Rare Contract Signed by Jim Morrison of The Doors

Photo by Frank Lisciandro

An extremely rare contract signed by Jim Morrison of The Doors has become available for sale through The Rare Collections on the 69th anniversary of Morrison's birth. The piece is the only known 1968 contract regarding the editing of the film “Feast of Friends.”

Released March 13, 1970, this tour documentary was edited from more than 20 hours of performance and backstage footage from The Doors 1968 North American tour. Directed by Paul Ferrara, edited by Frank Lisciandro with sound recording by Babe Hill, the cast includes Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Pastor Fred L. Stegmeyer. Actor Harrison Ford, a friend of Ferrara, worked as grip for the crew for one or two days. In March 1969, the production was halted and what had already been filmed and edited was released as "Feast of Friends."

The Spirit of Giving at The Auction House in Canton, Texas

Auctioneer Kevin Sherrard and wife Stacy

Over the years, my husband and I have attended hundreds of auctions looking for rare and unique items. We've seen everything on the auction block from valuable artwork to vintage toys, and household junk. And each Friday at 5:30pm, The Auction House in Canton puts some thousands of these types of items up for bid. But we've never seen anything as special as what we witnessed at The Auction House in Canton, Texas last Friday.


Up on the block was a 1942 Beretta  Rifle with Bayonet. This beautiful piece of history had the firing mechanism removed, but was otherwise original and could easily be restored to a firing weapon or admired as a wall hanger.  Auctioneer Kevin Sherrard announced, "This is going for our little 14-year-old waitress Jaycie Cassidy who has been in Children's Hospital for 27 days. Expenses are mounting for her family, so we are going to be auctioning several donated items over the next few weeks to help them out. All the proceeds from these sales will go to the family, 100%, so let's go, right here, right here."

Digging up History

While looking for antiques and collectibles at Canton First Monday Trade Days in East Texas, we came across a historian we had met before at Buchannan's Market in Lewisville held each third weekend (next show is Oct 20-21, 2012). Scott Freeland, author of "They Too Were Americans: The German-American Bund in Words, Photos and Artifacts,"  is a very knowledgeable historian with a vast collection of Militaria, Toys and more. His collection spans earliest civilizations to post-modern era artifacts. 

Among the most modern, an original 1962 Little League uniform. His specialty being Bund History, WWII weaponry is largely represented in his collection. But for me, perhaps the most interesting is his early civilization artifacts, including ancient celtic bronze ring money dated 7th Century B.C.

Fall Photo Micro Session at Hawkins Oil Festival Oct 13

Two Moons Productions, producers of The Rare Collections magazine, will be hosting a micro photo session for individuals and families in their booth (W7) at the Hawkins Texas Oil Festival October 13th 2012. The event theme is "A Fall Walk in the Park" and the photo session will feature a fall backdrop where families or individuals will be able to have professional photographs taken for a very affordable sitting fee of $25 which includes a re-touched and finished 8 x 10 photo. Additional photographs may also be purchased for an additional fee.

Lone Ranger Frontier Town circa 1948

 In my day of eating lots of cereal, Lucky Charms was my personal favorite, I would get excited about toys found inside the box. I also loved it when the box itself could transform into a mask or some other cardboard cut out toy. But I never had a long-term relationship with my cereal box toys. Now I wish I had. Long before my childhood, advertisers centered these toys around loveable characters from daily radio programs and it made for a powerful interactive experience, long before the internet.