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History On Display, For Sale At Midland Park Shop

MIDLAND PARK, N.J.– Edward Capozzi went to get a cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts in Midland Park and left with a piece of rock-and-roll history. 

Team Baker Collection in Midland Park.

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Mitch Baker sells his personal collection of rare and one-of-a-kind items.

Mitch Baker sells his personal collection of rare and one-of-a-kind items.

Photo Credit: Anthony Locicero
This sign once hung in an English pub. Whitbread was the predecessor to Budweiser, Mitch Baker said.

This sign once hung in an English pub. Whitbread was the predecessor to Budweiser, Mitch Baker said.

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Mitch Baker was a guest at Kim Kardashian's and Kris Humphries' wedding. The couple divorced 72 days later.

Mitch Baker was a guest at Kim Kardashian's and Kris Humphries' wedding. The couple divorced 72 days later.

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"I saw this room full of autographs and guitars and all kinds of memorabilia, which I love," the Ridgewood-based attorney told Daily Voice about his first time in Team Baker Collection, which is connected to the coffee franchise. 

The Black Sabbath fan bought a drum head signed by Ozzy Osbourne and kept coming back for presidential signatures.

"I've been collecting since I was 8 years old," said owner Mitch Baker, who discovered silver and calendars from the mid-1800s in his River Vale hometown. "What I really like to get is something that people don't have, one-of-a-kind items."

From a Tim Tebow motorcycle to a 1977 World Series ring to the Christian Dior gown that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's wore in 1958 – there's a story behind every item.

"It's all my favorite. I pick so selectively so there's no garbage," said Baker, a father of three from Wyckoff. "It all means something to me." 

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