jaimestarr79 said:

Dont' know how rare it is. But I still have my "New Power Generation" store card that I keep in my wallet; I scanned it for my icon.

Lot-O-stuff!!

Rare pic of Prince on stage opening for the Rick James (in Jackson, MS)
Signed 1999 Album
Signed Gold Nigga CD
Few Guitar picks
Few Passes
Lots of rare 45s/LPs
Lots of rare pics and magazines from 1980 to present
1980? Dirty Mind Postcard from WB
My winning trip/air/hotel/agenda/flyers to Paisley Park Emanicipation/JOTY Contest in Dec. 1996

Now Im trying to sell most of it to pursue my dream in Viz Efx/Animation.

Illustrator said:

Illustrator I envy you. You seem to have the best collection of all the rare prince items.

jaimestarr79 said:

No, this is an outtake song that clocked in at approx 3.30 circulating, but the tape contains an unfaded version clocking in a 4.54. No studio talk around it.

Its not a stunner in unreleased terms (no new verses etc), just a nice to have from a personal point of view. Great Prince vocals beyond what was previously considered the fade out.

Here r a few of My items eye have of Prince... a vintage purple 1999 t.shirt my older brother gave me from the concert. still have my Purple Rain t's when the movie 1st.came out
a pillow full of all my Prince pins/buttons eye collected back in the day~
from the 1999,Purple Rain & Parade Era's. a lovely guitar pick from the Vegas show,my 3121 chocolate cd...

Butchersdog said:

When did that come out?

jaimestarr79 said:

Also, just had to add --- my "Neo Manifesto" poster and my "Most Beautiful Girl" butterfly; got both of them from the NPG store in Mpls.

I got a Black Album in '89 for $55.

I played it once to copy it onto a true metal cassette tape which was state of the art at the time.

I still have it but I figure when WB released the BA on CD in '94 it's value dropped pretty significantly.

I have a Lovesexy tour book (unsigned).

I have a German import of house mixes of The Future and Electric Chair. Probably not that rare but way kewl mixes.

Not technically a Prince item but I have a 12 inch of Mavis Staples Jaguar with 4 different mixes on it.

I have a friend who has the insurance card for the 67 Wildcat that was used in Under The Cherry Moon. It says:INSURED TO: Prince Rogers Nelson etc.

It's pretty neat.

I have some film cells from that movie...

What?????!!!!! Really?????!!!!!

How in the hell did you get that? That's the concert I was absolutely dying to see and it's in my hometown. Prince never came this way again until 1997.

What's he wearing? How does his hair look? Details.....details.....

"Rude Boy" Pin

Purple Rain/Another Lonely Christmas 45" pressed on Purple Vinyl

"Controvesy" Tour, ticket stub - Dorton Arena, Raleigh, NC circa 1981

Controvesy LP, Poster Insert

"LoveSexy" Tour T-Shirt, Black with YES on the front..

"Prince, Inside the Purple Reign"- Jon Bream, Collier Books, MacMillian Publishing, 1984
Pictures Include (Some Color)
Prince, with and w/o band members, 1984 and before
Owen Hunsey, his first manager
The First Avenue Club, from outside
His first home in Chanhassen(Color, back cover,cameo shot of front)- this home has since been destroyed.

~If you can get a copy, this is a good book/magazine for Fans who are relatively new to Prince. The book was written and edited with a positive view of Prince as an Artist,and as an individual.There is some good historical information about his childhood, and his early years in the music business.
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Shhh747 said:

What, am I one of the gullible ones?

I have a love symbol belt buckle that I purchased from the Glam Slam Boutique phone line in 1991. I have never worn it, and it still has gold on it. I bought it through an advertisement I saw in the old Controversy fanzine.

I also have an 8-by-10 Diamonds and Pearls album cover lenticular that was inside an old "Radio and Records," a radio industry magazine, from my old college radio station.

I have a rare 12-inch of the Batdance / Vikki Vale mix with a black bat symbol on an orange inlay, also from my old college radio station. I kindly removed it from the extras bin when nobody was in the office since Prince, back in the late 1980s, was not doing so hot, so I figured nobody would mind.

And lastly, I still wear one of the first symbol necklaces. It's the old "Graffiti Bridge" version that Prince started wearing in 1990. I got it from a Controversy fanclub member who went to one of the Controversy Conventions in 1991. I took the symbol off the old chain and bought a new one, a much larger chain and the symbol necklace now goes down to my navel, like Prince wears. It's all about style, .

The belt buckle and necklace look similar, both from the "Graffiti Bridge" era.
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jaimestarr79 said:

I have a bunch of stuff but the coolest..... a Prince purse made out of magazine covers and a dollar bill with Prince's face on it....

I guess my rarest items would be my 80's vinyl...I have the Purple Rain LP with both the vocal and instrumental version of God, the long version of Paisley Park, the extended version of Pop Life all on vinyl and also the purple 45 of Purple Rain. I also have all my tickets stubs from 1986 on, my three LoveSexy tour t-shirts- one with Prince, one with Sheila, one with the "Yes" symbol- all in pretty decent shape for 20 years old although I did wear them all. Also, I have copy of Dave Hill's book, Prince- A Pop Life which has been out of print for awhile (and one of the best biographies written about him). I don't think they are rare, but I also have a bunch of Uptown issues in mint condition. I have every clipping I could find from the 84-89 era, but sadly did not keep full mags, just clippings and the covers he was on.

Coolest item? I'd have to say my wristband from the 3121 Jazz Cuisine aftershow and my MEMORIES of that show!

stu241273 said:

The Cd is not worth much. When Cds came out thae whole album wouldn't fit, so WB dropped the track instead of issuing it as a double. As CD capacity increased, they popped it back on. So, it is not a mistake. I would never have cut DMSR though.

I've passed many of my items on as I've tried to convince myself that I value the music more. Items included:

- Portugese single LP of 1999 in green
- Japanese 7" Purple Rain with Purple Vinyl
- Parade LP picture disc + Kiss with Plinth + Mountains 10" white vinyl
- Paisley Park Shaped pic disk
- All SoTT + Batman Pic Disks
- Gotta Stop 5 track 12" Promo. WB released this to US radio stations after the release of Dirty Mind. It was a panic move on their part to make sure the radio stations had a disk that was friendly for the airwaves.
- Cowbell Maceo Parker handed to me on the Rainbow Children Tour (still got this)

I used to go to London to buy the US 12" s during ATWIAD and Parade era, as they had extended versions (Hello, America, She's Always, Anotherlover...) that weren't released here, or not looking like they would be - they cost more than an album and were absolute gold dust to me.

The item I value most is a bootleg double LP of the first Prince Concert I ever saw. Parade Tour, London, Sting & Ronnie Wood joins for Miss You. So cool.
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Well, I have all the bios more or less, all the magazines which did major writeups and interviews in his peak years. But for me personally, I'd have to say the actual ticket stubs to lovesexy and to musicology. Mean nothing to anyone else but i'll save them the rest of my life.

FunkJam said:

Man has clout, but you know? That's actually not unusual for show business, Hollywood has had a no eye contact and still has that rule to this day. I agree it's silly.

I have many things but I would not want 2 bore u.

Will just mention 1.

The For You Promo poster in a leather jacket with him wearing a green cross. It is personalized and autograghed.

I have a gold belly chain with a gold prince symbol hanging on. My sister had it made for me

Also - from the good Love Sexy days - I have a bracelet with a steel mirror heart on. I used to wear it around my arm or boot in high school...

Love Kirs E

I like my wee collection, even if nothing is very rare or things he has eaten/ worn! A few things I have are:

A stack of videos (including Undertaker, LoveSexy 1&2, singles such as Gett Off and Sexy MF, dunno if video singles are referred to as maxi singles or what)
Loads of LPs/ 7" and 12" singles (including Peach, Glam Slam, Batman and Parade singles)
Books like Prince: A Pop Life, DMSR: Prince, the first decade and a couple of "annuals" from the 80s and 90s.
My Sign O The Times badge: a large silver heart-shaped one with Prince Sign O The Times on it
Betcha by Golly Wow/ Right back Here in My Arms CD single in Orange/ Black packaging with free poster
AND! although not official in the slightest, my Diamonds and Pearls skirt with the album cover picture on it, which I wore to the 4th August gig. This is my favourite because, lets be honest, if I can't have the real Prince there, I can at least wear a picture of his face on my thigh

This is just off the top of my head, like I said, not particularly rare at all, but part of a wee collection that I have built up for 12 years and counting! I like reading about what everyone else has. Anoyone got the GET WILD cologne?

The Undertaker...the original CD.

LOVE. IT.

vainandy said:

Im not telling "how" I got it but it is a rarety. He was wearing a pinstripe suit with his blown out afro shaking his head onstage at the Coliseum.

A copy of the "symbol" album with the actual symbol embedded on the cd case.
U can't find these anywhere these days!

I have Princes "Symbol" autograph inside my 1994 copy of Vibe magazine, I got at a record store signing. I wrote him a short note on the inside stating basically I hope he gets the freedom he is seeking and wished him happiness for the future. He turned it around said "thank you" and signed it. so I got a thank you and I have his finger print as well. I also have my original Purple Rain concert & 86 B-day Detroit concert stubs. I got my original Prince, Controversy (with the shower poster), & Dirty Mind LPs that I got as a kid.

Had a look through my old stuff and found ticket stubbs from the 80's & 90's, rude and D&P programmes, not classed as rare I know...
A few Controversy fanzine booklets, some film cells from UTCM. Loads of paper clippings and some full magazine articles, posters etc. Also found my SOTT carrier bag! A few singles on vinyl, 12' picture disc of Thunder and all albums on vinyl from 'For you' to 'sott'.
I used to have my bedroom stencilled out with Prince & purple rain between all the pics!!! I'm a lot older now so most of the stuff is in a suitcase except for some nice pics I have on display.
My rarest thing I think is my 'For you' album on vinyl.

Also I have a prepaid phone card from the Gold era.It's suppose to be a limited edition of 500.I never used it, although it expired Sept. 25, 96.

Best I can do is a white label 12" promo of Chaka's 'I Feel 4 U' backed with Prince's 'Erotic City'. Also the 12" white label of 'I Wish U Heaven/Scarlet Pussy'. Oh, and a five-track 'Gett Off' white label 12".

I've also got a UK pre-paid phone card with a Gold-Experience era piccie on it.

And the Goldnigga 15 track CD bought from the London NPG Store (And to think on my previous visit, I saw the version with 'Guess Who's Knockin' on it and didn't buy it. Bah!)

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MistyCotton said:

I've got all of these, too!