GOODLETSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Twenty-six years ago, Opryland USA closed its doors.

But some of its history has been preserved for more than two decades and now sells for thousands of dollars.

Opryland USA was uniquely Nashville for 25 years until it closed its doors….

Nearly three decades later, Michael Jordan of Treasure Trust Estate Sales has worked on dozens of estate sales across the state, but most recently took on the task of selling signs throughout Opryland.

“We’ve never come across this Opryland souvenir. This is very special,” said Dianne Sturdivant, Treasure Trust Estate Sales Associate.

People from all over the country are bidding on a piece of Nashville history.

“I went out today to take pictures of Opryland memorabilia if I can’t afford to buy them,” Candice Beasley said.

Meanwhile, just two miles away in Goodlettsville, Harold Brewer owns another two dozen signs from Opryland’s heyday.

“This is probably the first sign you see when you enter the park and it says admission prices,” Harold Brewer said.

“In the summer of 1979, I was one of the officers on the raft trip, and it was a battery-powered raft,” Brewer said.

Brewer wore his badge with pride and nostalgia.

“I mean, I’m just bursting with emotions,” Brewer said.

After 25 years of visiting Opryland as a child, the theme park closed and Brewer was left with only memories.

“There was a wave of sadness. It was a part of our lives and it was leaving, and there was no promise of anything coming in its place,” Brewer said.

However, as season ticket holders, Brewer and his family were given the opportunity to purchase part of the theme park.

“You are buying a memory here. It was fun, it was exciting. “You kind of get carried away,” Brewer said.

Signs, tours and menus from the gift shop.

“You can get strawberries and cream for $2 and a Coke for $1.49,” Brewer said from a menu.

Meanwhile, at the sale of Brewer’s mother’s estate, Brewer breaks away not only from her Nashville past but from much of her life.

“How many times in your life can you have a piece of your childhood, your adolescence, your college years, your young adulthood with children? It’s also owning a piece of Nashville history,” Brewer said.

Brewer told News 2 the large signs sell for about $2,100. He kept about a dozen of his smaller signs.

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