So what do you collect? [Archive]

mylittledemon

11-23-2009, 06:52 PM

golddustdrummer

11-23-2009, 06:55 PM

mylittledemon

11-23-2009, 06:56 PM

I collect debt, dust, and scars.

I wasn't sure if I should laugh, but I did chuckle... :o

EnchantedKiwi

11-23-2009, 06:59 PM

I used to collect rubbers, or as you guys call them erasers. Then i had a stamp phase when I was like 11 (so tragic), but at the moment nothing :lol:

GypsyBlueEyes

11-23-2009, 07:04 PM

I collect pens. Its not a conscious thing...I just love them :)

David

11-23-2009, 08:06 PM

And I don't mean Fleetwood Mac stuff ;)

Books? Weapons? Games? Toys?I collect Beethoveniana -- mostly books, general-interest journals, CDs of course, & even throwaway stuff like T-shirts, jackets, & mugs. I might start collecting Beethoven stamps too.

I also collect letter openers. I have letter openers from all over the world, including a scrimshaw opener from Japan, a teak opener from Ireland, an opener from Israel, & an Old Spanish opener from the early days of California.

I used to collect carnival glass, but that got too expensive & difficult to find.

I collect first editions of books by Miss Manners, Bernard De Voto, & Jacques Barzun.

I also collect The Underground Grammarian pamphlets by Richard Mitchell. I have about 70 percent of them already.

starshine

11-23-2009, 08:15 PM

Well I think I have too many collections really....I need to stop really....besides Stevie Mac stuff :

I collect: Don Henley/Eagles....other music artists but not really collections maybe cds/rare cds...of the ones I like/Boston/Heart/Natalie Merchant etc....
**Josie & The Pussycats **comic book /cartoon (but not the stupid movie) I used to watch the cartoon when I was little in the early '70's /and read the comic book.
**some Garfield/M & M's candy stuff/too much 'junk' as my mom would say....I need to start selling on ebay.....thats probably the main stuff though really....:shrug:

JWS

11-23-2009, 08:19 PM

I collect Kentucky Derby mint julip glasses. I have every one going back to 1969.

mylittledemon

11-23-2009, 08:22 PM

I used to collect rubbers

Yeah don't say that to me Cheyne, or I'll giggle inappropriately ;)

vivfox

11-23-2009, 08:26 PM

EnchantedKiwi

11-23-2009, 08:28 PM

Yeah don't say that to me Cheyne, or I'll giggle inappropriately ;)

:laugh::laugh: Americans :rolleyes:

mylittledemon

11-23-2009, 08:32 PM

I just got this mental image of video taping someone asking a stranger to help them carry a box of rubbers to their car (stranger thinks they are erasers) and on the way you "accidentally" drop them and its a gross of condoms :lol:

jannieC

11-23-2009, 09:12 PM

I used to collect carnival glass, but that got too expensive & difficult to find.

I love carnival glass and have often thought of starting a collection. Where do you keep yours? When I was a little girl, there was a house I used to pass on the way home from school that had a big window with lots of panes. The owner had different pieces of carnival glass on the pane's shelves. I was so fascinated by that!

mylittledemon

11-23-2009, 09:22 PM

Never even heard of carnival glass... i just googled it. interesting!

holidayroad

11-23-2009, 09:32 PM

My house is FULL of collectibles! I collect Barbie dolls, Fisher Price Little People accessories, video games, video game systems, and arcade based toys. I also have old lunchboxes, Strawberry Shortcake dolls, and Mickey Mouse toys ( not really a collector of them, but have had them a long time!) My husband collects Halloween collectibles and toys from the '60s, and my son collects Power Rangers! We have nowhere near enough space for all of this. Of course, we also have lots of books and music too!! It's an interesting mix!!

paleshadow

11-23-2009, 09:53 PM

I used to collect all different kinds of action figures, but now I just collect Wonder Woman ones. I also have the Halloween comics.

David

11-23-2009, 09:55 PM

Never even heard of carnival glass... i just googled it. interesting!
You & Jannie, see my blog for more on carnival glass:

http://claverandconverse.blogspot.com/2009/04/f-enton.html

fringed n fab

11-23-2009, 10:19 PM

And I don't mean Fleetwood Mac stuff ;)

Books? Weapons? Games? Toys?

Thought it would be interesting to know this about anyone who cares to share.

I've recently begun re-collecting Smurfs. :shocked:
Brandon are you old enough to remember this? lol. It was probably so bad for you, yet tasted so good! :lol:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2077/smurfcereal.jpg

estranged4life

11-23-2009, 10:25 PM

compact discs is my prime enjoyment in the world of collecting.

hippilil86

11-23-2009, 10:36 PM

I move too often and have way too little space to collect anything, at the moment. Someday, maybe.

mylittledemon

11-23-2009, 11:21 PM

:distress:

Yeah I had about 800 CDs I sold before moving back to NZ. I still regret it.

compact discs is my prime enjoyment in the world of collecting.

fringed n fab

11-23-2009, 11:41 PM

I don't think I really collect any one thing...

mylittledemon

11-24-2009, 12:06 AM

I don't think I really collect any one thing...

PS... I DO remember Smurf Berry Crunch...! :shocked:

I had a dozen or so of them when I was a wee one... I now have about 35 or 40 Smurfs in the collection. I could never collect them all... there are hundreds of them. :rolleyes:

fringed n fab

11-24-2009, 12:15 AM

Yeah sometimes you forget about all the stuff that was out or products you may have eaten or used while growing up. I've sat on Youtube before looking over old retro commercials and I just laugh.

mylittledemon

11-24-2009, 12:17 AM

I remember they had E.T. cereal. :shocked:

LukeA

11-24-2009, 12:18 AM

As a general rule, I hate "stuff", and like to have as little of it as possible (speaking of that, anyone want a Wild Heart tour program? PM me). That said, I collect Tiki-culture related stuff- memorabilia, historical artifacts, everything. Its a major interest of mine (amongst many.. although this seems to be the only one that involves physical collecting)

Oh, and anything "Mac Tonight".

fringed n fab

11-24-2009, 12:20 AM

I remember they had E.T. cereal. :shocked:
We could start to fill pages of long forgotten stuff but I don't want to get off topic :lol:

vivfox

11-24-2009, 12:29 AM

fringed n fab

11-24-2009, 12:37 AM

Remember that little Con- Tiki doll that hacked up Karen Black in Trilogy of Terror?
I had forgotten about these ugly dolls until I was searching retromercials one day. It seemed every kid in school had them, except me. And that was ok really lol.

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WildHeart69

11-24-2009, 12:41 AM

I used to collect rubbers, or as you guys call them erasers. Then i had a stamp phase when I was like 11 (so tragic), but at the moment nothing :lol:

I did a double take because I thought you meant condoms at first...

WildHeart69

11-24-2009, 12:47 AM

I collect sea glass. Whenever I go to the ocean I look for it. Most of the pieces are brown, white or green. Blue is rare. If I find a blue one it's like finding gold. I got all my nieces and nephews interested in collecting it too.

I found a blue piece about 3 inches long and .75ish inch narrow at Margate beach in NJ. My girfriend had it made into a pendant and the lady who did it said she would have charged a few hundred dollars for it had she not been supplied with the glass.... I can't believe the value attached to it!

funny story: I had never looked for sea glass before, so when I found it I naively said "Is this a good one?" ...you should have seen her face!

WildHeart69

11-24-2009, 12:51 AM

As for me, I have a few collections:

-Guitar Pics
-Drum Sticks
-Autographs
-Coins
-Seashells/sharks teeth/ coral, etc

I am going to need a huge office when I get a house... a lot of my stuff is still at my parents house. I dont have room for it all at my apt

vivfox

11-24-2009, 12:58 AM

I found a blue piece about 3 inches long and .75ish inch narrow at Margate beach in NJ. My girfriend had it made into a pendant and the lady who did it said she would have charged a few hundred dollars for it had she not been supplied with the glass.... I can't believe the value attached to it!

funny story: I had never looked for sea glass before, so when I found it I naively said "Is this a good one?" ...you should have seen her face!

Wow, are you telling me people pay money for sea glass? I'm rich, I'm rich!!! Hey, I used to visit my sister in the 1970's when she lived in Margate. What wonderful memories. I haven't been to Atlantic City since 1986!

louielouie2000

11-24-2009, 01:52 AM

I've owned 2 DeLorean cars (will get a 3rd one of these days), so I've got loads of DeLorean paraphernalia... scale models, dealer brochures, posters, books, magazine advertisements, newspaper clippings, videos, shirts... lots and lots of junk :D.

I seem to have a small collection of crystal balls going... I'd probably own more if I had more money. Damn things are pricey! :laugh: That could probably be lumped under the Fleetwood Mac header though, so disregard! :p

I've got a love for most anything mid-century modern... I have funky mod furniture, flip clocks, lamps, stuff like that. I have a thing for the 1960-1990 time period (hence Fleetwood Mac and the DeLorean), and have a growing vintage clothing stash too. Though I wear it everything, so it's not really a collection at all.

chriskisn

11-24-2009, 04:42 AM

And I don't mean Fleetwood Mac stuff ;)

Well....I don't collect anything else but Fleetwood Mac music... :(

Pathetic really :lol:

GypsySorcerer

11-24-2009, 02:37 PM

I collect art glass - bowls, vases, vessels, jars, etc. I like all colors, but gravitate more toward cool tones, like blues and purples. I also collect some crystal. And jewelry, if that counts.

My parents and extended family will collect about anything: arrowheads, Fenton, Hummels, teapots, bottles, coins, etc.

GODDESS6

11-24-2009, 02:59 PM

stevie nicks items of course
books, i love, love them
dachshund items
celestial, moons especially
cool looking perfume bottles
a christmas story stuff, especially to do w/ the leg lamp, i even have a leg lamp, just like the movie...electric sex:nod::laugh:
black hills gold
stuffed animals

i have an awesome collection of 'precious moments' figurines, that i have put away~

chiliD

11-24-2009, 04:58 PM

Used to collect LPs (amassed about 4,000 of them)...then the industry changed to CD format, so I started collecting CDs (up to close to 4,000 of them, too)...still into CD collecting....a LOT!!

Not "collecting" so much as just "acquiring" (since they're "tools of the trade", I don't really consider that "collecting ")...guitars & guitar gear (including amps & effects)...I want lots of them, but can't afford 'em...at least not unless I win the LOTTO, that is!! :)

My Top 10 guitar "wish list" (in no order of preference):

Gibson Les Paul Traditional (honeyburst or "iced tea" finish)
Reverend Jetstream HB (tobacco sunburst finish)
Turner-Renaissance RN-6 acoustic/electric
Gibson ES-335 "Fat Neck" (cherry red finish)
Godin 5th Ave Kingpin (conac burst finish)
Fender "Road Worn" Stratocaster (2 tone sunburst finish)
Fender "Road Worn" Telecaster (2 tone sunburst finish)
Alvarez-Yairi WY1K acoustic (natural koa finish)
Gretsch G6120-DSW-R Chet Atkins Relic (orange over gold finish)
Rickenbacker 360-12 (fireglo finish)

mylittledemon

11-24-2009, 05:24 PM

4,000 CD's and 4,000 records, CHILI?!! :shocked:

Where do you put them all?

holidayroad

11-24-2009, 06:20 PM

Brandon are you old enough to remember this? lol. It was probably so bad for you, yet tasted so good! :lol:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2077/smurfcereal.jpg

I used to eat that!!!

chiliD

11-24-2009, 06:50 PM

4,000 CD's and 4,000 records, CHILI?!! :shocked:

Where do you put them all?

For now, in a 10 x 10 storage unit...but, at one point, I had them comfortably fitted into a studio sized apartment.

WildHeart69

11-24-2009, 10:03 PM

Wow, are you telling me people pay money for sea glass? I'm rich, I'm rich!!! Hey, I used to visit my sister in the 1970's when she lived in Margate. What wonderful memories. I haven't been to Atlantic City since 1986!

We just went to the Outer Banks in NC this summer and there are a bunch of stores selling sea glass there.

Margate is my Jersey Shore beach of choice... its very clean, there's decent parking, we get there early and then drive 10 mins up the road to Atlantic City for the rest of the day.
For those who have never been there... it's SO worth it to drive a little down the road if you are staying in AC and want to go to the beach.

mylittledemon

11-24-2009, 10:05 PM

For now, in a 10 x 10 storage unit...but, at one point, I had them comfortably fitted into a studio sized apartment.

Shame they are in storage and not "proudly displayed" :distress:

vivfox

11-25-2009, 12:34 AM

We just went to the Outer Banks in NC this summer and there are a bunch of stores selling sea glass there.

What are the general prices? Does it range in the size of the glass? I can't believe they can get money for this!

MoonWaterPoet

11-25-2009, 01:34 AM

And I don't mean Fleetwood Mac stuff ;)

Books? Weapons? Games? Toys?

Thought it would be interesting to know this about anyone who cares to share.

I've recently begun re-collecting Smurfs. :shocked:

I collect several different things:

I used to own a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang... (same year I was born, it was my dream car)... and collect anything Ford Mustang.

Elephants... anything from Elephant statues to Elephant tea pots... my last count of all my Elephants was over 150... They are amazing animals, plus their symbolic meanings too...

Concert Ticket Stubs...

Antique Oil Lamps...

Wind Chimes...

Some Native American Indian artwork...

Shot Glasses...

I really need a bigger house... LOL!!!

Donnie Wayne ~

MoonWaterPoet

11-25-2009, 01:39 AM

[QUOTE=golddustdrummer;856153]I collect debt, dust, and scars.

I hear You Shawna ~... I collect all 3 of these too... especially the dust & scars, mainly on my Heart... :(

Donnie Wayne ~

MoonWaterPoet

11-25-2009, 01:49 AM

I collect Kentucky Derby mint julip glasses. I have every one going back to 1969.

Does your signature "Go Big Blue" refer to University of Kentucky basketball team? I am in Louisville, Kentucky and can get you all the Derby and U of K stuff you want...

Donnie Wayne ~

JWS

11-25-2009, 09:04 PM

Does your signature "Go Big Blue" refer to University of Kentucky basketball team? I am in Louisville, Kentucky and can get you all the Derby and U of K stuff you want...

Donnie Wayne ~

"On, on, U of K, we are right for the fight today,
Hold that ball and hit that line;
Ev'ry Wildcat star will shine;
We'll fight, fight, fight, for the blue and white
As we roll to that goal, Varsity,
We will kick, pass and run, 'til the battle is won,
And we'll bring home the victory."

Yeah, Donnie, I'm a UK grad and originally from Luavull. I don't make it the Derby most years, but my Mom picks up the glasses for me. I've got over a hundreds (lots of duplicates) and have Preakness, Belmont Stakes, and Breeders' Cup glasses too. (I've been to all these races). I have most packed to survive a big LA quake.