I’ve won a number of things…several sets of concert tickets (Aerosmith & Kiss, Fiona Apple/Damien Rice, Bonnie Raitt/Keb Mo, Rush, Primus, and probably a dozen others), one time I actually won concert tickets, a pre-show dinner, a chance to see the rehearsal, and an autograph session with the band (Jet), I won $50 in a raffle, I’ve won CDs, Cassettes & Records, a couple of board games, some DVDs, a couple of turkeys (yes, Turkeys…I live in Minnesota…home of the meat raffle), restaurant gift certificates, and a few other things. I think my favorite win however is this.
I’m a HUGE fan of the band Queen. Well, unfortunately this was after Freddie Mercury passed away, but it was still cool. I went into a Guitar Center, simply because it was next door to a Hollywood Video and I was renting a movie that night. Well, I saw a big cardboard cutout of guitarist Brian May, they were having a drawing. The grand prize was a copy of Brian May’s newest CD autographed, a copy of the 2 CD set Queen’s Greatest Hits I and II, and a copy of the then newly release compliation “Queen Rocks” also autographed by all three surviving members. I have to imagine I could sell the two autographed CDs for quite a bit, but I’m keeping them. Now that is probably not the largest value prize I’ve ever won…I’d say the highest value was probably the Kiss/Aerosmith tickets, that was probably $200.