Memorabilia, (from Latin, for memorable) similar to a souvenir, is an object that is treasured for its memories; however, unlike souvenirs, memorabilia are valued for a connection to a historical, sporting event, culture, entertainment. Such items include cigarette cards, air sickness bags, publicity photographs, posters, entertainment-related merchandise, movie memorabilia, pins and other, often-licensed, items.
The simplest things can become a person’s long life collection.
Over the years I have kept every movie ticket of every single movie I have been to. I have tickets from movie theaters in Paris, L.A., New York, even from Hong Kong. I also have an amazing collection of signed index-cards, they are pretty inexpensive and fun to collect.
All these items have been kept in photo albums and they look awesome in my bookcases.
I keep my collections organized. The movie tickets placed together with a mini photo of the theatrical movie poster. The index-cards placed together with a mini photo of the celebrity, in a movie scene, if possible.
It probably sounds crazy, but you can pretty much collect anything. Things like Baseball cards, Coke cans from all the different series they have brought out, even Star trek memorabilia.
I once saw a collection of cards for all teams that were in the premier soccer league for 2000. He had arranged them, team by team, highlighting all the star players and their profiles. It was incredible to go through and I was really impressed at the diligence and dedication he had put into it. He told me that a collector offered him a substantial amount of money for the whole thing.
Collecting memorabilia is easy and a lot of fun, you just need a bit of imagination and dedication; and who knows, maybe you could put something together that turns out to be really valuable one day!
Sue Daniels.
