Can anyone give me a timeframe on when the love symbol #1 key chain and the guitar pick in this photo were sold? I believe the pin is from around the 2000 Celebration. I know the calendar came out in 1998. But I have no information or time frame on the key chain or the guitar pick. I am going to be putting these into a shadow box and passing them down to my children, as they were gifted to me and have become all the more special because of who gave them to me, but wanted to include information on timeframe, where they came from, etc. I've done google searches to at least get a time frame and cannot find any pics even remotely like the guitar pick and key chain. These are authentic items and came from someone that I trust that was once with Prince for many years. (Yay! I figured out how to add the picture!)

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That's going to be a very nice shadow box!

I bought the keychain in your photo in 1995 at the NPG store. In fact now that I look at all these items I think they were all being sold at the same time at the store. Good luck to you

2020 said:

That's going to be a very nice shadow box! I bought the keychain in your photo in 1995 at the NPG store. In fact now that I look at all these items I think they were all being sold at the same time at the store. Good luck to you

Thank you, 2020! I know the calendar didn't come out until 1998, it's for 1999. I kept the envelope it came in to show that it came from who it actually came from, so one of these days my kids, or their kids, or their kids, will have proof. I knew the Celebration Love Symbol pin had two backings, or thought it they did, but then when I got this one, I thought maybe I was mistaken. But the guitar pick and the keychain I could not find anywhere. I could find the Love Symbol #2 from the NPG store, but never the Love Symbol #1. And, as you can see, the keychain is well used (was well-loved by this person). I also thought he stopped using the Love Symbol #1 around 1993, so I may have been searching the wrong time frame for it.

Wow. Gorgeous!

LBrent said:

Wow. Gorgeous!

Thanks, LBrent! I think so, too. It came in the post 7/25/16, and I think I spent most of that day just crying all over again. I know she can't know, or doesn't realize, what a gift she gave me, but it is something I will treasure. So, I'm assuming the pick and keychain are rare, which makes them even more precious and a very welcome addition to my collection.