Campaign collectibles

TEA, S.D. (KELO) -- Political season has shifted into high-gear with this week's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Next month, Democrats hold their convention in Chicago.

Many of those delegates are returning home with a stash of souvenirs and SWAG that could eventually become collectors items.

Here's a look at relics of campaigns past.

Politics has a long shelf-life at I-29 Antiques in Tea.

"We go all the way back to Lincoln time, I mean, they're just fun to look at. It's a time capsule in history," I-29 Antiques owner Randy Maas said.

Owner Randy Maas has been collecting political memorabilia since childhood.

"And I grew up in Huron with the state fair. You go out to the state fair, you go to both headquarters, you pick up everything you could, every button, everything. You put it in a bag and take it home, because it was free," Maas said.

Some items that were once free back in the day are now valued in the hundreds of dollars. Take this hanky promoting presidential candidate Grover Cleveland and tariff reform back in the late 1880's. It's priced at $200.

"The value could be the fact th...