What objects that you own do you value the most? Why?

my macbook pro and my camera gear
because they are the most expensive things and the center of my nerd-dom

My pictures, digital camera, memory cards, iPod touch, my pictures are like treasures.. I have hundreds!

My cars, guitars, collections (coins, knives, everything), library, antiques, hell, this could take all night. I really like the camera, silver coins and stuff my dad brought back from Germany when he was in the Air Force. I like my ipods, stereo and video equipment. Oh, and my laptop, desktop and my old Macs.

pictures, jewelry from my family or husband, anything and everything my child makes or wore..anything to do with him actually. i’m insanely sentimental.

I hated to answer this question because I like to tell myself I don’t truly value my material possessions but who am I kidding? So my pick is my dad’s 1963 Gibson Hummingbird autographed by B.B. King that I inherited when he died. I can safely say that thing will never leave my side.

Works of art done by friends and myself. A collection of antique taxidermy. Records and music in other formats. My books. Some very interesting found objects. Vintage sneakers and T-shirts I can’t part with…

@essieness Awesome guitar, can you play?

@steve6 That’s the irony… a little. I taught myself years ago and could keep up with dad just picking at home or when my parents had friends over, but nothing fancy.

@essieness You should link us a photo of the Gibson.

Lots of fossils and crystals.

When my grandfather died, my grandmother gave me his coin collection and all the paper money he had accumulated from his travels all over the world. I have the complete works of Langston Hughes and I would always want to have that because he is such an inspiring poet. My grandmother gave me a whale’s tooth and my mother gave me my first ever pocket knife. I think all of these are very important.

Ok, here ya go. The other (less edited) ones are on my laptop which crashed a few weeks ago.

Well, if my house was on fire my cat (love you Random) is the first thing in my arms. After that my external hard drive is what I would grab.

if an organ could be considered an “object” i would say my heart, mostly for the metaphorical reasons. if it had to be an object it would be my ipod/iphone for music and hearing the voices of those I love.

My pictures, stuffed animals i’ve had since i was born mean a lot to me since they grew up with me:D.. I’d also have to say my make up because I am seriously addicted to make up, I am a home make up artist and value it very much. Make up is glam.

@essieness That is a beautiful instrument!

@steve6 Thanks!

I sure would like to add it to my collection!

@megs Is that your picture in your avatar? If so you are most certainly glamorous. You could do ads for make-up.

No it’s not me, I do somewhat look similar to her though. I never really thought about doing ads for make up but it sounds like a good idea.

A good way to make money.

@steve6 I don’t even want to have it appraised. I could never sell it.

You should pass it down to the youngsters in your will. It is definitely an heirloom.

Oh my God! It does look like you.

I don’t want to be a full time make up artist I really want to get into phsycology, oh my god?:S

Did you change your avatar?

I did, and that is me

You do look like your avatar. No wonder people stare at you. Men can be so inconsiderate. My mom always told me it’s not polite to stare.

Sometimes I like being looked at but just like glances not being stared down.

@patg7590 are you my exboyfriend?

I have a box labeled “thought provoking.” It’s has a lot of things in it from photographs to old maple leaves to wished-on dandelions to old cross country race numbers to love notes to old birthday cards to a tissues I cried on for an entire day when my first boyfriend broke up with me (sort of disgusting, yes, I know). But probably that box. Yes, that box and its contents would be my most valued object.

Also the art that I have made. I love it and am proud of it.

Well, my bed, my car, my wallet, and my Blackberry and laptop. That will do it..

i like my clothes, not in a vain way, but in a way that they portray potions of my feelings, personal history, and identity. i make a lot of my own clothes (not from scratch but still), and i have put an effort into building a collection that says a little something about me (even if no one else gets the message, i still know)

I forgot about my drawings and paintings.

There are a number of things that I value… but I would say that the most important to me would be family heirlooms, my grandmothers jewelry, my grandfathers dominoes, things my sister has given me and so on. Computers, televisions, digital cameras, cell phones and things like that are easily replaced, I most value things which can never be replaced.

fun fact: right now i am wearing a shirt from my family reunion (‘08). every time i look in the mirror, or look down i am pleasently reminded of home, and my wacky and totally lovable cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents… awe, my family :)

@alive see those are the things which cannot be replaced. I wore a necklace which belonged to my grandmother who passed a few years ago to the office today. It brought back wonderful memories of her.

yes! oh gosh! now i’m just all warm and fuzzy inside! haha

no material things matter that much. You can buy anything again. There are only two things I care about:

I value my computer because it has lots of useful things inside, especially my daughter’s pictures. But I have several backups of that of course.

I also have a very old rucksack that is full of notebooks with original songs I wrote between 1984 and 2000 or so (haven’t written much recently). I make sure to keep that safe too.

Other than pictures I’ve taken of my family I’m not sure I’d rush to save any of my “objects” from a burning building… but if I have to pick… probably my guitar.

I value my Bible, car, clothes, and my Music producing equipment the most.

-Sellz

My thousands of photographs that I have taken over the years because it is my dream to someday make a living from photography.

My ring that my husband got for me that has a birthstone for each of our children. I value it because my husband took the time to pick something that he knew I would cherish.

My alto saxophone that I have had for 26 years. I value it because it reminds me of how talented I used to be. It also means a lot to me because my oldest son played it for several years. It was the first saxophone for both of us.

My grandfather’s book collection that I inherited when he passed away. It includes many 1st edition books from the 1800s. I value the collection because out of all of my grandparents, my grandfather was awesome. Plus he has an amazing collection.

My photos of my kids, my great grandmas china, a dresser my great grandfather made.

my journals
my photos,
my glasses
my computer/internet connection
my car
my body
not necessarily in that order

The gold band I wear on my left ring finger.

Journals! I forgot about those!

@aviona – I sincerely doubt it… lol I’ve only had one and you seem intelligent ;-)

I mean I forgot to include that in my “what I value most”

A few rare books—like the signed Virginia Woolf book I bought for $50 when I was very young. A very nice 18th century portrait by an unnamed artist that I inherited. My bloodstone ring that belonged to my great, great grandmother. Old photos of family and animals that are no longer with us.

Next, my car and my computer. My laptop was stolen in 2006, and my car was totaled in 2007. Luckily, I got them both replaced, but it made me realize how imporant these things are to me.

My wedding and engagement rings, cd collection, piano, laptop, pictures. They aren’t worth a lot of money, but They’re the things I’d most like to keep with my my whole life.

The wedding ring my wife bought for me, my computer, my digital camera, my hot sauce collection, my one-of-a-kind antiques, the few rare and expensive books in my collection, the CDs of the music I love, including the 200 symphonies made by my closest male friend affectionately called Buzzsaw, the metal zebra sculpture I got for my birthday several years ago, the life-sized zombie corpse I made, my plushie zebra named Ezra, the bits of amber I have with bugs in them, the trilobite I bought on eBay, my Hissers (pets, not objects), and the three paintings I did back in the nineties, all the really funny and thought-provoking short stories I’ve written over the years, among many other things I can’t even think of now.

These are all things that define me. Things that show others what I am about, and what I like. We all have special stuff, and this is a short list of some of mine.

The music on my iPod.

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@aviona Girl, I hear ya. My laptop crashed and I almost freaked until I realized, “Oh yeah… all 10,000 or so of my songs, and videos, and pictures are on my iPod!”.

Yep it’s a nice little backup tool!

@essieness Can you upload all those songs from your ipod onto a blank computer?

@steve6 I know you’re not asking me, but yes you can, using programs such as iPod Rip and Senuti.

My firm comfortable bed.