Collections....

Nascar memorabilia,

Grey hair, as I daily get a new one.

Jafo, you would have been my best friend with those cars.

Me, what do I collect  .......Marriages Certificates and Divorce papers     

I have a big collection of Football cards.

And Money, I love collecting Money.  

I used to collect stickers when I was a little girl. Scratch n sniff, glittery ones, and bubbled ones were the crown jewels. LOL! I feel silly now.

Well, I don't collect anything anymore.

Me also  

NFL Trading cards, not as much as I used to though. In the late 80's early 90's, companies noted the trading card buzz and wanted to cash in. Within 5 years the market was saturated.

Ah...the good ole' days...I had John Elway rookie,  A Terry Bradshaw First year, and  Steve Young from when he was in the USFL. Thousands upon thousands more....

HG....In '88 I worked the first Nascar race ever outside the US ....at 'The Thunderdome' here in Melbourne....still have the Video [now on DVD]...and the Proggy...and the cap [I think]...

aww sweet... Got a limited edition nextel hat..as well as tons of other stuff

You are exactly correct. Plus the price for a good pack of cards is about $20.

The last pack I bought was $600. It was called Playoff National Treasuures It came in a wooden box with..7 cards in it.

I'm collecting days, this one is about over for me and then comes tommorow!!!!   Way more important than anything else you can collect.

Wow!  

They're selling on Ebay between $400 and $650. I think Upperdeck has a more expensive pack.

Phone numbers   

Books. Not the expensive first editions or anything, just ones I like to read. I have more books than I have room to store them. I can read a book a day, if I have nothing else to do. I have not done that in a while cause I'm on the 'puter most of the time now.   

I collect music (CD's) that I like/interests me....currently I have 1293 CD's in my constantly growing collection, many of which are converts from old LP's that are probably no longer available in any format....and some are downloaded albums I've been unable to obtain/replace on hard-copy vinyl, tape or disc. However, the majority, around 900+ were purchased at fav music stores over 20+ years.



Bet I got more than you. Yeah, that's something else I've collected recently...the white and yellow page phone books (every number)for Tasmania & Queensland here in Oz.

I've been trying to collect money.........no seriously........

What I've ended up collecting (without trying) is art. The walls in my office and my house are covered with oil paintings, water colors, chalk, and pencil drawings as well as glass art. ALL of it created by friends or family. I do not have a single painting or other framed item that I do not know the creator personally.

Examples; I took a friend and his brother-in-law fishing while the in-law was visiting from Virginia. About 2 months later I get an email of a scan of hand sketch of a picture of myself holding a redfish I caught while we he was here. Included was a note of thanks saying to watch for a package in the mail. 3 or 4 days later I get an framed and matted 11x17 original copy in the mail. It's fantastic. One of my treasures.

My sister married a rock star (Hooverphonic) and moved to Belgium. Her father in law there is a retired draftsman who draws using small straight lines only. He did some architectural renderings in his style of drawing in ink and I have 2. The time involved for each is staggering and to me that, more than anything else, make them valuable.

I have another very good friend who is "classically trained" and paints in oils. He takes my photos and turns them into full sized paintings. I get a few (usually have to pay for the frames) and he sells a few. I also get several on loan to put on display at my office to help him sell his work. Most sell from $300-600 with a couple going for around $900.

My wife is very talented as well and has a knack for needle point, quilting, cross-stitch, drawing and watercolors taken from my pictures.

I could go on.........both grandmothers, a sister-in-law, Jackson Walker..........thing is, I never had much of an interest until I noticed one day what had happened. Now I won't put anything up that I don't have a personal connection to. I guess that makes me an art collector.

Books. Not the expensive first editions or anything, just ones I like to read.

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Although, if I happen to come across an old first edition, it usually finds a home on my shelves...

I have more books than I have room to store them.

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Me, too.

I can read a book a day, if I have nothing else to do.

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Me? I could do 3 or 4. (I'm a natural speed reader. )

But, I also like Budgies. I have an aviary in my living room...

Knew a 6'8" 'Coffin Cheater' biker in England who'd proudly tell people in a 'thuggish' East End accent: "I collect spoons!"....and he did.

Inside his colours jacket he had dozens upon dozens of teaspoons collected from various cafes he'd visited all over the UK....every one of them different: some; those very dainty souvenir type spoons.

I collect experiences. Both good and bad.

I also collect memories but now, I can't remember where I've put them.

Pipes (Tobacco) and Geodes. Started collecting geodes back in high school and just couldn't stop...help me. Some are cut and still others tend to roll every where. I can't open a drawer or cabinet anywhere in the house without running into a geode. It's an addiction...shhh...they'll hear!    

I used to collect Star Wars stuff.  I have a garage full of toys, books, games, etc.
Then I got marries and started collecting daughters.  I have four now.
They don't take up as much space in the garage but fill my heart significantly more.

My user name kinda explains what I collect. I've always had a fascination with Fairies , Dragons, Wizards and blown glass and Austrian crystal. Although I've stopped adding to the collection - I'm running out of space and energy to clean them.

I have a pretty good collection of comic books - all pre - 1970
I use to check the values every month on my 1st and 2nd edition of " Swamp Thing "
but its been a long time since I bothered. I wouldn't sell them anyway. I like looking through them to see the novelty and toy adverts.

I'm one of life's hoarders...... I tend not to throw anything away. So, I just collect everything.

I am partial to unusual watches though. When I first started collecting them in the late 70's there wasn't many unusual one's, but these days there are thousands, so it's become a pointless, expensive hobby. But I do have one of the very first Swatch watches to be sold in this country.

Recently I have been collecting unusual cell phones, anything weird or limited edition. It's fun.

I collect dust.

...sitting at the computer all day.   

Boxxi: The watch I want; Priced at $59,000 (US)

I collect belly button lint and toenail clipping from random strangers as I walk down the sidewalk singing do-wah-diddy-diddy-dum-diddy-dum!
Should I seek medication?  

Seriously..
When I was a kid, I collected beer cans. It was quite the fad back then. Later in life, I collected beer, but those dreams were quickly flushed away.  
Now, I collect belly fat while my scalp collects real estate in the form of hair foreclosure....