In 2007, Duke - along with nine other TT legends - featured on a commemorative stamp collection celebrating the event.
Separate plinths were given to a funny clay sheep, a Virgin Airways commemorative thimble, a collection of three china Japanese ladies.
For interesting souvenirs, visit the nearby Marcelo Toledo Gallery, where the silversmith Marcelo Toledo created a commemorative silver Evita collection, along with replicas of her jewelry, which are to be used in the Broadway show and worn on stage by Elena Roger.
Many also rush out or reissue boxed sets, greatest-hits albums and commemorative CD-DVD collections.
Once, while vacuuming the base of a corner shelf that held a collection of commemorative snow globes, I found a wallet-size photo of a woman clipped to a death certificate.
Computer historian, blogger, and web commentator Jason Scott recently paid a visit to the Internet Archive headquarters in San Francisco, catching a glimpse of the organization's brightly flashing computer lights and the building's collection of commemorative statues that pay tribute to the Archive's employees.
Commemoratives were collected from medical and police records.
Recent collection: I've started collecting commemorative firearms.
Rolls-Royce's growing popularity in China and in Chinese expatriate communities like Vancouver, British Columbia, sparked a commemorative Year of the Dragon Collection, a 2012 Phantom whose bespoke features include dragon-embroidered headrests and dragon inlays.
The bright white dining room, with marble tables and touches of butter yellow, has shelves that display an array of commemorative plates from the museum's collection.
