Brokeback Memorabilia

[Penthesilea]

I was lucky to buy these off Ebay, and they arrived today in excellent condition.

Thank you so much for posting the link, bf!!

I never check on Ebay, so would have missed them if it weren't for you.

Yay, congrats on your buy, Sonja!

[CellarDweller]

I've seen people touch the shirt, just stare at them, cry, there have been numerous reactions.

I just looked at them.

I was fortunate enough to get to try on Ennis' hat and Jacket.

[Sason]

Thanks, Chrissi!

I'm a bit ambivalent whether to open them or not. They're still sealed, never opened.

[CellarDweller]

Keeping them sealed can make them more valuable from a collector's standpoint.

In the 1990s Madonna published a coffee table book called "Sex" that was a collection of explict photos of her in various situations.

You could not look through the book, it was sealed in a large mylar envelope.



Most book stores did have a secluded station where you could view an open copy before buying it.

Most people who got the book opened it, and it cost $49.99.   I kept my copy sealed, and most collectors are showing the value of the sealed copy at about $500.00 now.

[Sason]

Keeping them sealed can make them more valuable from a collector's standpoint.

I know, and that's what my ambivalence is about.

I have to ask myself whether I want to keep them as a collector's item, or to be able to enjoy the beautiful pictures.

Decisions, decisions....

[morrobay]

I think you should open them and enjoy the pictures.  I have the 2008 calendar (opened), and the pics are really great.  

$500 is not a lot of money, it IS a pretty good ROI for a $50 item - but -

Ask yourself:  If you leave them sealed, will they be worth enough to put your kids or grandkids through college, or something else really worthwhile?  If not, why not enjoy them?

[Sason]

LOL   Luckily I live in a country where education is free (Sweden), but I get your point, bf. 

I'm leaning towards opening them, but we'll see.

[morrobay]

That's why I said education, OR something else worthwhile.  Is $500 going to make a difference in your life over the long haul?  

Not to mention the fact that these are already 8 years old and only going for little over face value.  Madonna memorabilia is a much higher priced commodity than Brokeback items, with the exception of the shirts/hats/jackets, etc.  I think the calendars will not appreciate much over time to make it worthwhile to leave them sealed.  

This is our movie!  Something that we have taken unlimited enjoyment, and sadness and understanding, from. Enjoy the pictures.  Frame them or just look at them.  You're not gonna retire in luxury on their future value.

P.S.  I have an opened 2008 calendar that I would love to send you, if you truly can't bear to open yours.  

[Sason]

Thank you so much, but that won't be necessary!

Very generous and kind of you, though! 

This is our movie!  Something that we have taken unlimited enjoyment, and sadness and understanding, from.

Love that! Very well put, bf! 

[CellarDweller]

I didn't keep my calendars.  I had the two, opened them, used them at work, and when the years were over, discarded them.

I understand why people would keep them, but I just looked at them differently......they were images we had seen over and over again.   If it had been a calendar of deleted scenes or 'behind the scenes' shots, I would've kept them.