My oldest possession is in a museum however my closest personal older possession is my guitar I built when I was a teen it is an electro fender
I have some genes that go back thousands of years lol.
Maybe my large Stanley plane I bought off ebay it’s from around 1920.
I have a view camera from the late 1800s that was used for shooting Daguerrotypes. It is complete with ground glass for focusing and the light tight holder for the photographic plate. All I’m missing is the original lens cap.
1800’s clockwork music box, been in the family for generations. I hate to say it may be made with ivory adornments and gold filigree. No idea what the tune it plays is. Great grandmother gave it to me.
Or my 1820’s brothers Grimm storybook in the original German.
Those are my favorites.
I have my deceased Dads copy of the New Testament that he was issued in the Air Force during World War 2.
It has a lot of sentimental value, especially since I used it to proselytize to other patients when I was first hospitalized and having religious delusions.
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