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Thread started 12/27/13 1:47am

Shard

Vanity fans-Denise Matthews is selling expensive belongings, memorabilia and autographed pics

For the Vanity fans, I thought you might be interested in this. This past month, Denise started selling all kinds of items, from clothes, jewelry, purses/clutches, pins, collector's items and autograhped pics to raise money for the republishing of her "Blame It On Vanity" book. Some of the items are from her Vanity days, such as the walking stick and various pics. She even listed a purse Prince bought her and a pair Jordan's her ex husband bought her. You can find pics and descriptions of everything on her facebook, while her twitter and instagram have some of the items. The items are being sold directly by her and not on ebay or something so you'll need to contact her by email if you want anything. I will say she has a lot of beautiful stuff lol

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Reply #1 posted 12/28/13 12:46am

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I guess that's one good way or raising money. I tried that when I was broke. Didn't have too many things though, nor were they nice things, just stuff.

Being who she is, I wonder if she might do well.

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Reply #2 posted 12/28/13 2:40am

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How gorgeous are her purses!! Love that she will autograph the pics for you too, and there was one with Appollonia where she suggested sending it on to her to sign too lol

Ok, some of the pics from her younger years, could seriously be Mani...
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Reply #3 posted 12/28/13 8:44am

SoulAlive

Shard said:

to raise money for the republishing of her "Blame It On Vanity" book.

Why would she re-publish this book? hmmm It wasn't exactly a best-seller.

I do feel bad for her,though.Seems like she's fallen upon hard times (again).

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Reply #4 posted 12/28/13 6:04pm

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anyone read the book...curious if any good?

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Reply #5 posted 12/29/13 12:30pm

Superfan1984

she could upload it on Create Space for free. Why does she need to raise money to publish it?
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Reply #6 posted 12/30/13 9:15am

uniden

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Frederick96 said:

anyone read the book...curious if any good?

i have the book, she sent it to me free with her autograph inside the cover about 3 or 4 years ago. the book is sort of difficult to read. it's all over the place, and only has a small section that mentions prince. you can tell though that she had a very difficult childhood, very sad! neutral

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Reply #7 posted 12/30/13 3:28pm

Superfan1984

uniden- You said it was "all over the place" , I had heard that as well. Someone else said it was just ramblings, but I saw her on TBN and the announcer said he'd read it and went on and on about how wonderully written it was. ??? Was the book rewritten by someone or is it still a rambling mess? Do you know? Or does anyone?
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Reply #8 posted 12/31/13 4:45am

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I'm in love with Vanity cry

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Reply #9 posted 12/31/13 6:25am

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I thought she claimed she trashed all of the Vanity memorabilia years ago???

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Reply #10 posted 12/31/13 7:13am

Superfan1984

yeah, that's what I thought too. That she had gotten rid of everything that had to do with Vanity?
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Reply #11 posted 01/01/14 9:03am

SoulAlive

one big mistake that Denise made (years ago) was when she totally distanced herself from her past.In the 90s when she became religious,she was bending over backwards to distance herself from 'Vanity'.But now all these years later,she finds out that she really needs "Vanity" after all lol All of that Vanity memorabilia is exactly what's gonna bring her some much-needed cash.

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Reply #12 posted 01/01/14 1:59pm

derF

SoulAlive said:

one big mistake that Denise made (years ago) was when she totally distanced herself from her past.In the 90s when she became religious,she was bending over backwards to distance herself from 'Vanity'.But now all these years later,she finds out that she really needs "Vanity" after all lol All of that Vanity memorabilia is exactly what's gonna bring her some much-needed cash.

My first thought as well. Its why I could never get on board with anyone's born-again/bury the past BS -- it just never rings true in the long run for me.

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Reply #13 posted 01/01/14 2:16pm

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SoulAlive said:

one big mistake that Denise made (years ago) was when she totally distanced herself from her past.In the 90s when she became religious,she was bending over backwards to distance herself from 'Vanity'.But now all these years later,she finds out that she really needs "Vanity" after all lol All of that Vanity memorabilia is exactly what's gonna bring her some much-needed cash.

lol Yep. Seems like she's lacking things like autographed press photos, press kits, magazines, perhaps some autographed albums, etc. Things that fans might be more interested in that would have brought in more bread. Somehow, I don't think most of her male fans would be interested in her old purses.biggrin

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Reply #14 posted 01/01/14 3:37pm

SoulAlive

derF said:

SoulAlive said:

one big mistake that Denise made (years ago) was when she totally distanced herself from her past.In the 90s when she became religious,she was bending over backwards to distance herself from 'Vanity'.But now all these years later,she finds out that she really needs "Vanity" after all lol All of that Vanity memorabilia is exactly what's gonna bring her some much-needed cash.

My first thought as well. Its why I could never get on board with anyone's born-again/bury the past BS -- it just never rings true in the long run for me.

I agree! nod I get tired of that whole "I'm-born-again-and-I-am-leaving-my-past behind" crap.If it wasn't for those old records and her previous fame,we wouldn't even know she is! It's never a good idea to downplay all that.

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Reply #15 posted 01/01/14 4:09pm

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Denise is a friend of mine and I intend to support in any way that I can.

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Reply #16 posted 01/01/14 9:56pm

nursev

SoulAlive said:

one big mistake that Denise made (years ago) was when she totally distanced herself from her past.In the 90s when she became religious,she was bending over backwards to distance herself from 'Vanity'.But now all these years later,she finds out that she really needs "Vanity" after all lol All of that Vanity memorabilia is exactly what's gonna bring her some much-needed cash.



very true. Instead of embracing Vanity and learning from her past she completely disowned that part of herself. Hell that persona made her famous. Hey, dont we know somebody else who did the same thing?
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Reply #17 posted 01/01/14 9:57pm

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thesoulbrother said:

Denise is a friend of mine and I intend to support in any way that I can.



Cool...ask her to come talk to use. It might spark more interest in her cause.
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Reply #18 posted 01/02/14 9:26am

TOB

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Denise is a friend of mine and I intend to support in any way that I can.

RIGHT ON! SoulBrother... Furthermore, Denise is always surprised over what she had stored over the years, and is surprised over what many family members have saved. However, I doubt very much that she will be autographing the Playboy Magazine that I know one of her sisters saved.

Denise's Brother (Brother-in-law)

Tobyn (Toban) Brown

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Reply #19 posted 01/02/14 9:37am

TOB

nursev said:

thesoulbrother said:

Denise is a friend of mine and I intend to support in any way that I can.

Cool...ask her to come talk to use. It might spark more interest in her cause.

Regardless of it sparking interest in her "cause," Where and When, and I will see what I can do, and or will work out a time venue if she is willing.

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Reply #20 posted 01/02/14 7:17pm

nursev

TOB said:

nursev said:

thesoulbrother said: Cool...ask her to come talk to use. It might spark more interest in her cause.

Regardless of it sparking interest in her "cause," Where and When, and I will see what I can do, and or will work out a time venue if she is willing.

Seriously, most orgers have nothing but love for Denise. Vanity was a big part of our musical lives growing up and I wish her nothing but happiness and success. If she came her to talk to the org that would be fantastic.

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Reply #21 posted 01/02/14 9:03pm

TOB

nursev said:

TOB said:

Regardless of it sparking interest in her "cause," Where and When, and I will see what I can do, and or will work out a time venue if she is willing.

Seriously, most orgers have nothing but love for Denise. Vanity was a big part of our musical lives growing up and I wish her nothing but happiness and success. If she came her to talk to the org that would be fantastic.

For my part that's good to hear. For her part, today she expressed a desire to respond to some of the comments made on this thread.

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Reply #22 posted 01/03/14 9:57pm

thesoulbrother

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Here is my interview with her from about a year and a half ago:

Denise Matthews Interview

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Reply #23 posted 01/04/14 10:22am

luvsexy4all

but didnt she say a while ago she threw out all her old Vanity stuff??? it was evil etc...

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Reply #24 posted 01/04/14 3:44pm

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luvsexy4all said:

but didnt she say a while ago she threw out all her old Vanity stuff??? it was evil etc...


-----Old purses does not sound like Vanity stuff to. People need to ease up on Denise we see fame and glamour with Vanity she dealt with drug use,debrachery and health issues. Try to see it from her side.
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Reply #25 posted 01/06/14 4:39pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

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Shard said:

to raise money for the republishing of her "Blame It On Vanity" book.

Why would she re-publish this book? hmmm It wasn't exactly a best-seller.

I do feel bad for her,though.Seems like she's fallen upon hard times (again).

Eye mentioned a few months ago on a Vanity thread on here. That Eye chatted with Vanity!! Eye begged peeps on here 2 buy her book. Eye said that she was having financial problems and needed help! But was completely ignored. Eye mentioned her health is FAILING!!!

Now see what happened?

PLEASE HELP HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #26 posted 01/06/14 5:55pm

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Such a sweet person.....I'm gonna buy something..she has some good stuff for sale

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Reply #27 posted 01/06/14 8:03pm

TOB

luvsexy4all said:

but didnt she say a while ago she threw out all her old Vanity stuff??? it was evil etc...

It sounds like something she may have said, in which case I am sure she did destroy many items of "memoribilia" that she had access to. However, over the past 2 years (and again last Thursday) I helped to consolidate her storages into one storage, and she tells me other friends are holding other items for her.

She is genuinely surprised at what she finds as she opens each box; and each item she finds has a story, which she shares with me and my boys (her nephews) as we help.

She has also immediately destroyed items in front of me.

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Reply #28 posted 01/06/14 8:13pm

TOB

laurarichardson said:

luvsexy4all said:

but didnt she say a while ago she threw out all her old Vanity stuff??? it was evil etc...

-----Old purses does not sound like Vanity stuff to. People need to ease up on Denise we see fame and glamour with Vanity she dealt with drug use,debrachery and health issues. Try to see it from her side.

Denise is a very kind and generous person with a strong faith; a faith which I believe has kept alive these many years.

It would be nice if folks eased up on my sister, but if not I am sure she can handle it.

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Reply #29 posted 01/06/14 8:27pm

TOB

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

SoulAlive said:

Why would she re-publish this book? hmmm It wasn't exactly a best-seller.

I do feel bad for her,though.Seems like she's fallen upon hard times (again).

Eye mentioned a few months ago on a Vanity thread on here. That Eye chatted with Vanity!! Eye begged peeps on here 2 buy her book. Eye said that she was having financial problems and needed help! But was completely ignored. Eye mentioned her health is FAILING!!!

Now see what happened?

PLEASE HELP HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank You for the support. Denise's health is always a concern of mine. I would ask that people remember her in a prayer, first, before having anyone purchase any item.

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