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AMERICAN
HISTORY
PHOTOS BY GIBLIN & JAMES
They may not be saints’ bones and teeth, but the flotsam and jetsam owned or even touched by a famous loved one can be sacred relics to devoted fans—especially (surprise!) In the USA |
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CHAIR OWNED BY
JASPER JOHNS
ARTIST
Now owned by Christopher Nicolson, who got it from a
colleague of Johns.
“When I was offered it, I thought of Johns’s numbers and flags and beer cans and targets—and his drooping, serious face. I had to have it.” |
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TIE OWNED BY
TINY TIM
LEGENDARY COMEDIAN OF
THE 1960S AND ’70S
Now owned by Enrique Veloz:
“I worked at a comedy club where Tiny Tim left this tie behind. I held onto it in case he called. It’s been eight years now.” |
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CORK FROM
EDDIE VEDDER’S
WINE BOTTLE
Now owned by Jessica Letkemann:
“One night at a Pearl Jam show, I was rocking out so hard that an usher handed me Eddie’s empty bottle. But someone else grabbed it. I lost the fight and could only get the cork.” |
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KNIFE OWNED BY
MARILYN MONROE
CINEMATIC GODDESS
Now owned by Anna Weinberg:
“Marilyn Monroe always seemed like the most lonely and wistful of movie stars. She was such an ephemeral presence, I like having something tangible of hers, to prove she did something as ordinary as carving
up food and eating. It kind of anchorsher to the world.”
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SOCKS OWNED BY
COLIN FARRELL
ACTOR
Now owned by Kate Evans:
“My friend, who works at a hotel gym where he worked out, got these socks that he had left behind. They’re ankle-less socks—the kind I wear—and I like that they suggest that Colin and I are alike in ways.” |
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WATCH OWNED BY
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
ICONIC AUTHOR
(OF NAKED LUNCH AND
OTHER NOVELS)
Now owned by Ira Silverberg:
Upon Burroughs’s death, his manager “gave his watch to me to ‘hang on to,’” says Silverberg, who was a friend and colleague of Burroughs. “It has taken on a totemic quality. I keep it hidden away at home and hardly ever take it out. It feels too emotional, too powerful.”
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