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memorabilia stories: 38 news summaries

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X-Box Signed by Sarah Palin on EBay for $1.1M

Man tries for third time to unload weird, expensive souvenir

Oct 7, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - In what can only be described as the deal of the century, eBay user dmorrill321, aka David Morrill, is currently selling an actual “60GB, perfect-condition” X-Box 360, signed by actual unemployed person Sarah Palin, for the low-low opening bid of $1,100,000—plus shipping and handling. It’s... More »

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eBay • Xbox 360 • memorabilia • Sarah Palin • souvenir

(Newser) - Pez is suing a California store and museum over an 8-foot-tall dispenser custom-made for the establishment—and thus not sanctioned by the Austrian candy-maker, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “From a branding perspective, I think Pez should embrace the Dosses and the museum, instead of trying to attack... More »

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California • museum • Austria • Bay Area • statue • memorabilia • civil lawsuits • candy company • PEZ • dispenser

(Newser) - Barack Obama inspired a lot of art during his meteoric rise to the highest office of the land. Paintings, videos, and songs are still trickling in, and some of it is good. But much of it isn’t. Much of it is, to put it gently, utter bird poop. But... More »

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Barack Obama • art • memorabilia • President Obama

 Tight Times Force 
 Sentimental Sell-Offs 

But many make far less than they'd hoped from collectibles

Apr 13, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - With money tight, many are seeking to part with collectibles they’d hoped to hold onto—and reaping smaller rewards than they’d expected, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I wanted my daughter to have some sort of family heirloom. It can’t be that way right now,” said... More »

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eBay • memorabilia • sports collectibles • sale • collectible • financial crisis • beanie babies

Walgreens Jettisons
Chia Obama

Afro-sporting pottery planter 'didn't fit our corporate image'

Apr 8, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Walgreens has pulled Chia Obama from its shelves, saying the Afro-growing pottery novelty “didn’t fit our corporate image,” the Chicago Tribune reports. “We didn’t want to be subject to any misinterpretation over the product,” said a spokesman, who said he was misquoted yesterday... More »

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Barack Obama • memorabilia • Walgreens • horticulture • novelty • President Obama • what recession?

 Collectors 
 Hunt for 
 Obamabilia 
 Treasures 

Experts struggle to pick future keepers from sea of merchandise

Feb 17, 09 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Collectors are sifting through a sea of Barack Obama memorabilia searching for items that will be the gems of the future instead of tomorrow's junk, the Washington Post reports. Vast quantities of knick-knacks, ranging from dancing presidential dolls to Obama mints, have left even experts stumped about what to buy.... More »

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Barack Obama • collecting • memorabilia • collectible • souvenir • President Obama

OPINION

 Obama Junk Is 
 Recession-Proof 


Jan 19, 09 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Say what you want about the economy—“like for example, it blows”—but one business is booming: Crap with Barack Obama on it. From votive candles to toilet paper to “victory plates,” you can find the president-elect’s mug on just about anything these days,... More »

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Barack Obama • memorabilia • sex toys • President Obama • what recession?

'Eleanor Rigby' Document Goes for $177K

Price for Beatles relic misses $750K projection

Nov 28, 08 9:31 AM CST
(Newser) - A 1911 document that lists “E. Rigby” among the employees of a Liverpool hospital sold at auction for $177,000 yesterday, failing to match hopes of a $750,000 haul for the Beatles relic, Reuters reports. The possible inspiration for the song "Eleanor Rigby" is a salary register... More »

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Paul McCartney • auction • charity • memorabilia • Beatles

OJ Victim Alleges Tape Tampering

Dealer thinks recording was doctored to hurt Simpson's defense

Sep 26, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the alleged victims in OJ Simpson's memorabilia-theft trial has turned into a boon for the defense, suggesting that another victim doctored a key piece of evidence. Alfred Beardsley, a witness for the prosecution, accused auctioneer Thomas Riccio of editing out parts of a recording Riccio made during their... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • armed robbery • witness • criminal trial

OJ Judge Bars Goldman Lawyer From Testifying

Prosecution in Vegas robbery sought to tie Simpson's mindset to 90s slaying

Sep 24, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The skeletons are back in the closet for OJ Simpson today after a judge said a lawyer for the Goldman family—who won a civil verdict against the former football star in the slaying of their son—can't testify in Simpson’s current armed-robbery trial, AP reports. The prosecution argued... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • Ronald Goldman • armed robbery • David Cook

 Yankee Fans 
 Run Home 
 With Stadium Steals 

Team steps up security to thwart souvenir-hunters as ballpark gets set to close

Sep 18, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The final few games at Yankee Stadium promise to be a battle of wits between sticky-fingered fans and New York's finest, AP reports. The House That Ruth Built shuts forever soon and at least a dozen fans have been busted trying to take a piece of it home. Seats have... More »

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NYPD • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • stadium • Bronx • memorabilia • baseball • Shea Stadium

 All-Star Memento Today, 
 Nest Egg Tomorrow  

Memorabilia auctions offer old-timers chance to cash in

Jul 15, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to souvenirs, some athletes are as memorabilia-hungry as fans. Albert Pujols has great success stockpiling mementos—for his son, or so he says—but even megastars experience slumps: Tiger Woods won’t sign for Roger Federer. “It is more important for me to talk to them... More »

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basketball • Tiger Woods • Albert Pujols • Roger Federer • memorabilia • sports collectibles • sports memorabilia • baseball • autographs • MLB All-Star Game • Whitey Ford • Bill Russell

Glossies

Yankee Fever Expected to Sell Seats—Literally

From $200 urinals to $50K for A-Rod's locker, closing ballpark full of souvenirs

Jul 9, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though Yankee Stadium, renovated in the 1970s, contains few long-lost relics, its current contents could nevertheless bring in $50 million when they're auctioned at season's end, New York magazine reports. From seats (figure $1,000), to urinals ($200), to trash bins ($100), everything is expected to find buyers stricken with... More »

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New York Yankees • auction • Yankee Stadium • Derek Jeter • memorabilia • sports collectibles • baseball

Smells Like
Teen Nostalgia

As baby boomer baubles grow less desirable, collectors turn to Nirvana, G N' R

May 8, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grunge is passé, but the market for its collectibles isn’t, reports Portfolio. Nostalgia plays a big role in determining what's hot, and prices on items of baby boomer vintage, even from the likes of the Fab Four, are starting to drop. Meanwhile, the demand for Gen X artifacts—... More »

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Christie's • Jimi Hendrix • auction • Nirvana • guitar • memorabilia • Generation X • Eric Clapton

Blu-Ray
Never Sleeps

Young goes digital
with complete archive, new material on interactive discs

May 7, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of Neil Young will soon be able to buy his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, the AP reports. The first 10-disc set, out this fall, will cover the prolific rocker’s career from 1963 to 1972 and will include some previously unreleased songs, videos, and handwritten manuscripts. Buyers... More »

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music industry • music downloads • DVD • rock and roll • memorabilia • Neil Young • Blu-ray

Is Monroe Sex Tape a Hoax?

FBI finds no evidence
of reel that dealer says
he sold for $1.5M
 

May 2, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - FBI officials say their records show no evidence that the agency ever had a Marilyn Monroe sex tape, casting doubt on a memorabilia dealer’s claim that he just sold one, NBC News reports. The dealer says it belonged to the FBI in the 1960s, but he has produced no... More »

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FBI • pornography • Marilyn Monroe • classified information • memorabilia • sex tape

See Jimi Get Experienced
for $39.95

Guitar hero is intimate with two foxy ladies on disputed sex tape

Apr 29, 08 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eleven minutes of footage showing a man having sex with two women have been packaged into a 45-minute Jimi Hendrix experience by a porn company notorious for releasing tapes of exposed celebrities. Whether it's actually the 1960s guitar hero is contested: Vivid Entertainment relies on private detectives and Hendrix acquaintances—... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Jimi Hendrix • memorabilia • sex tape • Frank Sinatra

 Dead Archives Head
 to UC Santa Cruz 

Collection valued at millions fits with crunchy campus' 'community spirit'

Apr 24, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The thousands of pieces that make up the Grateful Dead archive are truckin’ to a new home at UC Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The materials—worth millions and ranging from the band’s first record contract to life-size skeletons of members—currently occupy 2,000 square feet... More »

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music • archive • memorabilia • Grateful Dead • UC Santa Cruz

Schindler's
Autograph on Sale for $154K

WWII hero signed
photo for one of 1,400 Jews he saved

Apr 16, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The only known autographed photo of Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved 1,400 Jews from death during WWII, is on sale for $154,000, the New York Post reports. The dealer plans to contact Liam Neeson, who played the legend in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List to see if... More »

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Holocaust • Jews • World War II • memorabilia • autographs • Liam Neeson • Oskar Schindler

 Lost Photos of Elvis Discovered 

Stellar 1972 shots of the King set for exhibit at Graceland

Apr 10, 08 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Close to 40 photographs of a jump-suited, cape-toting Elvis Presley rocking the house at Madison Square Garden in 1972 have surfaced and will be on display next month at Graceland in an exhibit entitled, "Elvis Jumpsuits: All Access." One of them already graces a Times Square billboard. A... More »

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music • photograph • concert • memorabilia • Madison Square Garden • Elvis Presley • Elvis • 1970s

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