What are the coolest/ most special items in your collection?

[Writehooks]

I wish I could post of photo, but I'm currently living and working in Beijing and don't have access to my collection back home

That said, my favorite piece is a professionally matted and framed group of items from the first bout between Muhammad Ali and George Chuvalo at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens on March 29, 1966. The display includes the official fight program (the only time in his career that Ali was promoted as 'Cassius Clay Jr.'), the on-site commemorative pennant (one of less than a dozen known), a ringside 'golden seat' ticket stub ($100), and two Canadian Press action wirephotos of the fight, signed by Chuvalo. There are custom-made 'doors' in the back of the matting to allow the program and ticket stub to be removed.

What makes this collage so special (besides rarity) is that I've been friends with Chuvalo for 25 years and had the honor of co-authoring his autobiography, which will be released by HarperCollins in Canada and the U.S. this fall.