# What is the oldest object that you bought/received new that you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755 "2008-09-29T19:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/21 "2008-09-29T23:05:25Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I have the baseball glove I bought new when I was in 7th grade. That would make it, umm, 45 years old now. > > It’s almost broken in. Ditto all but the age. I reckon mine’s about 28 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/22 "2008-09-29T23:07:58Z")
Does underwear count? Oh, you said bought “new.” Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/23 "2008-09-29T23:29:36Z")
I have a small gold medallion with the Virgin Mary on it, which was a christening gift from my grandfather. That would make it nearly 30 years old at this point. As far as gifts that I actually remember receiving, there’s a wooden doll dressed in traditional Acadian costume that I received as a gift from my aunt when we visited family in New Brunswick. I was 7 years old when we went on that trip, so that means it’s ~23 years old now. ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/24 "2008-09-30T00:05:15Z")
A rag doll I got before my first birthday. She has red yarn hair, a red checked dress, her eyes have been replaced twice, the “shoelaces” that are embroidered on her feet are almost worn off, and she has two patches (one that has a brown rectangular stain over it because I insisted it needed a band aid…for about 7 years). She’s about 25 years old. Her name is Susie. She lives in my closet. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/25 "2008-09-30T00:51:05Z")
There’s something I received new that is older than I am. When my mother was pregnant with me, my oldest aunt made a beautiful blanket for me, with a bunny on it. After I was born, she added my name. I’m almost 63, and I still have it. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/26 "2008-09-30T01:07:11Z")
I have a little pink plush lamb that my aunt gave to me the day I was born. “Lamby” lives in my closet these days. I’m 23. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/27 "2008-09-30T01:15:30Z")
I was given an inscribed silver cup and bud vase when I was born - I still have them both and the newspaper cutting of their presentation. 43 and some years old. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/28 "2008-09-30T01:31:22Z")
I have a pair of basic jeans (Levi’s, I think) in the attic; a bit worn, but perfectly wearable. I was planning on giving them to a young relative as a going-away-to-college-gift, but that didn’t work out … I can’t throw them out. I lost a trunk full of prized possessions in my early 20s; probably the oldest thing I have is the set of encyclopedia I bought for my very first private apartment. I also have the doctor’s bill for my delivery; I just found it in my late mother’s papers. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/29 "2008-09-30T02:25:56Z")
I still have a baseball bat that I can’t remember not owning. If I got it when I was 10, that would make it 61 years old. My social security card is about 55 years old. I have a pair of cufflinks that an old girlfriend gave me 52 years ago. And I have had my wedding ring and a number of wedding presents (including sterling silver table settings) all over 44 years old. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/30 "2008-09-30T03:19:27Z")
I have a number of photos of myself when I was an infant, so they’d be more than 52 years old, but they weren’t in my exclusive possession for all that time, so I suspect they may not meet the OP’s criteria. Otherwise, the first thing that comes to mind is a copy of Milbourne Christopher’s 1969 biography of Houdini that the author autographed for me. I assume I received it in the year it was published, which would make it 39 years old. But I have a suspicion there’s something older that I just can’t remember at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/31 "2008-09-30T03:25:15Z")
I’m sure I have a lot of kids stuff packed away at my parents house, but the oldest thing I have that I still use all the time is a Swiss Army Knife- Explorer Model. I bought it when I was around 7, 44 bucks. My dad said he would pay half, but it was still quite a bit of money for a kid. I’m 28 now, so it’s at least 20 years old, and I’ve used it for 3/4 of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/32 "2008-09-30T06:57:17Z")
I don’t think I have anything left from my childhood. The oldest one still with me would be the Swiss Army knife I bought with my own money back in '88. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/33 "2008-09-30T08:53:24Z")
I still have my baby shoes. (Hey, you didn’t have to bronze them afterall.) But I’m more sentimental about a little toy flat iron that I can remember choosing from a box of various sizes of flat irons in Mexico. I was two and a half years old. So that would have been in January of 1946 – almost 63 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/34 "2008-09-30T13:29:46Z")
I, too, almost have something I got before I was born – a Christmas stocking someone in my family makes (who makes them for everyone born in the family,) but alas, it was ragged and replaced only a couple years ago. Now, the oldest new thing I have is the red-cover D+D basic edition from the very early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/35 "2008-09-30T13:43:40Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > There’s a silver cup and a silver spoon from when I was an infant (53.75 years ago), but the most beloved is Tigey, a stuffed tiger dating back to when I was about 2 or 3, so he’s fully a half-century old. He’s lost about half his stuffing and probably more than half of his fur, but he still has the rattle in his right front paw. You may be interested in [The Doll Hospital](http://www.dollhospital.com/dh/doll_repair/doll_repair.htm) which is nationally known for their excellent job in restoring dolls and other loveys. ( I spent ALOT of my childhood wandering around this store. I loves it.) My oldest is my stuffed musical blue teddy bear named Blue Boy. He is 41ish or a year younger. Not sure when I got him, he’s just always been there. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/36 "2008-09-30T13:50:10Z")
On the day I was born, my Dad bought me a teddy bear. He’s nearly fifty years old now (the bear, not Dad), and pretty beat up, but I still have him. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/37 "2008-09-30T13:51:19Z")
A photo of me & my siblings at my 1st B-day/Xmas. It is 52 years old now. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/38 "2008-09-30T13:54:15Z")
> [@Mrs\_Johnson](#): > > I have a little pink plush lamb that my aunt gave to me the day I was born. “Lamby” lives in my closet these days. I’m 23. I have a number of things like this. The baby blanket in which I was wrapped in the hospital, a Pinocchio-shaped bank that had been set-up at my mom’s job to raise money for her when she was pregnant with me, a few stuffed animals which were given to me the day I was born. I just turned 34. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/39 "2008-09-30T13:54:20Z")
I have a Roman coin that is somewhat more than 1600 years old. My mother gave it to me. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755/40 "2008-09-30T13:57:33Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I have a Roman coin that is somewhat more than 1600 years old. My mother gave it to me. “Bought/received **new** ” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-object-that-you-bought-received-new-that-you-own/465755.md?page=3)