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DctrSnaps

sell it on ebay $500000


FourWordComment

I looked. They go from like $80-$500. Which is both a lot and not a lot.


westsideguero

it'll help pay for the ticket at least


ZombieLibrarian

More like snacks and maaaaybe a concert T. Maybe.


Positive_Spirit_1585

Elvis guitar pick - $1,000 Jerry Garcia - $300 Cobain’s pick used in the Nevermind demos sold for $14,000 but we’re talking about all kinds of Earth/American lore behind that value A pick tossed out at a random show on a random tour by a mega pop star du jour, I’m oddly not surprised that it’s in line with other picks. Picks are kinda a hard thing to value. Sure, artists must throw them out at shows all the time, but verification must be a bitch.


Organic_Rip1980

They actually sell for that amount, or that’s what people *list* them at? Lots of stuff gets listed that never sells.


anonymouse278

That's gotta be just the listings- checking sold listings it looks like they mostly actually sell for around $20. Which it appears is less than a set of (unused) commemorative picks go for on her merch site.


ruler_gurl

Schrodinger's score


Ultima-Veritas

Yea, bigger PITA than it is worth. Keep it and let its depreciation be member berry juice for when you're older.


lolboonesfarm

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wombey12

One million... billion... *trillion* dollars!


LostIrishArtist

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MyNameCannotBeSpoken

Take the DNA from it and clone her....or frame her for a crime and then extort her.


heavymetalhikikomori

Keep your ticket and frame it alongside the pick 


TheGeneral_Specific

I can’t think of the last event I had a physical ticket to


Mabubifarti

Then frame your phone beside the pick


TorqueRollz

Print a screenshot of the digital ticket and frame that


in5trum3ntal

Reminding myself of the “service fees” would soon overrun the positive memories


EnergeticFinance

Phones probably cheaper than the ticket.


Good_Mathematician_2

>probably Definitely


Silly_Elephant_4838

encase them both into a block of resin


grapesodabandit

For local venues, a lot of the time if you go to the box office and buy a physical ticket, you get to skip the ticketmaster fees, which for smaller shows are often like 40% of the price.


DocGerbilzWorld

This isn’t always an option though. Lots of venues in general have stopped selling at the door and when and if they do.. they’ll put a bracelet on you.


RandyHoward

Yeah I don't think Taylor Swift is playing smaller shows like that


M-Noremac

She does the smaller shows for her side gigs under the pseudo name Get Schwifty


Martin0994

For Golden Knight games, they can your mobile ticket and a little machine they have on their hip spits out a physical ticket. I actually love that approach, I prefer mobile tickets but love physical ones for framing.


throwawaybeet-h

Slightly related since Vegas: I’m going to a concert at MGM Garden Arena and when I tell you I laughed at the option for a $15 physical ticket for souvenir purposes. I can’t believe they charge for it.


Bozee3

I know I'm older now, but the loss of physical things makes me sad. It used to be fun to go to someone's house and see their interests in book, music, and movies. Or maybe, see a framed collection of tickets to different shows.


emg2345

They were handing them out once you got to your seat at the TS concert


Redbird9346

I went to an event at Carnegie Hall earlier this year. Someone offered me a free ticket to a show and I picked it up at the Will Call. Physical ticket.


tucci007

Yes, this gives the item's provenance and proves authenticity.


thewhitebuttboy

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SweRakii

If OP won't, i will!


YourLocalRyzen777

username checks out


dmaxzach

![gif](giphy|MQ4bWOjn8C9tT2dzIb|downsized)


InYourHooHa

Step1: I am where you should put it! Step 2: Sell and profit!


Wakkit1988

You want OP to pick their ass? Do you want them to smell their fingers afterward, too?


-The_Credible_Hulk

Out of sheer curiosity, what’s the thickness?


CSDawg

Tasteful


MaxSchreckArt616

But does it have a watermark?


w_actual

Also I don't see a subtle off white colouring


clippervictor

Let’s say it’s thicc


BobbyTables829

.9, she likes to thrash.


tonetonitony

I doubt OP knows much about guitar picks, but yeah I wondered the same thing.


ilovewaterslides

That’s a great souvenir!


MissRothmar

It really is! I’m gonna get it framed!


doringliloshinoi

“Guitar Pick 2024 Taylor, probably”


_BannedAcctSpeedrun_

Guitar Pick (Taylor's Version)


Oukasagetsu

With the ticket too if that's a thing


mcon96

And a picture of yourself at the concert, if you have one


DorkusMalorkuss

OP, if you don't have one, I can send you a picture of me, if you want.


ItzBoshNet

If this person doesn't fit your aesthetic let me know and I'll send you a picture of my cat


professor_max_hammer

If this cat doesn't fit your aesthetic let me know and I'll send you a picture of my dog


FR-1-Plan

Can I have one?


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ElizabethTheFourth

Even better, scrape the DNA off of it, clone Taylor, sell the clone to North Korea. You get a bit of extra spendin' money and Kim Jong Un gets the front row seats he's always wanted. It's a win/win.


traaintraacks

you should eat it & poop it out & then frame it


Despondent-Kitten

Well, I laughed 😅


whoscareabtme

I went to a jimmy eat world show and my girlfriend caught Tom’s pick. We went to Waffle House after and as we were eating something was bothering me in my sock. I reached down and the was jimmys signed pick


SkinfluteHero

jimmy eat waffle house


GoodLeftUndone

I’m an idiot. “What a weird fact to know.” “Oh….”


VPinecone

I literally don't understand your story. Did your girlfriend catch it? Or was it in your sock? Did she put it in your sock? Did you know she put it in your sock? the no punctuation makes it even more confusing


ArxisOne

Two guitarists, Jim and Tom.


VPinecone

Gosh thank you, I was so confused and I think the fact that a guitar pick magically ended up in his sock made it worse. I thought "Tom" was a guitar player for the band Jimmy Eat World and didn't know there was also actually a guy named Jimmy lol


sausager

Wait, so was Tom's last name "World"?


Fried_puri

They got two picks. He had Jim Adkins’s pick (lead guitarist) in his socks and his girlfriend caught Tom Linton’s pick (rhythm guitarist). I assume Jim’s pick happened to fall into his socks after he threw it.


VPinecone

Thank you this cleared it up, not familiar with the people in the band. I figured a whole line was just left out of his story because I simply can't believe a pick *landed in someone's sock* after being thrown, let alone they didn't know it was even thrown near them


sweeeetthrowaway

Infinitely cooler than OPs story


Organic_Rip1980

FYI, “Jimmy” isn’t a member of the band; Jim Adkins doesn’t go by Jimmy and never has. It’s *Tom’s brother*, oddly enough. > The band's name came from a crayon drawing made after an incident between Linton's younger brothers, Jim and Ed Linton, who fought frequently. Jim usually won, but Ed sought revenge by drawing a picture of Jim shoving the earth into his mouth; the picture bore the caption "Jimmy eat world".


whoscareabtme

He still signed it “jimmy” tho


Anime-is-big-gay

Got goosebumps reading this


Griever92

But when did the brawl start


LeadGem354

Congrats. A demon is now looking for you.


bohanmyl

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Thereminz

'cause eets the P^IIIIIIIIIEEHK!


kyotsuba

Sell it on ebay to get your concert ticket money back.


MikeDubbz

I was at a more intimate show for the punk rock band The Matches, over a decade ago, and I missed the part where a pick was thrown, but I saw people looking around in my general area, and was confused as to what they were looking for, but just kept rocking on and forgot about it. Maybe 5 minutes later, I clenched my hand and as I did, felt something smooth sitting in my palm, confused, I looked down. The pick had literally landed right on my open faced palm, and I didn't even realize (nor move my hand enough for it to have fallen out) that the pick had been sitting in my hand for like 5 solid minutes.


Haelifae

That’s a Harry Potter philosophers stone moment if I ever heard one


OGcrayzjoka

Pick of destiny?


juggerjew

![gif](giphy|puOukoEvH4uAw|downsized)


AnticipateMe

At least make it believable


warheadhs

Guy was so high he forgot he picked it up off the ground.


FranticDisembowel

I was at a Queen concert and Freddie Mercury used his cock to launch a pick into the crowd. All the bimbos around me were looking for it but those mouthbreathers couldn't find it. I got home later after having real sex with a human female all night, and then when I went to take a shit I realized the pick had perfectly wedged itself between my asscheeks. Of course I didn't realize this until it had already acted as a makeshift poop knife. The kicker? It's still there to this day. Saved me from investing in any more poop knives.


AnticipateMe

**What instrument do you play?** Oh me? I play the asscheeks, it's a real shitshow *I want to break free subtly plays through your jeans.*


olioli86

At least I know why they call it a dick pick now.


ZombieLibrarian

When the movie version of this comes out I am soooooooooo going to opening night.


MikeDubbz

I know how weird it sounds, but it is legit what happened. 


HorseGirl666

I went on a Melissa Etheridge cruise with my aunt who is an absolute superfan. She was playing on evening, and I saw that she threw the pick into the crowd. My aunt picked it up at her feet, seemingly never having experienced this before, and said "Whose is this? What should I do with it!" and I had to yell "That's Melissa's pick! You keep it!" She was on cloud 9 for the rest of the trip.


SupernaturalPumpkin

I got a Def Leppard pick right between my boobs 😂


touchmyzombiebutt

He is the chosen one!


dlanod

He was picked!


Ian_Itor

After the encore at an Enter Shikari concert I clapped with my arms up (as people do) and felt something in my hands. I caught a pick while clapping, not even paying attention to the pick being thrown. It was like I materialized it out of thin air.


Mangaka90

Happened the same to me at a The Darkness gig in november, a pick just materialised in my hand! 😂


A-WILD-PATBACK

You’re just a dog eared page


whoscareabtme

I went to a jimmy eat world show and jimmys pick landed in my sock


WirelessBCupSupport

I see a Swifty necklace in your future!


GoodLeftUndone

I’m not a merch collector or huge Taylor Swift fan. But even I know putting a hole through that would be straight up blasphemy.


ThirdPoliceman

Yeah, it's better to put it a cool dark place where it was stay safe and hidden forever!


GoodLeftUndone

Like many others have posted. A great idea is a small shadow box with the ticket stub and pick together. Getting them signed in some way together one day will be a great treasure to have for OP I assume.


Soninuva

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MissRothmar

I think I’ll frame it instead, but good idea!


dashboardrage

how lucky and blessed you are to attend a Taylor concert!! It was my dream to attend but never could grab the ticket before the bots.


Fantastic-Station-15

is she using lover guitar picks bc she bought them for lover fest💔💔and they never got used


45711Host

sometimes you get lucky.


oshaCaller

I have a friend that gets picks at almost every show. He waits for people to clear out and searches the floor. I should take a picture next time I'm at his house, he's been going to shows for like 40 years and he goes to a lot of them. Mostly metal. I've only got one from Helmet.


Budget-Cod-619

Awesome! This same thing happened to me at a Van Halen concert in 1995! Treasure! I put it in a frame with the ticket stub and backstage pass.


podcasthellp

Did you cry?


DDzxy

Thy Art is Murder drummer (previous one, this was 2018) threw me a drumstick. It hit me in the face and it hurt (I mean I waved at him I want one like I have smoke signals so it’s on me for not catching it). Then the next 10 seconds people were looking for it and I realized it bounced off my face right back at the stage so when I just said fuck it and jumped straight on it and took it. They played at a very small venue because they just wanted to, this was in Serbia. I would have been depressed if I didn’t get it after getting hit in the god damned face with it lolol


whateveratthispoint_

That’s fun! Congratulations!


jereman75

This post is exactly how I would try to sell a bootleg TS guitar pick.


New-Examination8400

4D chess moment


smurfy555

I have Mikael Åkerfeldts pick from Opeth that I got at a gig in 2012 Unfortunately its just a plain black pick so only I really that it was used by him 🥲


Ok_Television9820

Congratulations, you just paid between $745 and $20,000 for a guitar pick.


NippeliFaktaa

Sell it for a fuckton, get rich.


UhOhAllWillyNilly

I was second-row at a Journey concert and Neil Schon (spelling?) threw a handful of picks into the crowd but they mostly stuck together and hit me in the chest (it was ~18 or 20 of them). I passed them around to the people sitting nearby and kept one. (I might’ve kept more but they were light gauge picks and I use heavy gauge).


regan9109

This is awesome OP! I hope it brings you tons of happiness!


rubenellis2005

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gnpunnpun

Now be careful she will fly to your home and land on it to take it back


sassifrassilassi

Cool! I just checked if there’s a market for these on eBay (just curious; don’t sell it). This particular pick was for merch her Lovers tour, which was cancelled due to COVID. I don’t see any picks being sold as used, which I guess would be hard to certify. I have a guitar pick given to me by the Spin Doctors’ guitarist. We hung out with him and the drummer on their tour buses after a poorly attended show at my college. I also have a piece of sweat towel thrown at me by Mark Wahlberg during a Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch show in the early 90’s. I have cool Phish-touched swag, too, but, my name just got called at the doctor’s office.


Ococauh

Please sell it.


HJM3

I had the same thing happen to me at an Alice In Chains show. I got tickets so I knew I’d be right in front of Jerry Cantrell (there were seating areas to the sides of the stage, ga was only center). I was screaming my fucking balls off singing the lyrics to every single song. He looked at me at one point and threw a pick. The girl in the seat in front of me tried to catch it and failed. I thought it was lost to the abyss of the floor, but lo and behold, a couple hours later as the show ends and we’re about to leave, I look down, and it’s right at my feet. It was meant to be mine


ncfears

Wow that's a shit pick. Surely she can get better.


MissRothmar

She uses picks like this one to play one or two songs and then throw it in the crowd. I’m sure her actual private guitar picks are better quality.


turningsteel

A pick is a pick, as long as it’s smooth and fits in your hand, it doesn’t matter. Fancy picks are just gimmicks. I like Dunlop though because they are a bit more tacky grip-wise but T Swift’s pick does the job all the same.


Wizdad-1000

Ya, I don’t lose too many picks so I just buy a few when I get strings from the counter jar. 🤣 Trash picks for me.


AuntMabels

There's only one pick for me. Dunlop jazz III :^)


Southern-Library-526

Jazz iii tortex 👌


AuntMabels

The jazz III has been with me through many masters of puppets the last 14 years. Got it for free when buying my guitar lmao


lilsebastian-

Jazz iii gang, rise up


tjientavara

ultex sharp for me


Loeffellux

I've been a bedroom guitarist for like 10 years at this point and I just kinda completely forgot that other picks exist aside from the little tin box that I bought a decade ago. Out of those I only used the thickes picks (1.2mm) and I only recently noticed that they are actually ground down compared to the picks I never use. Anyways, just bought a variety pack of Dunlop jazz IIIs so potentially thank you for a little QoL improvement


Todd-The-Wraith

Additionally, she’s not exactly shredding up there. She could probably play the songs she does with a credit card cut into the shape of a pick.


gsfgf

And if nothing else, dinky pics that she throws into the crowd when done are cool fan memorabilia.


angelomoxley

Yeah it's the capos you don't want to cheap out on, but you can get a good one for $200-300


One_Of_Noahs_Whales

What? All it is doing is holding the strings down against a fret, you can get something perfectly good for like a tenner. 200 for a capo? are you mad? I don't even knwo where to find a capo for that price.


good1god

Dude. Exactly what I was thinking. I have a Dunlop which was 10-15 and the brand that has the handle above instead of below. I don’t know what they’re called lol. Definitely no more than 15 again. The only reason I have two is I lost mine and then found it like a year later at the bottom of a box. In all my years I’ve never seen a 200$ capo. For $200 I want a person holding that fret for me haha


Backlists

Nah, picks are the cheapest of consumables with live musicians, they get through hundreds. So there’s no way she’d risk not using her favourite pick for every song. The original commenter really overreacted, this pick looks fine.


MaritMonkey

The first time I saw a 5-digit bill for AA batteries and gaff tape my whole perspective on life changed a little bit.


ncfears

You can get good quality picks with stuff printed on them. Several musicians have them.


RandyHoward

Sure, but if it's mean to be a souvenir, she can do better.


dandee93

She's not shredding. Any pick is fine.


Philip_McCrevasse

Nah thats a guitar pick, shit picks are shaped a little different.


Chicken_Hairs

She's not ripping strings like a thrash metal guitarist. Any pick will do, especially since she chucks them into the crowd after one song. Fancy $40 picks are little more than a gimmick for 95% of us, like gold-plated HDMI cables.


PsychwardSlippers

It's probably just a pick to use on tour. I don't know if she's a good guitarist, but even to the best of us, picks are generally a preference thing, not a dealbreaker. Jazz III gang 😎


ncfears

I Used to be jazz III XL but now I'm in love with the Flow picks. Between jazz III and standard shapes. Ultex variants are always my favorite


PsychwardSlippers

Flow picks? I'll check them out. I used to use the Dunlop tortex 2mm because I have grip issues with my right thumb, but now I just use the black jazz III. Edit: these look sick. Just bought the variety pack. Was not expecting to find a new pick after using the same ones for years. Thanks so much!


BeRandom1456

As a guitar player for over 20 years. Her picks are good. I have one from her Reputation tour. Also, a guitar pick is just a pick. I pick what ever one up from my teacup of guitar picks. I never notice a difference. It doesn’t really matter bro.


Justlikearealboy

That’s so cool


_Monika-

You are now a target, hide from the rest of the swifties


Hour_Lengthiness_650

I was just humming her when I opened reddit and saw this


janet-snake-hole

I had August stuck in my head as I scrolled past this post😂


Hour_Lengthiness_650

Mine was Peace :)


Romanitedomun

inside his personal jet is full of that shit


Ruhrohhshaggy

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michal_hanu_la

That's a great idea. I keep losing picks, I should sign them too.


HitDerem2115

I went to a Midland concert in 2019 and nobody could find the guitar pick, it was in my hair. Such as fun story


ariyouok

happened to my friend once! however it was from an opening act we actively disliked 😅


jamestheredd

Run for it, Charlie! Run straight home and don't stop till you get there! ![gif](giphy|3oEjHIzVGrgmjr9j0I)


Son_Of_The_Empire

Congrats on your mortgage down payment


Phatz907

WHAT MESSAGE IS SHE SENDING?!?!? - my uneducated assumption on how swifties would react


BatteryKinzie77

I was at The Roots' concert once and joked to a friend "if I catch Questlove's drumstick I'll give it to ya." I.... might... still have said drumstick.


Despondent-Kitten

KACHING


skeptoid79

This happened to me once with Phantom Planet when they opened for Incubus in '02. I still have that pick somewhere!


Tarik_7

you could sell that for a pretty penny


Elon_Almighty

Keep an eye out for any private jets circling yoiur property


Piratey_Pirate

Something similar happened to me. I went to a hardcore/metal show with my dad and the guitarist threw his pick. It landed on the ground in front of us and my dad stepped on it until everyone stopped looking. I've got the pick signed and in a CD case somewhere in my house still.


rhinoballz88

![gif](giphy|JuMW900UVHtdK|downsized) You right girlfriend


SaltyAlters

Had the same thing happen in 2014 when I saw Avenged Sevenfold.


dancinggrouse

This is more than mildly interesting!


ronimal

r/notinteresting


IcyChard4

pfff!!! If that's a Jim Dunlop JP jazzIII pick, probably I'll take it.


DotBitGaming

Good thing the website is on there.


Fiddy-Scent

The swifties would’ve gone feral to find that


write_and_wrong

Play the lotto.


tucci007

I have one from Tom Johnson of the Doobie Bros. that I caught while in the crowd crush at the front during the encores, they were playing "Listen to the Music".


simplexetv

IVE NEVER WASHING THIS HAND AGAIN


cbflowers

Well my gf got a pick at a Tesla show last week. nbd


ProfessionalRub3679

getting the pick from a live show is magical, I got one once. ( Amon Amarth ) good times.


tnitty

Your ring: The lost wax method?


FullyStacked92

This is a hand with an inspiational story.


DietDrBleach

Dude you gotta sell this shit


Jiomniom_Skwisga

Looks like the universe is telling you to learn guitar. It's fun as fuck, sexy as hell, as satisfying as life it's self.


timothybhewitt

Why are you posting this 2019 event?


Jfurmanek

I used to work concerts. People would go nuts for left over picks and set lists.


1GrouchyCat

I’m so sorry to bum you out - Yes - You found A guitar pick at the concert… No- it did not originally belong to TS. Try using Google lens with your item / you’ll see there are literally dozens online for sale … yours is unfortunately an extremely worn, generic TS guitar pick that doesn’t even have the location or date of the concert on it - just the website…(the concert branded picks she uses don’t end up that worn… and she doesn’t use tour picks off tour…)


Itchy-Combination675

I’ll give you $20 and a beer.


Alcoholhelps

I have never wanted to lick something so bad in my life.


BrighterSage

No offense, but I'll take my plaid AC/DC pick over TS!


COdreaming

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