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  If you want to get a signed picture of Doyle Brunson, it will cost you about $10.00 on eBay. Most people can find the old issue of Penthouse that features Vanessa Williams for approximately the same price. If the decision is between Ms. Williams minus her knickers, and a wrinkly yet genial member of the poker set, the choice should be simple. If choosing between these two items is something that you find difficult, we suggest either therapy or a date with a real girl. Vanessa aside, poker memorabilia is a growing business that occasionally goes in some slightly strange directions.



  We mentioned that a Brunson signed photo can basically be bought for the value of the lint in your pocket. A signed photo of Jennifer Tilly from the night she won the WPT Ladies Night event is a bit harder on the bank account. That item can run up to $500.00. Buying a mousepad with the signatures of almost a dozen poker champs is priced at $1000.00. These items are dwarfed by what somebody put out to buy the visor that was worn by Lieutenant Data on Star Trek the Next Generation when he was experimenting with the game of poker. This item went for over $6000.00.



  Somebody can get a pair of sunglasses worn by Greg Raymer for a smaller price tag than that visor. You can probably get Brandi Hawbaker's thong for the price of a couple of beers and some smooth talk. Somebody paying good money for a perfectly bland, unsigned visor that once made an appearance in a fake poker game on a Star Trek spin-off series is the sort of wise financial move that took Bela Lugosi from being a rich Hollywood icon to somebody who had to perform rather unusual personal favors to pay for his Morphine habit.



  The saving grace of this story is that despite the fact that plenty of poker aficionados were bidding on this item, it was a Star Trek fan that ultimately had the stones, and the cash, to come away with this item. The funny bit is that when the winner traveled to a Star Trek convention to have the item signed by the actor who played Data, Brent Spiner, the Star Trek legend informed him that the visor was a fake. Apparently Brent had the real one in his personal collection, and sold it several months before. So much for a wise investment in memorabilia.