What do you collect?

[Bakiryu]

So......


what?

What?



WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!????

wHAT ARE YOUR COLLECTIONS?

[Mortis Anarchy]

CDs, Books, lists...wine corks...little Buddhas or eastern gods...guitar picks...ugh, everything. I'm a pack rat.:)

[Lauren81492]

Coins and stamps...but I'm not a die hard numismatist or philatelist. I just kind of have some collections and get them out when I feel like it.

[Bakiryu]

I'm a pack rat.:)

Me too. :D My parents are afraid to enter my room, and my mum is always telling me to organize. Yesterday she opened the door (which is next to a bookcase) and a 2000 hardback copy of Lord of the rings smacked her on the head :sick: :lol: (She's ok now.) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[stlukesguild]

Books, books, art books, books, music/cds, books, art, books.... and... oh yes, I almost forgot... BOOKS!

[SleepyWitch]

postcards and stamps.. but I haven't collected any lately
got around 400-500 postcards

[manolia]

I used to collect stamps, coins, papers, napkins, bottles and corks but i have thrown everything away :D

Now i collect books and movies

[papayahed]

I kinda collect those state quarters. I also have a very large collection of books, so many I keep them in a place I like to call a library.:lol:


I was just thinking about this the other day when someone told the shoe girl to sell her shoes and do something worthwhile with the money....Are some collections better then others?

[Nightshade]

I kinda collect those state quarters. I also have a very large collection of books, so many I keep them in a place I like to call a library.:lol:


:lol: :lol:

I collect birthday cards Ive got all of mine from my 6th birthday- also othere greeting cards. And I have now got I think nearly 100 They got boxed up last year when I went away. Also collect postcards but thats a more recent thing ( only 7 years ) so dont have more than 30 or 40 of those.

[SleepyWitch]

Also collect postcards but thats a more recent thing ( only 7 years ) so dont have more than 30 or 40 of those.
wanna trade? :D

[dramasnot6]

Souls!

[Nightshade]

wanna trade? :D
Trade? No send you some of the ones I have duplicts of and some nice ones I can get from around here and you send me some of germany yes!


:D

[papayahed]

Trade? No send you some of the ones I have duplicts of and some nice ones I can get from around here and you send me some of germany yes!


:D

Don't suppose you'd want some from the exotic location of Kansas?:D


Souls!


:lol: :D

[Nightshade]

Souls!
:lol:

Don't suppose you'd want some from the exotic location of Kansas?:D
sure why not the more the merrier...I dont think I have any from the states...

[SleepyWitch]

Trade? No send you some of the ones I have duplicts of and some nice ones I can get from around here and you send me some of germany yes!


:D

:) i meant like you buy one of your place and I'll buy one of mine and then we swap them :) but if you wanna get rid of excess cards that's fine too :)

[Nightshade]

No buy is good :nod: but I also have like 5 or 6 of egypt...some are repeats and I can always get them again.

[Niamh]

Want some from Ireland you two?

I collect a lot of stuff! Books and statues of faeries (also have few pictures) Books, Antiquarian books, costume jewelry(new fettish) DVDs, perfume bottles, little bowls and plates(very new fettish. Have decided that everytime i go somewhere i must buy a little plate or bowl from that place. Have three now. A beautiful handmade plate from when i was last in aberdeen, a stone bowl carved from a rock containing real fossils from Edinburgh, and a little plate similar to bowl from Lincoln. My mam also gave me a two plates, one is a plate with flowers on it and the other is a Queen Elizabeth II jubelie plate.)

[SleepyWitch]

night, let's trade two in an envelope then? I'll send you two of Nuremberg (or maybe you'd like a kitchy one of Castle Neuschwanstein?) and you'll send me one of Egypt and one of England?

Niamh, I haven't any card from Ireland yet! that would be cool :) what would you like in return?

[PrinceMyshkin]

Dust!

[Nightshade]

Want some from Ireland you two?

I collect a lot of stuff! Books and statues of faeries (also have few pictures) Books, Antiquarian books, costume jewelry(new fettish) DVDs, perfume bottles, little bowls and plates(very new fettish. Have decided that everytime i go somewhere i must buy a little plate or bowl from that place. Have three now. A beautiful handmade plate from when i was last in aberdeen, a stone bowl carved from a rock containing real fossils from Edinburgh, and a little plate similar to bowl from Lincoln. My mam also gave me a two plates, one is a plate with flowers on it and the other is a Queen Elizabeth II jubelie plate.)


night, let's trade two in an envelope then? I'll send you two of Nuremberg (or maybe you'd like a kitchy one of Castle Neuschwanstein?) and you'll send me one of Egypt and one of England?

Niamh, I haven't any card from Ireland yet! that would be cool :) what would you like in return?

Yuppsies I just have to get my boxes and envelopes and bags out of the loft and sort through them which wont happen at least till thursday.

[SleepyWitch]

Yuppsies I just have to get my boxes and envelopes and bags out of the loft and sort through them which wont happen at least till thursday.

take your time :) I'll have to buy some anyway, which won't happend till Friday

[Niamh]

night, let's trade two in an envelope then? I'll send you two of Nuremberg (or maybe you'd like a kitchy one of Castle Neuschwanstein?) and you'll send me one of Egypt and one of England?

Niamh, I haven't any card from Ireland yet! that would be cool :) what would you like in return?

I dont want anything in return....or maybe a small piece of local stone/pebble? for my small rock collection?:idea:

[Nightshade]

Dont know about customes and stones Niamh do they have the same whats it laws as the UK? Or is that only coral?

hey how about sand from the foot of the pyrimds? not sure if we have any left though but Ill check.

[papayahed]

Dont know about customes and stones Niamh do they have the same whats it laws as the UK? Or is that only coral?

hey how about sand from the foot of the pyrimds? not sure if we have any left though but Ill check.

got any rock from a pyramid? It would go nicely from the rock I took from a pyramid in Mexico. I went on a tour of a pyramid that was only partial excavated, once you climb up you could walk around the thing at your own risk which you know I did and as I was walking a piece came off in my hand I figured it wanted to go home with me.

[Niamh]

Dont know about customes and stones Niamh do they have the same whats it laws as the UK? Or is that only coral?

hey how about sand from the foot of the pyrimds? not sure if we have any left though but Ill check.

I've a small plastic bag full of sand from the pyramids already! A friend of mine brought it back for me years ago.
What law in the uk?

[Nightshade]

Coral bringing into the uk is illegal now has been for as long as I rember.
wasnt 25 years ago though I know that.

Rats nims I thought a pyrimid sand paperweight would be perfect.

paya your kidding me right you sit on the bottm stones of the pyrimid and they go balistic. Climibing the pyramid is a strict NO-NO didnt use to be ... my dad has a pic of him up on it from his college days.
but people were vandalising it.

[Niamh]

Coral bringing into the uk is illegal now has been for as long as I rember.
wasnt 25 years ago though I know that.

Rats nims I thought a pyrimid sand paperweight would be perfect.

paya your kidding me right you sit on the bottm stones of the pyrimid and they go balistic. Climibing the pyramid is a strict NO-NO didnt use to be ... my dad has a pic of him up on it from his college days.
but people were vandalising it.

:lol: I also have a pyramid paperweight(with pen holder:p ) I keep my sand in the box with it! See;
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/Picture011.jpg

[papayahed]

paya your kidding me right you sit on the bottm stones of the pyrimid and they go balistic. Climibing the pyramid is a strict NO-NO didnt use to be ... my dad has a pic of him up on it from his college days.
but people were vandalising it.


:bawling: Some people have to ruin it for eveybody......

[Niamh]

I can get you some postcards from work Nightie and Sleepy. Any type in particular you want?

[jlb4tlb]

My wife says that I never throw anything away! I collect Fiction, History and comic books, pulp and Science Fiction mags. Hockey cards and Gettysburg stuff.

Hopeless pack rat:D

Jeff

[LadyWentworth]

What DON'T I collect? For me it is books, bookmarks, movies, classic movie memorabilia, music (all sorts!), Coca-Cola memorabilia, "Phantom of the Opera" memorabilia, magnets, and those ridiculously expensive Walt Disney figurines (well, just the "Beauty and the Beast" figures).

[higley]

My wife says that I never throw anything away! I collect Fiction, History and comic books, pulp and Science Fiction mags. Hockey cards and Gettysburg stuff.

Hopeless pack rat:D

Jeff

Oh your poor wife. :p The Gettysburg stuff sounds really interesting, what in particular do you collect?

[LadyWentworth]

Well, I might as well be honest and add on that I like to collect historical dress patterns, US Civil War stuff, Musical Theatre memorabilia (not just "Phantom) and baseball stuff (especially Milwaukee Brewers).

[Demian]

I collect ancient unreadable tomes of forgotten religions and the collected works of my favorite authors. I also collect obscure and unendurable songs on my computer which I burn later (another obsession) and play at ear deafening levels to the grateful citizens of this fine state. :lol:

[SleepyWitch]

I dont want anything in return....or maybe a small piece of local stone/pebble? for my small rock collection?:idea:

if you're very lucky (i.e. if the weather is good), my bf and me will go to Solnhofen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solnhofen) this weekend.
it's where they found like 7+ archeopteryx. there's an old quarry where everyone's allowed to dig for fossils. last time I went (as a kid) we found tons of ammonites of all sizes, so I'll try and find a small one for you.
if we can't go, I'll have to scrape off a piece of the Nuremberg city wall ;)

[Niamh]

if you're very lucky (i.e. if the weather is good), my bf and me will go to Solnhofen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solnhofen) this weekend.
it's where they found like 7+ archeopteryx. there's an old quarry where everyone's allowed to dig for fossils. last time I went (as a kid) we found tons of ammonites of all sizes, so I'll try and find a small one for you.
if we can't go, I'll have to scrape off a piece of the Nuremberg city wall ;)

:eek: :eek: :eek: Fossils!!!!!!! I completely forgot about fossils!!!! I have a few that my friend posted from sweden. She got them on Gotland. I like fossils!*starts praying for good weather in germany.....*

[Madhuri]

My brothers and I used to collect matchbox covers, when we were small. We don't have such an obsession now, rather we laugh at what silly things we used to do.

My current obsession is bangles. I have quite a few varities, not all have been bought by me. Whenever my mother goes visiting our relatives in Benaras, I ask her to bring as many designs as she can find :D. That place has some very good collection, or so it is said.

[Granny5]

Dust!

Hey Jer, I can send you as much as you want to add to your collection!

[jlb4tlb]

Oh your poor wife. :p The Gettysburg stuff sounds really interesting, what in particular do you collect?



Lots of different items, books both old and new, my fays are the state published ones that print the monument dedication speeches. Shot glasses and other table wares. Old photos, The list goes on and on and on. :D

You are so right when you say "Oh your poor wife." Shes put up with me for over 20 years now.

Jeff

[mtpspur]

Where to start: Many comic titles covering a range: Avengers (just restarting those for the 5th and final time, Jonah Hex, Dick Tracy, Felix the Cat, Mighty Mouse, Batman (certain titles to keep my hand in), Phantom Stranger, King of the Royal Mounted, The Defenders, Suicide Squad to name several.

Pulp/Magazines: Have complete Worlds of If (175 issues), Zane Grey Western (1970s editions); Saint Magazine (have 102 out of 141), Dime Detective (about 40 out of 274 issues); Planet Stories (7 out of 71 issues); certain pulp writers primarily John K. Butler and Frederick Nebel (he's the reason I stumbled on this site); G-Fan (a magazine devoted to Godzilla--70 some odd issues. Some Shadow pulps and many reprints.

2000 AD (from England--starting with issue 42 and I have over 800 issues -- not doing as well with the Judge Dredd Magazine.

Comic strips--Have been collecting weekly Price Valaint since mid 1980 and HAD an unbroken run from 1985 up until last Dec 24th when I somehow forget to save that week and didn't discover it until mid March this year when I was clipping the saved sections. Any one out there abble to help I except zerox. Have about 180 King of the Royal Mounted Sunday strips (including the very first which I have in a frame in the library ) from the 30s and 40s.

Books: Mostly series: Matt Helm, Quiller, Keith Laumer's Retief and Bolos (with the new books carrying on), Shadow reprints, Secret Agent X reprints, pulp crime fiction anthology; Fu Manchu novels; Jane Austen mysteries, umpole of the Bailey.

DVDS: Mostly series TV--Buffy, Angel, ecret Agent, Rawhide, House MD, Have Gun Will Travel, Batman Animated, James Bond movies, Le Femme Nikita, Columbo, Remington Steele, Magnum PI, Rockford Files, Prisoner, Gilmore Girls, Little House on the Praire, Pinky and the Brain and others.

Finally, Spurgeon primarily the Metropolitan Tabernace Pulpit, Treasure of David, writings of Thomas Watson, Thomas Brookes, some Calvin and Luther and the great Matthw Henry--this to balance all the worldiness I have accumulated.

[BlueSkyGB]

I'm a pack rat.....stuff just piles up around here.....
Actually try and collect music....old blues..:D ...have hundreds of Grateful Dead shows....quite a few old jazz collections(Coltrane and Louis Armstrong) and I think I have every live show the Allman Brothers played(those with Duane):D

[Bakiryu]

My brothers and I used to collect matchbox covers, when we were small. We don't have such an obsession now, rather we laugh at what silly things we used to do.

My current obsession is bangles. I have quite a few varities, not all have been bought by me. Whenever my mother goes visiting our relatives in Benaras, I ask her to bring as many designs as she can find :D. That place has some very good collection, or so it is said.

Bangles!

I actually want to go to India so I can buy lots! *Bangle obbsesion* I envy you madhuri! :bawling:

[Virgil]

I collect several things. But the most original is my ceramic replicas of lighthouses. I have about 40 or so. They are exact replicas of famous and not so famous actual lighthouses, hand painted with very good detail. Here is one I found on google images:

http://images.replacements.com/images/images5/china/C/danbury_mint_historic_international_lighthouses_no _box_P0000267465S0002T2.jpg

[applepie]

Postcards, shells, rocks (gems and minerals not just rocks from my driveway or anything:)), tea... this one drives my husband crazy. He can't understand why I would want to have some 50+ different kinds of tea at any given time:lol: I drink them all, and I'm even clearing my collection out at the moment. I'll start again after I move. The hubby said he would just put them in the garbage rather than send them with the movers:( I'm sure there are some other things, but those are the ones off the top of my head.

[Pensive]

Hmmm...mainly happiness is what I love to collect. Gathering information about things/people I am curious about is great too!

[SleepyWitch]

:eek: :eek: :eek: Fossils!!!!!!! I completely forgot about fossils!!!! I have a few that my friend posted from sweden. She got them on Gotland. I like fossils!*starts praying for good weather in germany.....*

hey Niamh, we went to the wrong quarry for fossils but we did find lots of cute dendrites. they are created when iron and manganese seep in between the layers of rock and forms patterns that look like tiny trees.
here's a pic of one off the internet.
http://geomuseum.tu-clausthal.de/mineralogie/minerale/images/M450x300/dendrit_d10_m.jpg

would you like some? I'd prefer to mail them in October, though, coz I'm kinda broke at the moment :D

[Niamh]

hey Niamh, we went to the wrong quarry for fossils but we did find lots of cute dendrites. they are created when iron and manganese seep in between the layers of rock and forms patterns that look like tiny trees.
here's a pic of one off the internet.
http://geomuseum.tu-clausthal.de/mineralogie/minerale/images/M450x300/dendrit_d10_m.jpg

would you like some? I'd prefer to mail them in October, though, coz I'm kinda broke at the moment :D

:nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: yes please!:D

[SleepyWitch]

:nod: :nod: :nod: :nod: yes please!:D

I'll send you one in October then :) the ones we found are not as nice as that in the pic, though, they are mainly manganese (=black "trees")

[Niamh]

I'll send you one in October then :) the ones we found are not as nice as that in the pic, though, they are mainly manganese (=black "trees")
its still cool though!!!!

[Anza]

I used to collect fossils and rocks, but my parents didn't like it so I had to throw them out. Now I collect CD's, and Model Horses. I have an extensive collection of Breyer Models. Some are over forty years old. One that is 42, I traded for a year's worth of school french fries in forth grade, I just recently got him appraised and he's worth $170. I was shocked!
I also collect sheet music for cello, and names, because I write a lot and a good name is always helpful.

[Oniw17]

I collect coins and stamps...and downloaded music.

[Poetess]

Almost anything.. I just like to keep things
mostly: Pens
Papers
Books
metallic objects
bags! nylon bags..
earrings....

[Niamh]

its still cool though!!!!

just realised... i'm such a geek!

[jon1jt]

Books and music.

[Weisinheimer]

Keychains. but I haven't really gotten any in a while.

[formality hater]

I collect dead insects,chewing-gum wrappers and the parts of broken gadgets!

[Pensive]

I collect dead insects,chewing-gum wrappers and the parts of broken gadgets!

I used to collect silvery chewing-gum wrappers too, quite attractive they looked! :D And hey, broken gadgets can be quite useful too. To obtain wires and for experiments as well.

Haven't seen you lately! I thought perhaps you had left (and your summer vacations might have been over) as you mentioned you would disappear after your summer holidays here! (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27444&page=2)
I won the bet! Yaaaay! Man am I not good with bets? :p But of course I can be wrong too, when my magical crystal ball is not working... :p

[formality hater]

I used to collect silvery chewing-gum wrappers too, quite attractive they looked! :D And hey, broken gadgets can be quite useful too. To obtain wires and for experiments as well.

Haven't seen you lately! I thought perhaps you had left (and your summer vacations might have been over) as you mentioned you would disappear after your summer holidays here! (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27444&page=2)
I won the bet! Yaaaay! Man am I not good with bets? :p But of course I can be wrong too, when my magical crystal ball is not working... :p

Yeah right, the GREAT-GRAND SEER!:D

[Pensive]

Yeah right, the GREAT-GRAND SEER!:D

Ah, finally someone who admits that! :p

We tell, we predict
We say what we know
Without caring whether
It's bad or good
We tell, we predict
We tell all we know

So beware if you hear
For your hearing makes
Our prophecies true!

[Bakiryu]

I wish I had more bangles. If I ever get to go to India I'll buy then by the pound!

[Lily Adams]

Souls!

*gladly gives up soul to Drama just for her being ingenius enough to say that*

I'm not worthyyyyyy!

[Bakiryu]

Drama is too late! I already gave my soul away. :( But I'm sure Helel is using it somehow!

[BulletproofDork]

I collect dust . . . seriously, there's a thick layer on my dresser.
:lol:

[Bakiryu]

I collect dust . . . seriously, there's a thick layer on my dresser.
:lol:

Dude! All my things are covered with dust, my allergies are soooo bad :lol: :lol: :lol: there are ants too. :alien:

[Shurtugal]

i colect little bunny statues. started when i got a statue that looked like my rabbit.

[Visionary3]

I collect jewlery and beads for jewelry making. I have a cabinet with 17 drawers full and in other places also. I collect books and have about 100 cook books. I collect holiday decorations and have boxes of each. I collect beautiful and unusual pictures from the interenet so I always have new ones for my emails. I collect magazine pictures, calendar pictures, cards, etc. for scrapbooking and decopage. A new craft is goop gluing china plates, and vases, and little teapots in a stack for a garden or indoor table decoration. I have two tables full of things to do this, but have only finished one so far.

[lilbrattyteen]

I've definitely got one of the weirdest book-collecting habits mentioned here, from the sound of it....
I collect college English/literature textbooks. I've got one from 1890 and a few from the 1910s. Fascinating stuff and SMELLS SO GOOD!
Here they are:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?tag=English+texts+anthologies&view=lilbrattyteen

[Madhuri]

I wish I had more bangles. If I ever get to go to India I'll buy then by the pound!

There must be Indian stores / shops in the US. I am sure you'll get bangles there. But, let me say, THAT is a very good excuse to come to India :p :D.

[BibliophileTRJ]

Scars.

[Niamh]

Scars.

Poor Biblio..

[drunkenKOALA]

I used to collect stamps....when I get enough money I plan on collecting board games.

[BibliophileTRJ]

Poor Biblio..

Not looking for sympathy.... I'm actually kind of proud of my scar collection.
many people see them as disfiguring; but I think they're more like badges of validation. My "diplomas" if you will; since each one signifies a lesson learned.

[browneyedbailey]

Not looking for sympathy.... I'm actually kind of proud of my scar collection.
many people see them as disfiguring; but I think they're more like badges of validation. My "diplomas" if you will; since each one signifies a lesson learned.

I can relate...

I also colect song lyrics

[Shalot]

snowglobes

[Bakiryu]

I collect memories and music.....

[thelastmelon]

Books, CD's, DVD's.. :thumbs_up
I have more books than any of the other two though.

[Dori]

Books (mainly classics and history), Classical Music CDs, Games Workshop models, Hockey Pucks, and a few other things.

[Joreads]

I collect books from my favorite authors
I collect DVD's of my favorite shows.

Trouble is i am running out of room for both:bawling:

[Lily Adams]

Well, I collect the normal stuff like books, movies and music.

But my more interesting collections are records, (only 2 so far) and receipts. I use the receipts for bookmarks.

I guess records go under "music" but no one listens to them hardly anymore. :D I love how they sound.

I also reeeeeaaaalllly want to start collecting vintage science fiction comic books.

[pussnboots]

I collect dog statues or dog stuffed animals. My wall unit in my living room is filled with them.

[amalia1985]

Books, CDs, pens, miniature books, little wooden objects, posters...

[symphony]

Permanent markers... *blush* i'm addicted to the way their spirits smell. :p

[Jane Jane]

I never thought of myself as a collector really, but upon reflection I see this is not so.
I like to collect thoughts, little bits of someone's heart and mind, from antiquity forward. I go back over them, contemplate them and apply them to my life as needed.
I also like to collect material, the most natural and expertly woven the better. From all over the world. I like natural earth tones or if more colorful, very faded and rich looking. I make them into items, preferring to sew by hand, stitch by stich and give many away as heirlooms, gifts that can be treasured and passed down from generation to generation.
Last, I love to collect children's stories from long ago. Again from all cultures and parts of the earth. I lose myself in them and go on strange and wonderful journeys.

[Lily Adams]

Permanent markers... *blush* i'm addicted to the way their spirits smell. :p

I got headache just reading that. :p