The concert promoters for Michael Jackson's planned shows at the O2 Arena in London today offered fans the option of a "specially created" souvenir ticket rather than a refund.
In the years of the Tichborne movement's popularity a considerable market was created for souvenirs in the form of medallions, china figurines, teacloths and other memorabilia.
Reflecting on the masses of Olympics merchandise that will never change hands, Mr. van Elten took comfort in the expectation that the Create souvenirs will sell "for months and months" after the Games.
As Thorsten van Elten, a manufacturer of furniture and accessories who supervised the design and production of the Create souvenirs, explained, "We didn't want them to be too ironic".
"He created the souvenir rig, he created the hat and T-shirt sales, he created a lot of that," Kyle Petty said.
Mr. Piano's sanctuary, which accommodates a total of 36,000 faithful indoors and on surrounding grounds, sits atop this hill town in the badlands of Apulia, where papier-mâché statues, T-shirts, key chains and magnets depicting Padre Pio, the bearded monk with bleeding palms, have created a souvenir circus.
There's even a sand cave, the Salão de Areias, a maze of passages and huge boulders loved by kids, where over 30 different colours of sand can be col lected and layered in bottles to create tacky souvenirs.
While taking pictures can create beautiful souvenirs of a trip for a lifetime, I began to wonder: Does taking too many actually detract from a travel experience?
Particular moving are the souvenirs created by Lithuanians in the Gulag, bearing national symbols and the red-green-yellow colours of the national flag.
He spent some time learning how to solar carve using a magnifying glass and a piece of wood, creating a souvenir that reads "The Time Is Now" on one side and "All the Time in the World" on the other.
