Acquire Memorabilia Worth Thousands for Pennies!

Good morning, Live Better than a Billionaire-a-Holics!

Looking back over the readership of my blog, I noticed that many of you like to find out ways to obtain valuable gifts and memorabilia from celebrities. In the past I've looked at actors, actresses, recording stars and sports figures.

Today, I want to introduce you to the big money opportunities . . . where you can earn enough to become wealthy.

What kind of memorabilia could that be?

It's simple. Look to the future needs of the history books.

Our impressions of certain types of famous people (such as political and military leaders, influential scientists, ground-breaking artists and scholars) are often incomplete. Most of these people are not featured in People or Us, and they often seek to avoid revealing the personal side of themselves. Where literary figures often leave behind voluminous quantities of letters, many of the others will leave few intimate glimpses of themselves.

Because many people are not inundated with requests, you may find that you can start a meaningful correspondence with such a famous person either before their fame has reached its zenith . . . or after its crest is past. Like the old time rock 'n rollers, even the most famous are usually outside of the public's craze for more information. That gives them time to be themselves.

With intelligent questions, you can help round out a perspective on that person that no one else has.

Let me give you an example. During the Democratic primary campaign in 1992, it was thought that George H. W. Bush would be re-elected. No one was quite sure who would win the Democratic nomination, but it didn't seem to matter much. A number of strong candidates were running, many of whom seem to want to pursue new ideas. I sent off identical letters to each of the leading Democratic candidates and to President Bush suggesting a way to help improve the economy, grow jobs faster and create more wealth for the average American. I received a form brush-off from the White House, no reply from most of the Democratic candidates, a form "thank you" from the Tsongas campaign that seemed genuine enough . . . and a long hand-written note from Bill Clinton commenting on the idea. The date was significant. It was during a time when his campaign was apparently failing and that he would not be selected. Yet a letter about an economic reform idea reached him, he obviously spent time thinking about it, and he was moved to comment back to me. From that reaction, I saw another side of Bill Clinton that I'm sure many have not seen.

What did it cost me to acquire this remarkable document? The total cost was probably less than two dollars and about an hour of my time (with the help of a computer).

What is this document worth to me? Well, it's priceless.

But if I want to sell it someday (or my heirs do), they would probably obtain quite a fancy price for Mr. Clinton's comments.

I've sent off letters asking about how inventions were created, a person's philosophy on an important question and what influenced a given decision. In many cases, I've received back nice, thoughtful and revealing notes . . . many of them handwritten.

From this experience, my impression is that you will probably receive a response worth treasuring from about one in fifteen such letters you send. Try it! It's great fun to see what happens.

And, you'll have information that no one else has. That's a great way to live better than a billionaire on five dollars extra a day!

Donald W. Mitchell, Your Dream Concierge

Copyright 2005 Donald W. Mitchell

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