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[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Those are cool Adam, how many different years do you have tickets for?

Doug

I have 49 years' worth but it is unclear whether the first 15 years even had tickets as the event did not shift from a dinner dance to a theater event until the 16th awards, which is one of the tickets shown above. Since we are at #85 this year, I am short at least 21 tickets. I also have tickets from the Board of Governors Ball--the official after-party--which started with the 30th awards, so there are 55 possible tickets to that event. I have 33 covered.

The backstory on the collection is that my father's company handled the public relations for the Academy for a long time. He and my mother had to attend the ceremony and banquet every year so I ended up with a run of about a dozen years of tickets from what they brought home to me. Then I started chasing the others like cards.

BTW, on the T-shirts, I've seen some of the older ones selling for pretty good bank, so get some cedar into the storage! I know you're in L.A., so you might want to check out this used clothing store in Studio City on Ventura Blvd. that has some concert T's framed up and is asking pretty strong prices on them. I forget the name of the place but it is in the stretch between Whitsett and Laurel Canyon.