This past weekend would be considered a success for any collector. I probably spent more money than I should have, but, I got a lot of great new items for my collection. The highlights would be a press pass from the 1971 NDP national convention, a Manitobans for Clark button from the 1983 leadership convention, a Paul Godfrey for Metro Chairman button and a really cool 1995 Bob Rae button that I had never seen before. But, how can one be so lucky. This was my weekend…
To begin with, I have to go back a few months. I was in Ottawa, where I attended a Nostalgia Show that I used to attend on a regular basis before moving away. At the event, the only item I purchased was a 1960 Quebec Liberal convention delegate badge. However, there was another vendor that had a lot of buttons on his table. I asked if he had any political items. I was told that he did, but, that he hadn’t brought them. He gave me his contact info. I followed up.
This past weekend, I finally had a free moment to re-connect and go get the stuff. As well as there being over 100 buttons, there were some posters http://collegeessay-help.com/. An original Dalton Camp poster from his constituency campaign when he ran for Parliament. A David Crombie poster, also from his constituency campaign.
That was part one of the excitement. Part two was my visit to a flea market about an hour outside of Ottawa.
I was over half way through the flea market before I saw anything. That’s when I saw the NDP convention press pass. I asked if he had anything else. He didn’t at that time, but he’s always finding stuff. I gave him my contact info. Hopefully he finds more. I continued on my search. A guy had a huge box of buttons, and some binders of lapel pins. There was a really cool Young Liberals of Canada lapel pin that I had never seen before. I had to have that. Going through the buttons, there were about 40 political. I made an offer and they are now mine.
The moral of this story is that you shouldn’t just assume that no one has political memorabilia. Always ask. Always look real hard…there may just be more than you think. The truth is, I had most of the items, but, the ones that I didn’t I really wanted. Many of the duplicates will be coming soon on the site.
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