What is the item, which you've owned the longest?

[fuzzybuddy]

I came out of the US Navy in 1972, and settled in Queens, NYC. I bought some Oreo cookies, and there was a coupon for a free cookie jar. So I sent away for it. Then this really nice, free cookie jar arrived. I've had it since. Strangely, the cookie jar became a 'collectable'. People were selling them for $100 on eBay, But then some company in China began selling replicas by the truckload, and the price fell to $15. There is a way to tell the originals from the knock offs , and the price rebounded to $50.

 

[CarolfromTX]

I think I still have a wooden ruler I used in high school and college.

 

[gennie]

A pair of kitchen tongs. 60+ years.

 

[Pinky]

A tartan Scottish hat, made by my Mother when I was around 4/5 yrs. old - because I loved doing the Highland Fling. Mine doesn't have a pom-pom, and is in mint condition. This is from the net:

 

[Wren]

My daughter’s hospital tags from when she was born and one of her nappy pins, I’ve also got the first tooth she lost

 

[Pinky]

My daughter’s hospital tags from when she was born and one of her nappy pins

Yes! I have my hospital tag too!
Also my daughter's hospital tag, first snip of baby hair too

 

[hollydolly]

Yes I have my daughters' Baby tags too. and her arm band , ... that's 44 years

I've got my mums' wedding ring which came to me when she died when I was 18 so that's coming up to 47 years

..the oldest thing that I've owned from new and still have to this day is my Sunday School Bible from around 1965... which is probably around 55 years old now..

 

[squatting dog]

I've got my baby shoes and newborn ID bracelet, and bible I had as a 5 year old.
One of my most precious possessions besides my dads medals, is the 45 cal. pistol he carried in world war II.
The one thing I can think of that I've had since new would be my 1/2" drive electric impact wrench. 48 years old and not only does it still work just fine, it still has the original brushes in it.

 

[Don M.]

The OP got me thinking...I have an old Wakouwa dog "push toy" that someone gave me when I was a small child....it's still in great shape, and I have it on a cabinet in my computer room. These date back to the 1930's, and mine still has the manufacturers info, readable, on the bottom....made in the USA, and Patent Applied For. Sometime, years later, these toys began to be made in Switzerland, so mine may be the better part of 80+ years old. Here's an example I found on EBAY....mine might be worth far more.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wakouwa-19...120393?hash=item23d5668249:g:ZfwAAOSwq8FendzM

 

[IrisSenior]

I have my Home Economics binder from April 1968.

 

[moviequeen1]

My Bose/CD radio I've owned since 2005.When my late next door neighbor,Jerry passed away in 2016,his daughter gave me his Bose/CD Radio.It was her way of thanking me for being a close friend&neighbor to him over the yrs.Its in my bedroom,every time I have it on,I think of him
In my family,my dad's silver ring he never took off until he died in 1996,my mom's ID bracelet she wore while in high school

 

[drifter]

It appears the oldest thing I have now is a camera and some lens from the 1970s.

Old camera bag from 1976.

This camera was a gift in the summer of 1977.



Lens on the left is a Olympis 70-135, a very good lens,The Vivatar lens in the center is a 1 to 1
Macro lens. Those two were my favorities. The small 35mm on the right is from J.C. Pennys in
1978. I have a 70 to 200 in a sock drawer. It came with the camera. I guess these are the oldest
things I now own. More or less useless, like their owner.

 

[Pecos]

I have a small pocketknife that I bought in 1961.

 

[Sassycakes]

I may be overly sentimental or a hoarder because I have many old things. I have a doll from my childhood, an initial ring my parents bought me when I was in 2nd grade an ashtray from the hotel where I spent my honeymoon and many things my Mom had in her house. I probably have more older things than newer things.

 

[C'est Moi]

I have my own baby shoes, too. Also a cast-iron skillet that was my grandmother's so there's no telling how old it is; I've had it for well over 40 years now. Also my grandpa's pocket watch chain; he died in 1972 so I've had it for a long while.

 

[Ken N Tx]

Mrs Ken N Tx 57 years come Sept.

 

[Mrs. Robinson]

I have my Home Economics binder from April 1968.

I won the title of Miss Betty Crocker 1968.We were chosen from our Home Economics class. I think it was in April of 1968 as well...

 

[Mrs. Robinson]

My Tiny Tears doll from 1955-57 (can`t remember for sure how old I was when I got her for Christmas). She does not have her original dress or sunsuit-darn-sure wish I had hung onto those as well!

 

[Repondering]

I still have a teddy bear that was mine at age 5 in 1958. I don't think I every actually played with it, but the quality of ownership impressed me at the time. It may have been the first thing that I knew for certain was exclusively mine.

 

[Lizzie00]

My Tiny Tears doll from 1955-57 (can`t remember for sure how old I was when I got her for Christmas). She does not have her original dress or sunsuit-darn-sure wish I had hung onto those as well!View attachment 104674

WOW...talk about a blast from the past!! My Tiny Tears was my best friend for a whole lot of years.....what a wonderful treat to see her lovely little face again...thx, Mrs. Robinson!

 

[Aunt Marg]

I have my hospital bead bracelet, a teddy bear, and several baby blankets... so 56 years old now.

 

[Gaer]

My favorite doll, "Sandy" and my 1st grade lunchbox, with my name painted on it from my Mother.

 

[peppermint]

I have my baby shoes when I was a little one....I have pajama's my Uncle brought home from the war....1950...I think...
My wedding gown from 55 years ago...My wedding band from 55 years ago.. .The Diamond is still perfect...
When my Mom past away, My Dad gave me her jewelry...I gave some to my daughter...Nothing like diamonds...Mom never had them..
Just jewelry....I do have my Dad's army jacket....And the American flag they gave me when my Dad past away....It's in a glass triangle...

 

[CinnamonSugar]

I have my mother's child's size waffle iron (can't provide a pic of mine but this is basically what it looks like); from 1920's, so almost 100 years old

 

[jujube]

The beaded bracelet from the hospital has to be the oldest, followed by a silver baby rattle and cup that I received from my uncle. I have a little flannel jacket that was a baby present and my first teddy bear that was waiting at the house when I was brought home. Oh, and my little gold baby ring.