2 Weeks to go!

Today's second to last *Thursday's Millions* will show my MDD Wishlist.

This is my ‘Great Eight’.. my 8 most wanted Million Dollar Display items. These are items I would love to add to my collection, someday, but haven’t done so yet due to not being able to find one, the prohibitive cost, or for the fact that the item may not even exist?.

And now for the ‘Great Eight’ countdown..

#8 A Million Dollar Display swizzle stick..

I was told by one of the ‘swizzle stick boys’ that one was made during the Joe W. Brown days. He claims to have seen one a few years ago during the Swizzle Stick convention..yeah I guess that is a thing! I’ve seen many varieties of Horseshoe swizzle sticks, but have yet to seen one of these. I’d be happy just with a photo of one, at this point. The reported swizzle stick in question can be seen in the above photo in the red circle.

#7 This coupon for ‘One Free Drink’ from 1983..

In previous weeks, I showed several different varieties of MDD tickets. This is a photo of one ticket variety I don’t have.

#6 This Million Dollar Display $500 chip..

I’ve never seen one in person, or anywhere, for that matter, with the lone exception of this photo from the back cover of the 4th edition of the U.S. Casino Chip Price Guide. In the book it is rated as an R-9.

#5 This copy of Las Vegas Now magazine..

Las Vegas Now magazine back issues are highly collectible. This is the issue I am looking for.

#4. This $25 prototype chip..

Owned by Ross Poppel..I’m not sure how many more exist, if any. Even if more than one existed, I’m sure it would be way out of my budget, but one can dream.

#3 This ashtray..

I really don’t know much about this ashtray, but I’m pretty sure it is rare.

#2 This patch..

Over the years, I was told by a few security patch collectors that this was not a security patch, and am pretty sure they were correct. But where was this sold? The Horseshoe giftshop, possibly? I think there is a chance I will find this someday. At least unlike the swizzle stick, I know it exists.

#1..a drumroll please for the #1 most wanted item for my collection..

Could it be anything else? An actual $10,000 bill from the Million Dollar Display.

Next week will be the final installment of *Thursday’s Millions* which will show the Million Dollar Display chips and tokens in my collection.

Thank you to all who have sold and/or traded me items through the years and have shown interest in my collection.

I hope you have found these Posts interesting..

*Thursday's Millions* Schedule:

4/11/18 - Introduction http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/page/1/md/read/id/1516744/sbj/thursday-s-millions-10-week-convention-countdown/
4/12/18 - 10 Weeks to Go: Non-Flat Items http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/md/read/id/1516900/sbj/thursday-s-millions-convention-in-10-weeks/
4/19/18 - 9 Weeks to Go: Postcards http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/md/read/id/1517848/sbj/thursday-s-millions-convention-in-9-weeks/
4/26/18 - 8 Weeks to Go: Advertising Pieces http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/page/1/md/read/id/1518709/sbj/thursday-s-millions-convention-in-8-weeks/
5/3/18 - 7 Weeks to Go: Matchcovers and Tickets http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/md/read/id/1519518/sbj/thursday-s-millions-convention-in-7-weeks/
5/10/18 - 6 Weeks to Go Photographs Part I http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/md/read/id/1520463/sbj/thursday-s-millions-convention-in-6-weeks/
5/17/18 - 5 Weeks to Go Photographs Part II http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/md/read/id/1521226/sbj/thursday-s-millions-convention-in-5-weeks/
5/24/18 - 4 Weeks to Go Gone Fishin’ http://owtk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/gone-fishin.png
5/31/18 - 3 Weeks to Go Miscellaneous MDD Items http://www.thechipboard.com/index.cgi/md/read/id/1522766/sbj/thursday-s-millions-convention-in-3-weeks/
6/7/18 - 2 Weeks to Go My Wishlist
6/14/18 - 1 Week to Go Chips and Tokens
6/21/18 - Convention!