What else do you collect? I used to collect these.

[model3sw]

Anyone remember when an old cigar box was "the" place to store your most valuable treasures ? I still have one ... somewhere.

 

[doublesharp]

Qwantum 381 Crankin' reels.

 

[DWalt]

I have LOTS of old clocks. No particular theme, except old ones, and mostly American and decorators.

 

[JimBianchi]

In order of enjoyment:

Guns, Knifes, coins, hats, ex's.

 

[CalmerThanYou]

^^^One of those five is extra expensive!!

 

[Chubbo]

I have a "hodge podge" of collections, of everything imaginable, but have lately narrowed my collecting down , to collecting Aches, pains, doctors, and prescribed meds., for relief of them. Despite the rarity, and high cost of collecting them, one derives no enjoyment from it.
Painfully Yours,
Chubbo

 

[oldman10mm]

Amusement park/roller coaster sew-on patches,'lapel' pins, and shotglasses.

 

[nicky4968]

Am I the only person around here who collects portable typewriters?
For a while one could get wonderful Adlers, Smith-Coronas, and Royals for three to five dollars at garage sales.

 

[ExRanger714]

I accumulate members of my wife's family. Seems like I'm "collecting" one every time I start to get ahead.

 

[Narragansett]

Is four pairs of binoculars a collection?

Lieca, Steiner, and Swarovski would qualify

 

[Narragansett]

I have a plumb bob collection. Have not added to it in years. Guitars too at one point

 

[jag312]

I collect paintings with historical interest. My latest painting is the interior of the old Williams & Krauss blacksmith shop in San Jose, California. The painting measures 6 by 8 feet. The artist, Astley David Middleton Cooper, used to go there with a couple bottles of whiskey and hang out with his friends.


When FedEx was delivering the painting to me, they lost the painting. How do you lose a 6 by 8 feet painting? That's when I almost had my first stroke. After they found it, they delivered it to the wrong house. That was when I almost had my second stroke.

 

[Stevens]

I used to collect National Geographics, 1907 till 2001 when they became so PC I quit my supscription. I also have a huge stamp collection, 3 generations worth, stashed away in a closet. I've also collected rocks, Pre colombian artefacts from Latin America.
Steve W

 

[SC_Mike]

My wife's family are/were big into golf so I would get an Augusta National/Masters pin, tie clasp, or money clip, or old fashioned glassware set about once or twice a year.

I guess I collect those now.

 

[Scott in NCal]

I have collected great ammount of achs and pains over the decades. Does that count ?

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I collect CDs (50s through 80's, especially Progressive Rock), DVDs (anything WWII and James Bond), books (many on WWII), o;d beer steins, chess sets, hand tools, old hand gardening tools, and pocket knives. My wife classifies me as a functional hoarder.

 

[Golddollar]

The other 45s I have are rock and roll records. I used to be an oldies disk jockey in my misspent youth. I have no idea how many I have.

 

[Doug627]

Birthdays. I have 60 so far.

 

[BigBill]

I'm into old chainsaws. I'm not a hoarder because I can still see the floor. I even emailed the pickers on tv. I went from Husqvarna dirtbikes, to guns, to Husqvarna chainsaws. The older 70's and 80's saws are awesome.

 

[model3sw]

I cannot say I have a coin collection any more. I stopped buying proof sets in the late 1960s with the onset of clad-coinage but I still have storage boxes full of old coins, more of a hoard.

I also have a hoard of full sheet stamps of certain prints, e.g. the Superman, Old screen stars, notables of the Old West (although I didn't get the misprinted sets) and anything that caught my eye.

I also dabble in old gun leather ... and got addicted to old S&W Boxes (just the boxes without the guns).