What else do we collect?

I also collect vintage handbags and costume jewelry.

I collect shoes, I did a stocktake in 2004 and at that time I own approximately 150 pairs.

records/LPs/45s - at last count somewhere around 8500 of them
(CDs to some extent too, i guess, think i've about 7000 of those)

also, coffee mugs from/of every place i've visited

I collect antiques & collectibles.
Owned an antique shop in Canada at one time.
I've been hooked ever since.
I mainly love to collect porcelain, pottery and glass, but also furniture, pictures, jewellery, etc etc etc etc.... oh .... and dust!!
Chintz, depression glass, Moorcroft, H & K, FlowBlue, cobalt blue glass, teapots.... God I hope I haven't forgotten something!

Used to collect Military medals. Now it is stereo gear from the 70's, wine, just started with automatic watches. Collecting fragrances is new for me too.

Rollercoasters. Not literally, but my hobby is riding them. I should break the 300 barrier this year (300 different coasters - not how many times I ride 'em).

kitsch

Well, I have a collection of Converse Chuck Taylors, but all the pairs I have I actually wear. At last count, I had 23 pairs. If I had kept all the pairs that I've sold or given away, I'd probably have around 60.

I collect original art...paintings, sculpture...mostly abstract...a few figurative sculptures.
I also collect decorative orbs (round objects) of all sizes and material (wood, bronze, metal...) Orbs are also a theme in many of the paintings that I collect.

I collect EUROPE memorabilia (as in the Swedish band that hit the big time with the track "The Final Countdown"). My collection is worth over $15,000

My wife collects antique chain-mail handbags.

We also collect etchings by the Swedish architect/engraver Axel Herman Haig.

Bird figures and other birdy art. Also crystal stemware and china in my patterns.
Hungarian books.

I collect silver candlesticks, vintage Fiesta ware dishes, vintage Jadeite dishes. I also use all of the things I collect because I hate to see anything just sitting around and not being useful!

I also collect cobalt blue glassware, pottery, depression glass, crystal, and eiffel tower trinket boxes.

Fredricktoo...you are evil for showing me that link.

I used to collect records (esp. obscure garage rock). When there were records.

Buddah statues, dangly earrings and eyeshadow

You know what I always thought was the stupidest freakin' thing to collect?

Those little spoons from tourist destinations!

I hate those! Like if I went on a date to a girl's house, and she had one of those wooden display cases with dozens of little spoons, I'd be laughing to myself as I bolted for the door!

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I've got half a dozen pairs of Asics Onitsuka Tiger tennis shoes.

I've got a hell of a music collection (though not quite as big as Rentboy's)

And half a dozen plaid Kangol hats

Right now though, cologne is still my big money hole.

Perfume is my most expensive hobby that I have so far. My goal is to own all the Serge Lutens that I want, which will probably end out to be half his line.

I also collect airline miles... living in rural Alaska, that's pretty easy to do. I also love music, but I only have about 18 gigs of music. Not too much compared to some of my friends. and all my stuff is LEGAL.

And I collect beauty products, especially face exfoliators and MAC lipglass/lustreglass. I am just getting into lipstick and I got 5 tubes of MAC lipstick. Mmmmm....

My favorite exfoliating kits so far are DDF Glycolic, Philosophy Microdelivery Peel, bliss Steep Clean, my Clairsonic brush, Clinique turnaround, and Murad exfoliating gel. My name is Rosie, and I'm an over-exfoliator. I also love NV Perricone face moisturizers and acne gel-cream. It wouldn't be so bad, except that the acne stuff is $55 a tube and the moisturizers are about $90. *sigh* I need a rich sugar daddy.

Things I would like to collect: Clothes (Chloe), shoes, backpacking gear, motorcycles (Ducati), houses, antique furniture, jewelry, art.

I collect dust too, but that's because I'm lazy. When I come home tired from work and the gym, the last thing I want to do is the dusting...

hmm......

my wife thinks i collect guitars, though i only have a few (like 6 ready to play, 2 that need a little work, 2 that are just in pieces, 2 basses, 1 on layaway).

used to collect LPs. sold off about 1/2 - 2/3 though, so now only a a few hundred pounds of vinyl.

enough vacuum tubes to qualify as a collection by some standards. used to have lots of audio components that used them too. marriage changes so many things...

and a little collection of medical art books, though not of the antiquarian variety, all fairly recent and mostly in print.

Apart from the books and music, majolica, William Morris fabric and Victorian Scottish pebble jewelry.

Yo-yo's.. Yes, the toy - and not necessarily vintage ones but modern versions. Ones made of titanium and quality aluminum alloys on a CNC lathe that spin for 15+ minutes on a single throw.. Seems there's a new "boutique" "niche" yo-yo coming out every other day and they all cost $100+, typically sell out in a day or two, and skyrocket in value within weeks! I'm actually considering selling off some of my yo-yo's to fund my fragrance obsession!

Prior to yo-yo's and fragrances I was into collecting music (particularly the 4AD record label) Salamanders & Newts (I even had several species of salamanders hibernating in my fridge!) and all sorts of random other stuff..

My girlfriend says I've got problems.. I'm beginning to agree with her..

I collect anything Coca Cola. My whole kitchen is done up with Coca Cola signs and I have glasses & dishes. I have Coca Cola pillows, towels, rugs, and clothes.

Here's the story behind my love of Coca Cola, just incase you were bored silly and had nothing else to do lol.


Well, when I was a little girl we would go visit my maternal grandparents in NC. Back in those days the south was still segregated in most parts. My Grandma was mixed with black/white/native american and my Grand-Daddy was black. My Grandma was a tough old bird. Not many people would tangle with her. She got away with most things partly because of her skin tone (very light), but she was still considered to be black. Anyhoo, at that time blacks were not allowed to purchase Coca Cola. They were only allowed to buy Pepsi and other sodas. I don't know why that was, but that's what my Moms told me later after my Grand-Daddy passed away. I don't know who gave my Grand-Daddy his first taste of Coca Cola, but that became his favorite soda. He couldn't buy it, but they would let my Grandma buy it. He kept it under his bed. He had other sodas like grape and Sundrop, but Coca Cola was his favorite. He would drink a Coke at dinner time. Sometimes when we visited them there would be a house full of my other cousins. Everybody ate at the table, but my Grand-Daddy ate at the counter. I would always sit in my Grand-Daddy's lap and eat right out of his plate. We would eat together and drink Coca Cola. My other cousins had to drink lemonade or Sundrop, but I was the only one that got to drink Coca Cola with my Grand-Daddy. I am a serious Daddy's Girl. So, it was no surprise that I would be a Grand-Daddy's girl. So, that's why I love Coca Cola to this day.
You know he loved cologne too. He loved to smell good. My Moms would always get him colgne for a gift. You could smell him a mile away lol!! My Moms would get on him about putting on too much. He would tell her that Grandma wanted to come and smell him. My Grandma would tell him he was too old to do anything, what she wanna smell him for lol!! I miss them.

I have a couple of trays, but I don't know how old they are though. I actually got a lot of things not too long ago. My cousin was working for a resturant who was switching from Coke products to Pepsi. So, they had to pull down all the coke things that they had. I had a ball. I have huge coke bottles and retro signs and trays. I'll have to take a pic of my kitchen when I get home and post it.

Victorian Dental Advertising Cards

US Prooflike Morgan (1878-1921)-and VAM varieties-silver dollars

Cigar Box Labels and ephemera

Portugese Vintage Oporto--but I am steadily consuming my collection!!

Watches, Wine, Vintage Stereo Receivers from the 70's-80's, used to collect military medals, pins, etc too.

I keep one finger of everyone I kill in a jar

Well I have about 30 double edge razors, all of which I have either used or will use. Not sure that qualifies as a collection. Some are early 1900's; others from the 60's & 70's. I'm a member of Badger and Blade, the wet-shaving site, and got to BN because a number of B&B members mentioned it.

I enjoyed reading this thread; made me feel that my hobby isn't too weird.

jim

So...Everyone you kill gives you the finger, eh?

Man it's so funny that I notice this thread now - I was just thinking today - "Man, the people on basenotes are obviously a bunch of crazy quasi-OCD maniacs like me - I bet they all have insane collections of other things at home" and I was thinking of starting a thread on it, but I guess you all beat me to it!

Some great stuff and funny answers. I like the one about collecting dust...

I collect strange action figures. If I get some money I'll probably collect a few ancient roman coins of my favourite characters.

Japan in particular makes some great ones.

Orchid Dude


Misfits


Blacklight Microman



"King Walder II" (Only in Japan can a nasty bad guy be called "King Walder II"









Sid Vicious





Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat

Porn? I purposefully *didn't* post the figure porn scenarios, though I do have them of course!

Obscure 80's music. Goth, shoegazer etc...

TV series on DVD (Northern Exposure, Sliders, X-Files, Twin Peaks - when are they going to relese series 2?!). Got just about everything out on dvd that's a TV series. Also obscure/failed TV series (most on VHS)....Ferris Bueller's Day Off The TV series anyone? Uncle Buck the TV series?....I'll get me coat.

Sorry about that - no I can't resize them but I can erase the ones that are long.

Books:
Cooking
Zelazny
other SciFI/Fantasy
Theology

Cooking equipment:
a granite and a marble mortar and pestle
nearly every Wusthof Trident knife I want (7" hollow ground Santuko showing up soon)
so many herbs and spices you would not believe

I have somewhat of a wine cellar, but at only 7 cases, it's not much of a collection.

Me too.

I used to be a DJ (many years ago...). I haven't counted how much vinyl I have (rough estimate probably 1,200), but the cd's I burned into Itunes so I know that I have around 18,000 songs.

Thank you for sharing that memory with us.

There is a book called The Real Pepsi Challenge that you might be interested in reading. Essentially, Pepsi decided to court the African-American market because Coca-Cola was ignoring it. More than that, Pepsi had an integrated work force and management opportunities for African-Americans at a time when most companies would have said that couldn't be done. What is interesting to me is that doing the right thing is quite often the thing that makes the most business sense, too.


Some people are compelled to collect, just as some people have an addictive personality. I have collected fragrance, bible translations, linux distributions, pens, and probably some other things if I think about it. I seem to collect about 30 or 40 examples, and then I get interested in collecting something else. Does anyone else have a similar pattern of collecting?

Music.

I used to have a fantastic collection of house music on vinyl. Started in 1990 and ending about 2003. Covering anything related to Sasha through to contemporary progressive house.
A sad day when these all went,2 years ago.

I hunt down concert bootlegs,now. I need only one more to have a full house of Stone Roses sets (Shrewsbury Park Lane 1989,with the soundcheck,too) just in case anyone has it , I also need only 3 more to have a full compliment of Libertines sets (pre 2004). Thank goodness for the internet.

I miss my vinyl and Technics 1210 turntables...............

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