| Spiderpig 14.08.2007 10:15 |
So, what is the most prized posession in your Queen collection? Mine is probably my Complete Works Box set, although I do have a couple of rare promos as well. |
| The Fairy King 14.08.2007 10:19 |
Probably the FM Solo Collection. |
| PieterMC 14.08.2007 11:07 |
Surrender promo CD signed by Roger & Treana Morris |
| Phill the Thrill 14.08.2007 11:10 |
Freddie solo collection, 2006 Platinum package (tour jacket, LTD poster, LTD Cd) |
| Freddie's #1 Fan Forever 14.08.2007 11:56 |
My letter from Freddie's mother. By the way, she writes a lot of people back, so try it! |
| Erin 14.08.2007 11:59 |
Pic of me and Brian autographed by Brian |
| cmsdrums 14.08.2007 12:16 |
Rarest was probably my Greatest Hits Bulgarian Pic Dic (genuine copy not bootleg) but I sold that (what a fool!), but most prized are probably:- Fun In Space LP signed by Roger; Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know CD, LP and poster signed by The Cross; A letter from Brian, personally signed, on Duck Productions headed paper from 1991 ish thanking me for sending him my demo tape but he didn't have time to listen to it!! Ltd Edition Mick Rock Leather bound photo collection, signed by Roger, Brian and Mick Rock |
| gc 14.08.2007 12:26 |
my most prized possesion is my innuendo picture signed by all 4 in 1991.freddie has signed "all the best" and brian has included 1991 with his signiature,cheers gary.......... |
| Ms. Rebel 14.08.2007 12:27 |
Freddie's #1 Fan Forever wrote: My letter from Freddie's mother. By the way, she writes a lot of people back, so try it!Really? I'm must do it xDDDD |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 14.08.2007 12:36 |
Freddie's #1 Fan Forever wrote: My letter from Freddie's mother. By the way, she writes a lot of people back, so try it!AHHHHHHHHH. What?! |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 14.08.2007 12:36 |
Erin wrote: Pic of me and Brian autographed by BrianOh wow! When did you meet Brian May? :-D |
| Micrówave 14.08.2007 12:41 |
Besides having John Deacon in a large cage for the last six years, I'd say: The FM collection also Classic Queen (The Capitol Promo) Rocks 4CD set and the 12 3" CDs (I got 'em the hard way... one at a time) It was sure a lot more fun in the late 80s/early 90s to visit different cities' record stores to find this stuff. I got the Rocks box at The Beat in Sacramento CA for ten bucks!!! I doubt they're even in business anymore, but you could spend an entire day at these kind of record shops. Now you just have to have enough money, it's easy to find all this stuff. I'd hardly call it collecting anymore. |
| Erin 14.08.2007 12:48 |
<font color="#FF00FF">its_a_hard_life wrote:In '98, once in Chicago and once in Germany :-)Erin wrote: Pic of me and Brian autographed by BrianOh wow! When did you meet Brian May? :-D |
| Queener. 14.08.2007 12:58 |
How Can I Go On 7"/12" Box Of Tricks larry lurex orignal lp brian may roger taylor and paul rogers signed tour program and a letter from Mick Rock with a picture he took of freddie mercury signed forgot to put Hammer To Fall Sealed Live Sleve Bohemian Rhapsody 7", blue vinyl, p/s, in outer 'EMI lnternational' card sleeve, with pen, invites, commemorative scarf & EMI goblets in card box, Bohemian Rhapsody Purple Viynl Keep Yourself Alive,Seven Seas Of Rhye, Killer Queen, Now Im Here,Bohemian Rhapsody,Your My Best Friend, Somebody To Love and tie your mother down 7" singles and One Year Of Love 7" French Viyl |
| Penetration_Guru 14.08.2007 13:13 |
I don't think I prize any of it specifically. I like the memories associated with many of the less valuable item. |
| xxxpwxxx 14.08.2007 13:45 |
mine would have to be the ticket stub from The Game Tour 1980 given to me by a friend who went to the show....it gives me chills just looking at it... |
| Micrówave 14.08.2007 14:06 |
That Bastard!!! |
| steven 35638 14.08.2007 14:39 |
My most prized possession has to be my 'Queen + Paul Rodgers North American Tour' T-shirt. It's the first time Queen toured here since 1982! |
| Jazz 78 14.08.2007 15:40 |
Autographs from all four back in the 70's on two programs and an autographed copy of Astounding Scienc Fiction with the robot on the front from Frank Kelly Freas. |
| Richy Mercury 14.08.2007 15:40 |
Mine is a brown condom Freddie wore. He had to use them with Jim after he found out he had it. |
| Gr8 King Rat 14.08.2007 15:49 |
Richy Mercury wrote: Mine is a brown condom Freddie wore. He had to use them with Jim after he found out he had it.ahhh...now I remember why I stopped posting here. We can never have a straight forward discussion without someone saying something really stupid. |
| Richy Mercury 14.08.2007 16:21 |
Gr8 King Rat wrote:I was just trying to make you laugh.Richy Mercury wrote: Mine is a brown condom Freddie wore. He had to use them with Jim after he found out he had it.ahhh...now I remember why I stopped posting here. We can never have a straight forward discussion without someone saying something really stupid. |
| Micrówave 14.08.2007 16:23 |
It was a bit crude, but I got a chuckle. C'mon Dave, what's your prized possession? I figure you'd have a good item in there. |
| Farrokh Mercury 14.08.2007 16:59 |
Mine is a LP single.It's an Australian demo version of One Vision/Blurred Vision. And also a ticket stub from when Queen playd in New Zealand.My dad gave it to me. |
| Hippolyte 14.08.2007 17:38 |
My copy of the Killer Queen book about the band and Mick Rock. Also, the pictures and videos I have from seeing Q+PR in 2006, as well as Brian and Roger at WWRY in Toronto. These are my favourites because I was there. :) |
| Penetration_Guru 14.08.2007 18:02 |
xxxpwxxx wrote: mine would have to be the ticket stub from The Game Tour 1980 given to me by a friend who went to the show....it gives me chills just looking at it...No offence, but this is your prized possession? Someone else's souvenir? I've got a signed Freddie CD, but as I wasn't present when he signed it, I don't treasure it at all (and have in fact been trying to sell it for at least three years). But the 1990 Mad Bad tour shirt at the bottom of a drawer means far more as it's MINE. |
| loicborap 14.08.2007 18:06 |
Golden collections vol 1 & 2 One year of love 7",12" & the 12" promo Disco hits |
| Griffin 14.08.2007 18:07 |
VHS Queen's Greatest Flix 1981 or Japanese mini-disc Box set 1988 (?) |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 14.08.2007 18:27 |
box of tricks queenmania box set innuendo 12" promo white label with press release to name just a few... |
| mrjordy 14.08.2007 18:29 |
My most prized Queen-related possesion is a photographer's case, which I bought from Denis O'Regan (Queen's official concert photographer). During the 86 Magic Tour, Denis took several well-known pictures of Freddie, sitting atop the case, on his hotel room terrace in Budapest. If you'd like to see a picture of Freddie sitting on the case, as well as the case, as it is today, check my myspace at: myspace.com/theotherotherwhitemeat Go to the photos section and look under album "Freddie". Also, check out my concerts section for some awesome live Queen shots I took, myself! Jordan |
| qbeaux 14.08.2007 19:03 |
My prize posession is the ticket stub from the 1980 North America Bites The Dust Tour - I saw Queen in Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. along with the program and a ton of memories. The second would have to be watching my son, who is 13, enjoy his first concert by watching Queen + Paul this past spring. We also got to see and hear most of the sound check as well...it was totally awesome! |
| qbeaux 14.08.2007 19:04 |
My prize posession is the ticket stub from the 1980 North America Bites The Dust Tour - I saw Queen in Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. along with the program and a ton of memories. The second would have to be watching my son, who is 13, enjoy his first concert by watching Queen + Paul this past spring. We also got to see and hear most of the sound check as well...it was totally awesome! |
| QueenMercury46 14.08.2007 22:17 |
Richy Mercury wrote:Comments like that don't make people laugh, especially when they are about someone close to their hearts like Freddie. If someone thinks it's funny then fine, but it's a bit rude when you aren't thinking of people that it might offend. I think it was a vile, nasty, rude comment.Gr8 King Rat wrote:I was just trying to make you laugh.Richy Mercury wrote: Mine is a brown condom Freddie wore. He had to use them with Jim after he found out he had it.ahhh...now I remember why I stopped posting here. We can never have a straight forward discussion without someone saying something really stupid. |
| QueenMercury46 14.08.2007 22:39 |
Micrówave wrote: I got the Rocks box at The Beat in Sacramento CA for ten bucks!!! I doubt they're even in business anymore, but you could spend an entire day at these kind of record shops. .I live in Sacramento! I've never heard of that shop. Do you recall exactly where it was? |
| write your letters in the sand 14.08.2007 23:42 |
Erin wrote: Pic of me and Brian autographed by BrianBrian sez: Pic of me and Erin autographed by Erin. |
| Wiley 15.08.2007 00:10 |
My Prague 2005 ticket (ugliest ticket ever) signed by Brian May. My Q+PR tourbook signed by the whole band, except for Paul. Brian's signature has my thumb's print on top of it. Roger's signature is simply huge and beautiful. My Made In Heaven CD from Mexico with the original version of Let Me Live. Just for the sheer shocking surprise of listening to it for the first time and noticing the difference! Return of the Champions and Live at the Bowl triple vinyls. They look very nice. I like them a lot. Wiley |
| Fat Lizzy 15.08.2007 03:52 |
Ehr... My tour/concert stuff (tshirts, programmes, jackets, crew jackets etc etc) and The Complete Works (Signed x4) to name something. |
| M.H 15.08.2007 05:08 |
Freddie's #1 Fan Forever wrote: My letter from Freddie's mother. By the way, she writes a lot of people back, so try it!Wow, thats intersesting? How do you write to her? And in answer to the question, my most prized posestion in Queen related items would be my Queen shirt, the Peter Freestone book I got after I saw A Kind of Magic, but probably it would be the Freddie Mercury Collection. My favorite collection EVER. M.H |
| SaveMe09 15.08.2007 05:10 |
Hmmm, not sure which wins...close between the concert ticket stub from knebworth 86, and the towel Brian may threw me at the San Jose concert last year. The towel doesnt say brian may or anything but it was still really cool. |
| PieterMC 15.08.2007 08:27 |
Gr8 King Rat wrote:I have to agree. We finally have a good topic and of course we need to get the stupid ass comments.Richy Mercury wrote: Mine is a brown condom Freddie wore. He had to use them with Jim after he found out he had it.ahhh...now I remember why I stopped posting here. We can never have a straight forward discussion without someone saying something really stupid. |
| Adolfo and the spiders from Mercury 15.08.2007 08:30 |
my first queen cassette, greatest hits hehe |
| Erin 15.08.2007 10:56 |
write your letters in the sand wrote:He WAS awfully excited to finally meet me.Erin wrote: Pic of me and Brian autographed by BrianBrian sez: Pic of me and Erin autographed by Erin. |
| Darren1977 15.08.2007 11:11 |
For me it would have to be Innuendo Promo Box with EPK The Miracle Promo Box Greatest Hits 2 Promo Box Autographed The Miracle LP by Brian/Roger and John, no Freddie! Scandal 1 track Promo CD Single From USA Can't wait to see what Greg and John Stuart have locked away. |
| Micrówave 15.08.2007 11:22 |
QueenMercury46 wrote: I live in Sacramento! I've never heard of that shop. Do you recall exactly where it was?Oh my, it's still open!!!! The Beat is located on the corner of J St. & 17th St., across from Hamburger Mary's and Office Max. Go today. Go right now. It was one of the coolest record stores in the 80s/90s... and I have been to hundreds. Better than Amoeba, Tower, and those little ones in Berkeley. DARREN1977 wrote: For me it would have to be Scandal 1 track Promo CD Single From USAI have this too, in my stack of misc. stuff. Is this worth something, because I have yet to play it. Have 2 of the breakthru ones (1 with 4 tracks, 1 with just 1), again... those came from The Beat in CA. Those I got for .99 cents each!! |
| Gr8 King Rat 15.08.2007 11:42 |
Micrówave wrote: It was a bit crude, but I got a chuckle. C'mon Dave, what's your prized possession? I figure you'd have a good item in there.Well, I'd say it would have to be my Innuendo signed litho link or AKOM Columbian blue vinyl link |
| Erin 15.08.2007 11:57 |
Micrówave wrote: Have 2 of the breakthru ones (1 with 4 tracks, 1 with just 1), again... those came from The Beat in CA. Those I got for .99 cents each!!.99 cents??? Dammit, why can't I ever get that lucky? |
| Darren1977 15.08.2007 12:07 |
Mircrowave- Your Breakthru 4 track cd single is fairly hard to come by these days. |
| Micrówave 15.08.2007 12:27 |
Yes, there's a version on there that I've never seen on the actual CD single, re-issue album, or anywhere else. |
| PieterMC 15.08.2007 13:13 |
Micrówave wrote: Yes, there's a version on there that I've never seen on the actual CD single, re-issue album, or anywhere else.A couple actually 1. Breakthru The 'Now' Edit 2. Breakthru The 'Almost Now' Edit 3. Breakthru 12" Version 4. Breakthru Single Version |
| Micrówave 15.08.2007 15:21 |
So #1 AND #2 unreleased elsewhere? That's wierd in this day of remixes. Thats about the only extended version of a Queen song that I like. The Invisible Man remix, especially the guitar solo, was horrendous. Someone playing with the PAN knob. Wow, an engineering feat. |
| PieterMC 15.08.2007 15:28 |
The best extended version of a Queen song is Scandal. |
| Erin 15.08.2007 15:28 |
Micrówave wrote: So #1 AND #2 unreleased elsewhere? That's wierd in this day of remixes. Thats about the only extended version of a Queen song that I like.My favorite extended version is Scandal. |
| Erin 15.08.2007 15:28 |
PieterMC wrote: The best extended version of a Queen song is Scandal.We are too much alike, I swear. |
| PieterMC 15.08.2007 15:44 |
Erin wrote:We are actually one in the same. Rather strange I know, but yes Erin and I are the same person.PieterMC wrote: The best extended version of a Queen song is Scandal.We are too much alike, I swear. |
| loicborap 15.08.2007 15:48 |
Gr8 King Rat wrote:Hi gr8 king rat i'd like to know something :Micrówave wrote: It was a bit crude, but I got a chuckle. C'mon Dave, what's your prized possession? I figure you'd have a good item in there.Well, I'd say it would have to be my Innuendo signed litho link or AKOM Columbian blue vinyl link how much did you pay the blue akom & where did you get it from ? |
| Gr8 King Rat 15.08.2007 17:11 |
loicborap wrote:I bought it off ebay years ago, I cant remember how much I paid though....i do remember it involved trading some items and cash.Gr8 King Rat wrote:Hi gr8 king rat i'd like to know something : how much did you pay the blue akom & where did you get it from ?Micrówave wrote: It was a bit crude, but I got a chuckle. C'mon Dave, what's your prized possession? I figure you'd have a good item in there.Well, I'd say it would have to be my Innuendo signed litho link or AKOM Columbian blue vinyl link EDIT: I should have explained that orignaly, the ebay auction fell through as I didnt reach the sellers reserve. So I contacted him and worked out a deal for cash and some other queen items. |
| Micrówave 15.08.2007 17:44 |
Which is a prime example of how collecting has changed over the years. Before ebay/internet, I can tell you exactly where and how much I paid for every Queen item I have. But just like Gr8, anything I've bought after oh 94 or so, I couldn't tell you either. |
| Darren1977 16.08.2007 06:01 |
Would have to agree Scandal is about the best extended version with Breakthru' a close second |
| loicborap 16.08.2007 09:11 |
Thanks for replying gr8 king rat you're very kind |
| eiricd 16.08.2007 11:17 |
Gr8 King Rat wrote:Can I ask how much you paid for the innuendo litho?Micrówave wrote: It was a bit crude, but I got a chuckle. C'mon Dave, what's your prized possession? I figure you'd have a good item in there.Well, I'd say it would have to be my Innuendo signed litho link or AKOM Columbian blue vinyl link |
| Penetration_Guru 16.08.2007 13:44 |
Micrówave wrote: Which is a prime example of how collecting has changed over the years. Before ebay/internet, I can tell you exactly where and how much I paid for every Queen item I have. But just like Gr8, anything I've bought after oh 94 or so, I couldn't tell you either.I still remember how much most of the stuff I've bought on ebay was too. |
| Dagmara 16.08.2007 14:39 |
My most prized possesion: CD Amigo with Tim Staffell's autograph Polish Somebody to love 7' Turkish MC Mr. Bad Guy FM solo colection Polish CD single I was born to love you 2006 |
| Erin 16.08.2007 16:12 |
Penetration_Guru wrote: I still remember how much most of the stuff I've bought on ebay was too.Me too. |
| Micrówave 16.08.2007 16:23 |
Erin wrote:I doubt it. Especially if you bought a lot of ebay items. My feedback is in the 700s, so I can't keep track anymore.Penetration_Guru wrote: I still remember how much most of the stuff I've bought on ebay was too.Me too. My point was, there used to be a story when obtaining that hard to find item. Now "I got it on ebay" takes that all away. |
| Erin 16.08.2007 16:51 |
Micrówave wrote: My point was, there used to be a story when obtaining that hard to find item. Now "I got it on ebay" takes that all away.I love ebay. Where I live there are no great record stores with hidden Queen gems. Ebay and Paypal makes collecting SO much easier. If I wanted to buy something from the UK before, I would either have to send cash or pay for a check to be made out in pounds, which was 20 bucks. |
| AmeriQueen 24.08.2007 08:47 |
There are several different answers to this. My prized possession in terms of which item do I value the most would be my favorite concert dvd Earl's Court '77. My prized possession in terms of which item meant the most for me to get would be my burned copy of Houston '77 which I hunted after for years. My prized possession in terms of physical value is my Burns Red Special. In terms of sentimental, my first Queen + Paul Rodgers concert t-shirt. But then the ultimate truth is my computer hard drive which stores all the obscure Queen music I never thought I'd find, or had never even heard of before. |
| sparrow 21754 26.08.2007 21:30 |
brians towel from the most recent tour :) sir gh knows the story :D also, my first cds, the greatest hits and classic queen (back when cds were just beggining to become the new 'thing') i have an autographed album of queen 'the game' but i think its a scam, mom bought it from ebay 4 years ago for my b-day and the autographs were switched (rogers name on johns face, johns on rogers) but im not sure. i wish i knew who sold it to her. anyway, the brian towel beats all hehe. i have his dna O.o |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 26.08.2007 22:32 |
Sparrow wrote: anyway, the brian towel beats all hehe. i have his dna O.oLUCKY BITCH!!! :-P |
| deleted user 27.08.2007 09:40 |
Brian autograph and the picture of me and Brian. |
| ITSM 29.08.2007 18:20 |
An autograph signed by Brian May, on the ticket for his show in Oslo, Norway - September 27th 1998. (And of course the memories from the concert and meeting Brian May is great...) |
| cmsdrums 02.09.2007 15:40 |
In addition to my post on page 1, I would also say most valued are my A Night At The Opera Anniversary Edition signed by Roger and Brian, and The Game CD signed by Brian. Both incidentally won within a couple of months of each other via the QOL competitions!!! |
