kiss1:
