Museum Gift Shops

Here’s what’s moving at Southern California’s more, ah, distinctive museum gift shops: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace and the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.

BESTSELLERS

Reagan Library: Coffee mug embossed with Reaganism: “There’s no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit,” $7.95.

Maritime: Brass replica of ship’s bell from the Titanic and Queen Mary, $45.

CHEAPEST THRILLS

Natural History: Cockroach reproductions, $1.

Autry: Piece of “Fool’s Gold,” 25 cents.

Nixon Library: Button commemorating Elvis Presley and R.N.’s historic Dec. 21, 1970 Oval Office meeting, $1.75.

. . . AND THE PRICIEST

Natur l History: Reproduction of saber-toothed cat skull, $300. Autry: Thirty-six-inch replica of the museum’s bronze statue of Autry astride his faithful mount, Champion, $17,000.

BEST KITSCH

Reagan Library: Stetson cowboy hat designed expressly for the 40th president, $148. Nixon Library: Birthplace Birdhouse (“Cozy re-creation of the Nixon boyhood home for your fine-feathered friends”), $45. White House birdhouse also available, $99.

TIE ONE ON

Maritime: International semaphore tie that spells “SEXY,” $20. Reagan Library: Presidential seal on burgundy tie with navy stripe, $34.50. Nixon Library: Eagle crest on burgundy tie with gold stripe, $38.50.

“YOU WANT IT SENT WHERE?”

Nixon Library: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (According to a museum spokesperson, Clinton administration staffers have placed “several orders” from the library’s annual catalog.)