collector's item

“Some kids came up to me at a gig one time and asked if I had any of Earwigs’ original 45s, which had become a collector’s item, but at the time I didn’t know it,” said the Orange County-based musician who still gigs regularly in O.C. and Nashville.

The collector’s item is selling for hundreds of dollars online.

Top level members also got what was billed as an “ultra rare collector’s item” — a ticket with Dodger Stadium dirt from the game in which the Dodgers clinched the National League West championship against the San Diego Padres.

Mr Jackson Jnr said the restored console was "definitely" a piece of equipment that could be used to make music again, but equally could be a collector's item.

The collector’s item – handed out in change to a local man – is the same shape as an ordinary 20p piece.