My great-grandfather's cufflinks, probably.

Either that or my first guitar.

out of all the clutter.. I'm sure we've got some really old stuff since some of us are not too fond of throwing things away so I'm going for a digital photograph of my grandmother from the 70's.. if I try to dig deeper I might find little things that were passed down such clothes or jewlery

My wedding rings...

DexMSR said:

Very nice. I've got a 1964 Bulova Accutron Astronaut that still runs well within the original parameters. Not bad for a 42-year-old watch, especially considering that the "correct" mercury battery was banned in 1995, and since 2004, I've been forced to power it with a silver oxide battery that puts out a higher voltage.

I suppose the oldest thing(s) I own are crinoid stem fossils, probably 325 to 360 million years old. There's a city park in the neighborhood where I spent the majority of my childhood, and if you go down to the creek that serves as its eastern boundary, you'll find these fossils everywhere.

I have a cedar chest that's from 1820.

applekisses said:

I have an album from 1814...

in this house i guess it would be the chair i am sitting on... it was my grandparents in their homestead shack after they were married in 1912

i have a waterfall dresser/vanity set that was a wedding present to my grandparents... they were married in the late 40s. it was passed down to my mom, who passed it to me. i will pass it to my daughter.

I have a Dutch coin from 1864 which i found myself in some mud from a dragged ditch.
Plus one of the first radio-receivers from Philips, which belonged to my grandfather, i think it's from the 1930s. I'm afraid to plug it in to see if it still works

I collect old books. Not just any books, but those that are a sign of the times, especially science books, travel journals and cook books. Some of my favourite ones are from the 1500s. I have a few really nice copies from the 1600s too.

AlfofMelmak said:

that one would burn down your new house.....

retina said:

my parents have some REALLY old books, but I was allowed to look at them when I was little, so they obviously weren't collectables there was an illustrated AESOPS FABLES in german I think.

ZombieKitten said:

They don't have to be collectibles or have any great monetary value. If they did, I wouldn't be able to buy them! I just love the look and the smell of old well-kept books. But mainly it is the contents that interests me, so since I can read a bit of German and the subject interests me, the fable book sounds very interesting.

retina said:

it had fantastic illustrations - must have been engravings, superdetailed. Maybe it was in swedish? I'll have a look next time I go visit (it has my greasy fingerprints in it )

ZombieKitten said:

A lot of book lovers would kill you for that. I however think that, as long as the book is still intact and nothing is falling out of it, such flaws are part of what makes it interesting. It is an object with a history, that's the whole point! One book I own has comments scribbled here and there by a former owner. Usually he seems to have felt compelled to comment when what was written made him upset, because the tone isn't exactly happy and every sentence ends with an exclamation mark.

abierman said:

yeah, that wouldn't do, would it?

you have old stuff bierman?

AlfofMelmak.

retina said:

how funny! that just makes it more interesting

Some broccoli spears in the back of my refridgerator...

At least I think it's broccoli...

JDINTERACTIVE said:

I'm not old stuff.

And please do not google for "first episode Alf"

my penis. it's as old as i am.

i have a fossilised Ammonite.
must be a few millions years old.

I have a small silver brooch that belonged to my great great grandmother, my great great grandfather gave it to her when they were courting! I think thats sweet

They were the first generation of my family that came over to Scotland from Ireland, and it has a thistle on one side and shamrock on the other, and "ALICE" in the middle - her name and mine Im the 6th Alice in a row! So its fitting I should have it. My aunt, the Alice directly before me gave me it for my 21st.

So its about...oh, 120 years old I think? Something like that...maybe a bit less. Very cool

the girl in my basement says she's in 10th grade.

AlfofMelmak said:

dunno what is I have that's oldest.....I have an old heart....

I have an old sign with the Bavarian weapon on it, it says: 'Freistaat Bayern', I believe it's from early 20th century.
I also have an old beer mass-krug (1 liter), from the Augustiner brewery.....1940's

And I have german nazi-propaganda book about skiing from 1935, the literature is not so much about nazism but on the old pics the people are wearing swastika's on their garments....

My ghost, he's about 200 years old, but looks surprisingly younger.

The oldest thing that I own that I cherish the most is this yellow blanket that I've had since the age of five. My mama's given me some things, but that blanket is the one thing that I refuse to let go of.

a T-Rex egg

I have a Dobo bronze doll and hair comb from Nigeria that are about two hundred years old. And I have a magazine that was printed in Tennesse circa 1880 I think. The article in this magazine describes American Indians in the wild. It is such a bunch of lies! Kind of like how they describe african slaves with appendages protruding from their spines! It is no wonder why folks have these crazy fucking ideas about people of color.

I have a Dobo bronze doll and hair comb from Nigeria that are about two hundred years old. And I have a magazine that was printed in Tennesse circa 1880 I think. The article in this magazine describes American Indians in the wild. It is such a bunch of lies! Kind of like how they describe african slaves with appendages protruding from their spines! It is no wonder why folks have these crazy fucking ideas about people of color.