Collections

[Swellegant]

That thread made me think of my collections, too! In particular my "Things Made From Dead Animals" collection, which has some fun things... like my armadillo purse made from a whole armadillo, my stuffed sea turtle playing a harp, my cross-section of a horse's ankle, various fur wraps made from animals with heads and feet still attached, an alligator purse with head and feet attached, a coin purse made from a cane toad, a couple of dried and inflated puffer-fish, and a large assortment of little brown frogs stuffed and varnished and posed to play little musical instruments, or to play pool, or to sit at a little bar, or helping a drunk buddy home.

I also collect elephants of all sorts, and I collect Suzanne Somers jewelry, and I collect DVDs of movies made from Shakespeare plays. And on occasion, I collect dollhouse miniatures, but the whim comes and goes (mostly when I'm unemployed and anxious) so I haven't got much of a collection yet.

 

[alley]

I use to collect comics--it was probably a pretty valuable collection when I gave it away, but I needed to move on. I don't collect anything anymore...keeps the clutter down.

 

[justsimon]

I don't have any real collections, but I seem to amass:

Tons of books
Random drafting/typography related tools
Art
Exes

 

[AlinCanada]

Symptoms.....

 

[Kester]

I don't really collect anything, like to keep the mess down in my house.

 

[martin6]

I collect counties. There is a map showing every county in the U.S. I've been through. It's wonderful.

 

[Yooper]

A couple of years ago, I realized that, by default, I was beginning quite the collection of Salt and Pepper shakers. I realized this because I was cleaning out an old cabinet and had about 50 sets. I'd never paid for one; just for some reason they'd been given to me, been in a house, or whatever. They just had bred.

They are readily found, unique, and some actually have some value.

So now at garage sales and the like, if they are under a dollar, I'll pick one up.

Coolest one I have so far is one from a 1950's First Class American Airlines service. Paid 50 cents. Found out they are worth $10.

 

[hungrybrownbear]

i have a penny collection!
I think I own every year from 1959-2009

and I have like 1912, 1918, and 1944.

Anything thing dating back farther than 1960 is insanely hard to find!

 

[SirJude]

As a child I collected matchbooks and buttons. I still have most of them taking up space. Anybody wanna buy a 1968 Pierre Trudeau campaign button?
As an adult I collect masks and giraffes and fine china.

 

[gsdx]

Dust bunnies.

 

[GL]

comic books and various action figures. i just purchased a cylon centurion from battlestar galactica: razor. its neat-o.

 

[versatastic]

I have at least 1.5TB of porn from most of the major online studios. I stopped for a bit last year cuz I stopped jacking off to porn and I wanted to free up some cash, but I started back up again in July even though I still don't jack off to it. I stopped again, though. My 10-year old pentium-4 Dell died on me and I have to keep my laptop clean because of work.

I have a collection of corks from the wine and champagne that I've drank for the past couple years. For some reason I drink lots of Kendall-Jackson. I have a coffee table that's kind of a display case with glass on top of some drawers and I put the corks in there until if filled up. Now I toss them into a tall glass vase.

I also collect the labels of the vino, and beers as well. I made a collage out of some of them to decorate our bar area.

 

[hotdog1846]

I keep all the issues of National Geographic I've received since I subscribed the year after graduating from college. It's up to 18 years' worth now. My parents have them dating back to 1963.

I also keep every book I ever buy.

I have several pieces of Van Briggle pottery, but not really enough to call it a "collection". I also have a number of family antiques, heirlooms, what-have-you -- things like cut glass, china sets, silver pieces, and so on. I seem to accumulate things as various friends and relatives downsize, die off, move away, or whatever.

 

[fetaby]

Rocks, I love da rocks! They fascinate me.

And before it's said, no, not the crack rocks.

And one day, I'll have one like dis!

 

[Jerry]

I collect guns. I have about 30 so far, but I haven't been buying as many as I used to. There are so many more I want.

And knives. I really like knives, but my collection isn't as neat and organized as my guns. I just have knives everywhere.

I also tend to collect clutter, and the unwanted attention of some very "interesting" people. Not sure what that's about, but it makes for some interesting times.

 

[Lawnmowerman]

For me, it was watches; particularly Fossil brand watches, back when they made truly interesting and unique designs. I think I have close to 60, and yes, I did switch off and wear them all. I'm seeing really cool watches now from other manufacturers and am getting the bug again......

 

[Yooper]

I forgot I inherited my Grandma's Matchbook Cover collection.

The ones from 1936-1964 are all in a big binder. 1965-2005 are still filling two drawers in her dresser. No idea what to do with them.

One of the most unique is from the Original Bob's Big Boy, vintage.