What is the oldest thing you have bought or received?

So glad you asked! My favorite "old thing" was the house I bought that had been built at the turn of the century. It had stood vacant for years, and no one had painted it in over forty years. My husband and I took out a loan, along with the mortgage, and totally refurbished the inside and the outside. What we found when we stripped the inside of seven layers of wallpaper, was a house with a story. I found where the original door had been moved and the neighbors told me the house was used as a school when the local one burnt down. The kitchen walls revealed slatted patterns in the lathe and plaster. Further inquiries determined that the house had a one time been a store. The stories go on. If it were possible, I would return to that house and never leave again. A few years ago I dated a guy who dealt in antique bottles. I became a dealer myself, attending bottle shows, and making purchases from ebay. Holding a "Hutchinson" bottle set me to wondering who drank from this over two hundred years ago? Very cool.

Some hand carved jade Buddha that was supposedly around 500 years old.

Hi Por, Wau, I do not have a chance to receive the things which has 100 years old history. I like some of the old picture which describes how it looks for the last century and how actually it evolves to become today busy-city. It gives me some thoughts of appreciate whatever I have today. Happy mylotting.

The oldest thing i own is my bible. It was a Christmas gift from my maternal grandmother. I have had it since I was 5 years old. It is ver worn but it has great sentimental value to me. My grandmother is no longer with us. I would never part with this gift from her. It's like keeping a piece of her with me always.

I think I have some Donals Ducks from the 60s, I bought these a few years back. All the other "old"stuff is from when I was bron which is the eighties.

I have bought a zippo lighter when I was 15 years old and I find on iternet that this lighter is 65 years old :D but it loks like new :)

The oldest thing I've bought has got to be a truck I had up until last year. It was 14 years old when I got it. Happy mylotting!

My Ultraman set I got when i was 3 and I still keep them. Good times.. Good times

hi there! how are you? anwering your question, the oldest thing i´ve had is a ring from my grandma, but talknig about colections, i have money from differents countries, magazines from the state of my country, postcards, and others.

I had this stuffed animal I kept since I was 4 years old. I love stuffed animals so much and it was the first stuffed animal I had. It was a gift for my birthday from my mom's friend. My parents cant afford to buy me stuffed animals before so when I had that, I kept it close to me and until now I still have it. I am thinking that I am going to give that same gift to my daughter when she would also reach the age of 4.

I have a find from a used book store. It's a thrift edition of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." It cost me just 15 Php (Which is like 3 cents in the US) and I couldn't have found it at a more opportune time: it was one of the books that we were talking about in class. Most of my books are rare finds, but this one was pretty and a great read.

I am interested in History however I don't remember having really old artifacts from the past.

hi porcospino, i`m still young and not wealth enough to buy antique thing. but i have buy some old rims when i`m student. I bought a set of BBS rims, made in germany 90`s. it was my precious rims for me. lucky me, in my country right now there is a trend back to old school. there is my friend want to buy my rims exactly 10 times price when i bought it :D

I don't think I ever actually bought anything old but I did receive an old satchel containing an old diary and photographs that my great grandfather carried during world war 2 (He was an imperial japanese soldier and one of the few to actually surrender themselves to the American troops instead of killing themselves for "honor").