C L A U D E Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 I've got practically every DVD shown in the picture, plus the Lucille Ball Film Boxset. I also tracked down all 5 Columbia House tapes years before The Lucy Show was released on DVD. I used to have many VHS volumes of the I Love Lucy collection, but sold most of them in garage sales after I got the DVDs Good for you, i ended up giving all my copies to friends, relatives or fans. Beta, Laserdisc, then VHS and now even DVD's as i get new versions of old things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Out of curiosity for all you collectors out there, I was wondering what everyone's very first item was and why they picked it up? Any favourite things? First Book: Loving Lucy by Tom Watson. When I visited the Lucy tribute in Orlando in 1992 (?) I was allowed to pick ONE ( The nerve!) item from the gift shop and chose Tom's book. The pictures were absolutely amazing and then the collecting bug bit me. First Non-Book Item: The "Lucy" plate from the Hamilton Collection when it first came out, the last one in their first series of plates with collage of four images. I found it in a groovy little gift shop that has since gone out of business and spent the next two hours walking around the mall campaigning to get it as a Christmas present. LOL Favourite Item: My TLS scripts with Gale's notes and doodles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magster Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Great idea, Brock! I first became a Lucy collector and super fan during the summer of 2001 when I was 13. First Book: Elisabeth Edwards' "I Love Lucy: Celebrating 50 Years of Love and Laughter." Got it for Christmas 2001 and read it ALL THE TIME and any time we went on a trip for the next couple months that book came with me. I seriously knew it inside and out! So that book will always be special to me as it was my first Lucy book, but I just counted the other day and was a little surprised (but proud ) to realize I now have 45 Lucy books! First TV Show: To quell my horror and embarrassing tears over Nick-at-Nite's audacity to replace I Love Lucy Mondays with Gilligan's Island at the end of the summer of 2001 (looking back, it actually is so embarrassing, I was legitimately sobbing. LOL), the first Lucy tape my mom bought me had "The Kleptomaniac" and...can't remember the other episode...on it. First Movie: The Long, Long Trailer VHS First Non-Book Item: I really can't remember, exactly. I think it might have been that "I Love Lucy" tin sign with the color picture of Lucy and Desi and the b&w collage of "Lucy moments" in the background. Favorite Item: Well, now it's my recently acquired Lucy postcard to DeDe. But before that my favorite item was my mint condition 1943 Lucille Ball paper dolls that I bought at the collector's show in Jamestown four years ago. I love them because I had seen them the year before and REALLY wanted them, but didn't have the money. So I saved my money all the next year and hoped they'd still be there. They were, and I just felt like it was a totally worthwhile purchase! Plus I love the fact that they are Lucille Ball paper dolls, not Lucy Ricardo or some movie character (the dealer was also selling DuBarry Was a Lady paper dolls). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I have no idea, it was all much too long ago. But the first thing was definitely a BOOK on her and i too got the great Loving Lucy book right when it came out. Then i started copying the shows on tv when they played when VCR's first came out back in the early eighties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I have no idea, it was all much too long ago. But the first thing was definitely a BOOK on her and i too got the great Loving Lucy book right when it came out. Then i started copying the shows on tv when they played when VCR's first came out back in the early eighties. It all started in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Not sure if I remember which item was first, but the first book was Desilu (the first edition). After I saw the Home Movies special back when it originally aired I thought I need to know more about this woman. I got that book when I was in 8th grade and read it 3 times in a row. I've picked it up from time to time over the years (most recently last month). I got that copied signed back at the LA convention in 97 and told the authors that was the first Lucy book I ever read and was glad I had started with one so good. I remember that 97 convention and dragging about 7 books with me in my suitcase to just get signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Not sure if I remember which item was first, but the first book was Desilu (the first edition). After I saw the Home Movies special back when it originally aired I thought I need to know more about this woman. I got that book when I was in 8th grade and read it 3 times in a row. I've picked it up from time to time over the years (most recently last month). I got that copied signed back at the LA convention in 97 and told the authors that was the first Lucy book I ever read and was glad I had started with one so good. I remember that 97 convention and dragging about 7 books with me in my suitcase to just get signed. Oh yeah, i do that too, reread old books on her. With time, you forget and at my age every book is NEW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Oh yeah, i do that too, reread old books on her. With time, you forget and at my age every book is NEW. Really? Have you read that pageturner with the old and new testaments? Real nailbiter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Really? Have you read that pageturner with the old and new testaments? Real nailbiter! Never been BIG on fiction, i prefer bios where you get both fiction and non fiction, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivfantoo* Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 My mom had a copy of the Bart Andrews book with the bright yellow cover, back when it was called, "Lucy & Ricky & Fred & Ethel". That was the first book I read. When the I Love Lucy DVD set came out, I bought it as soon as I saw it in the store! After thoroughly enjoying that, I began buying the books, & have around 30? Maybe more. Here & there over the years I've picked up some posters, tin signs, a clock & Christmas ornaments. (Would have loved that Lucy-Desi award that was on ebay but I never placed a bid because it started at $499. Did you see that it went for over $5,000? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 My mom had a copy of the Bart Andrews book with the bright yellow cover, back when it was called, "Lucy & Ricky & Fred & Ethel". That was the first book I read. When the I Love Lucy DVD set came out, I bought it as soon as I saw it in the store! After thoroughly enjoying that, I began buying the books, & have around 30? Maybe more. Here & there over the years I've picked up some posters, tin signs, a clock & Christmas ornaments. (Would have loved that Lucy-Desi award that was on ebay but I never placed a bid because it started at $499. Did you see that it went for over $5,000? ) Oh the Andrews book was one of the all time best, no wonder you got hooked. What the heck award was so unworthy of keeping that they would auction it off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivfantoo* Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Claude, it was this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lucille-Ball-Desi-Arnaz-1953-Merit-Award-Academy-Television-Arts-Sciences-Wall-/390366709321?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae3ab4649 It was added after the site announced there would be no more items listed. I liked it because it was an early award, & to both of them. They probably both handled it, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Claude, it was this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lucille-Ball-Desi-Arnaz-1953-Merit-Award-Academy-Television-Arts-Sciences-Wall-/390366709321?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae3ab4649 It was added after the site announced there would be no more items listed. I liked it because it was an early award, & to both of them. They probably both handled it, too. Oh wow beautiful, but almost 6 thousand bucks, no wonder they couldn't refuse to sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Food for thought: If you find that perfect item for your collection at a flea market or an antiques store or a collector's show, do you snap it up right away knowing that you may be able to find it much cheaper on eBay, or does the excitement of actually finding it in person win out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Food for thought: If you find that perfect item for your collection at a flea market or an antiques store or a collector's show, do you snap it up right away knowing that you may be able to find it much cheaper on eBay, or does the excitement of actually finding it in person win out? I dunno about THERE, but HERE, if you find anything, and have it in your grubby little hands, you KNOW you may never see this again and grab it right away at any price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magster Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Food for thought: If you find that perfect item for your collection at a flea market or an antiques store or a collector's show, do you snap it up right away knowing that you may be able to find it much cheaper on eBay, or does the excitement of actually finding it in person win out? I learned the hard way at the collector's show in Jamestown one year, so now if I see an item that's reasonably in my price range, I snatch it up right away! Plus, not that I haven't been super excited to find things on eBay, but it's so much more exciting to find something in person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 The thrill of the hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 The thrill of the hunt. No, the huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunt! Like Sally Kato said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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