Three weeks ago I went to my parents house in Michigan to retrieve my daughter from her summer visit with Gram and Gramps, and spotted on the wall of my old bedroom, in a rack that I had built (as a teenager) alongside my dad's rifle and shotgun, my very first gun. Actually, it was my first
partial gun as my older brother and I went in on it, when we spotted it at a yard sale, and dad said "ok". As I recollect, I gave about 20 bucks and my brother 25. Anyway it's his now, as he bought out my share of it many years ago, but he has little interest in guns anymore...so I asked him if he'd like to swap it to me for a little bit newer and nicer, but much less sentimental .22 rifle that I currently own and he said 'sure'.
So here it is. It's a single shot, lever action, blonde hardwood with a checkered grip, Sears/Roebuck branded "Ted Williams" (probably actually made by Winchester). Irony is that they put a baseball greats name on it to sell it circa 1965, but it would be worth a lot more today if they'd simply put the Winchester name on it.
Anyway, I'm not much interested in actual cash value as it's a good shooter, just the right size for Erica, and one of my first 'heirlooms' in the sense that Erica only gets to keep it it she'll promise me to pass it along to another family member who will cherish it. If she won't, it will go to a niece or nephew, great niece or nephew, 3rd cousin or grandchild.