So what do you collect?

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by golddustdrummer

I collect debt, dust, and scars.

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

[EnchantedKiwi]

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

[GypsyBlueEyes]

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

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by EnchantedKiwi

I used to collect rubbers

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

[vivfox]

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.

[WildHeart69]

Originally Posted by vivfox

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]

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]

Originally Posted by WildHeart69

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]

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 .

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! That could probably be lumped under the Fleetwood Mac header though, so disregard!

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.

[WildHeart69]

Originally Posted by vivfox

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.

[GODDESS6]

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
black hills gold
stuffed animals



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

[chiliD]

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)

[EnchantedKiwi]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

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

Americans

[mylittledemon]

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

[WildHeart69]

Originally Posted by EnchantedKiwi

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

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