What do you collect, other than coins?????

ksteelheader · January 11, 2004 7:16AM

I collect dolls!!!! .................Ken
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razorface1027 · January 11, 2004 7:21AM

Franklin Mint die cast cars (30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s). Soon they'll be for sale...

numismatic2004 · January 11, 2004 7:21AM

I collect AOL disks and tins,there is an estimated 4500 different designs for each of them,AOL themself dosen't even know how many different designs they have.The floppy disks from the late 80's when AOL was called Quantom something can go for pretty high on eBay.

bearcave · January 11, 2004 7:25AM

Hookers and whiskey! Oh, never mind thats what the sheriff tells me I can't have when doing a prisoner transport with the credit card!

ldhair · January 11, 2004 7:26AM

Anything Lincoln in bronze.

Sphinx357 · January 11, 2004 7:32AM

1:18 scale diecast cars

ccr · January 11, 2004 7:34AM

Was into rare LP`s until a few years ago. Still have almost all of them and the pride of the collection are some rare Jimi Hendrix and Django Rienhardt LP`s that where released in the 50`s. In case you never heard of Django Rienhardt, most people haven`t. He is one of the best, some say the best, guitar player in jazz!

He died about 50 years ago of a stroke. His best stuff, at least my favorite, is from the mid to late 1930`s. http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html

Neptune · January 11, 2004 7:38AM

Rocks and semi-precious gemstones. We like to mine our own crystals and are rockhounds.

Here's one of the big clusters we mined from our last trip. This photo, of course, by no means shows the true beauty.

Giant Quartz Crystal Cluster from Fecho Mine in Arkansas

HavanaJoe · January 11, 2004 7:48AM

Mutual fund shares!

JrGMan2004 · January 11, 2004 7:55AM

Bad hard drives... most are "self made" hehehe, I have a 3 foot high stack of 6.4 gig Western Digital Hard Drives in the corner of my room, and not a one of them is any good... I also collect broken drum sticks, I have about a dozen from different friends, and some of my own... including an aluminum tenor mallet and a wood tenor mallet that took me about 3 hours to break... cheap *** wood... in the past, I've also been a Collectible Card Game player... I've played most major games, Star Wars CCG, Star Trek CCG, Magic: The Gathering, PokeMon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon Ball Z:CCG and I've helped my friend a time or two play testing a CCG of his own... loads of fun

Dog97 · January 11, 2004 8:11AM

Blue Willow china. And guns.

ksteelheader · January 11, 2004 8:13AM

And guns.......

....Ken

wjd283 · January 11, 2004 8:15AM

Currency,Shot glasses(have used em all),Nascar cards & memorabelia,Logo golf balls,Astronomy books,&
lenses for my telescope.(More expensive than coins & currency).Also have a 13.6 Gig Western Dig HD thats dead but don't really want a collection.

Louis · January 11, 2004 8:15AM

Antique firearms and knives.

Dog97 · January 11, 2004 8:15AM

<<<And guns...........Ken>>>

Stuart · January 11, 2004 8:20AM

Mutual Funds Shares, a few High Risk/High Reward Stocks and Dividend Checks!!!

Actually, a few Winchester Commemorative Rifles, Knives, Colored Gemstones, and I am fortunate enough to still have my childhood collection of Baseball & Football Cards circa 1967-69

MSD61 · January 11, 2004 8:33AM

I don't know if this counts, but I work a lot with 3D art as my other hobby. So I collect 3D figures, props,backgrounds and 3D art media and modeling programs. Outside of that I collect dust

Mike

LucyBop · January 11, 2004 8:40AM

hmmmm.......

Lets see, I also do Franklin Mint cars, Pez dispensors, Movies from the 50s, Betty Boop anything..., A huge Comic Book collection, TV Guides from the 50s, argueablly the biggest music collection in the country from the 1950s, Vintage and replica radios such as Crosley and other bakelights, Christmas Ornaments, Peddle Cars, Stamps, DVDs, Saddle Shoes, Classic cars that includes my 62 olds, 64 tbird, 55 belair, 56 beliar, 52 chevy, 64 vw bug, 67 vw bug, 95 cougar, 2002 turbo s, 2001 monte carlo pace car... besides that, i don't collect hardly anything...

Cladiator · January 11, 2004 8:40AM

Fine antique jewelery. Edwardian mainly but I'll get any piece with great eye appeal! Fillagree rocks

allegri · January 11, 2004 8:44AM

Legacy Unix workstations mostly old Sun Sparcs. All are running and actually doing something useful (DNS, mail server, web server).
Current longest uptime is something over 370 days.

The collection above has spawned a collection of Unix operating systems that now includes:

HP/UX
Solaris (various releases)
AIX
Linux (various flavors)
FreeBSD

Very inexpensive too.

-Brian

ksteelheader · January 11, 2004 8:54AM

Shot glasses(have used em all),...I like this kind of person....Ken....

JRocco · January 11, 2004 8:54AM

It's a curse that I live with EVERY DAY----I collect everything....

ksteelheader · January 11, 2004 9:00AM

I have some guns also...Ken
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Outhaul · January 11, 2004 9:01AM

Fender Stratocasters

USA made ONLY!

Cheers,

Bob

Tsimmerdown · January 11, 2004 9:09AM

I collect US paper Currency (in case you didn't know that by now) and old pocket watches. The US Currency is what attracts me to CU. The pocket watches I use as my actual time piece for daily use. I'm not talking the cheap cr@p pocket watches you can buy at Walfart, but older watches from the days they were wound up and don't run on batteries. They're real attention getters.. people wonder why I don't wear a wrist watch. I just don't like how they look!

dollardude · January 11, 2004 9:10AM

Dead Presidents, like Franklin, Grant, Jackson, Hamilton, Lincoln, and Washington!

Seriously, I collect beer steins. I try to get Anheiser-Busch's collector steins every Christmas and St. Pat's Day. I also have one I bought when I was in Germany from Munchen (Munich) -- home of the Oktoberfest!

Barry · January 11, 2004 9:13AM

QSL cards, from my amateur radio contacts. Here are a few:

Top one is King Hussein. Next is a view from a rooftop in Tunisia

Next are the South Sandwich Islands and the little guys in tuxedos waddling around, and below that, a more temperate climate in Mauritius

wingedliberty · January 11, 2004 9:30AM

I collect firearms, particularly Ruger .22/45 pistols. This is my favorite model that I have.Ruger 22/45 P512

I also collect 1:24 scale Motormax and Code 3 Police Cruisers.
Code 3 Nevada Highway Patrol Cruiser. 1:24 scale

I also enjoy history and politics.

JxnBoy · January 11, 2004 9:45AM

Japanese Mini-LP CDs. Miniaturized versions of the old LP with the same artwork, gatefold covers, liner notes, etc.

Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2586191422

1jester · January 11, 2004 9:47AM

Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars. Huge collection for sale now; see Miscellaneous 4-sale Board.

mercurynut · January 11, 2004 9:54AM

Anything having to due w/ the Red Sox and the history of the game of Baseball.....and belly button lint.

SDSportsFan · January 11, 2004 10:48AM

I also collect US stamps, sports cards and autographs, astronaut autographs, 1/24 scale NASCAR diecast (mainly Dale Earnhardt), and Star Trek memorabilia.

Steve

jeffnpcb · January 11, 2004 10:53AM

Antique furniture and china! Future generations will hopefully appreciate craftsmanship, quality and a work of art! First we have to instill these qualities in our children and their children! This begins with them living in that environment!

Trooper · January 11, 2004 11:07AM

Old Telephones and Western Electric stuff....
Had more than what I have now. I'm slowly dispearsing.

Tom

Bustman · January 11, 2004 11:16AM

Antique cameras and original civil war photographs.

Cladiator · January 11, 2004 11:19AM

I forgot one...oil pantings (age is not important) that display the moon at night. Haven't gotten any new ones in quite some time.

Here is one I'm contemplating acquiring now that I'm thinking about it again

Legend · January 11, 2004 11:21AM

Minerals (I LOVE tourmalines in their original form) and Original Comic strip art (try collecting this stuff and then tell me how illiquid coins are-not).

Wolfy00002 · January 11, 2004 11:21AM

Gemstone and mineral sphere's and pyramids, wolves, and right now a growing ebay auction list (hell with a garage sale)

RGL · January 11, 2004 11:22AM

Political memorabilia (including campaign buttons) and auto racing memorabilia, as well ...

Bear · January 11, 2004 11:22AM

I collect guns, airplane models, apothecary material and bears.

Stuffed bears, bear plates, Boyds Bears, bear salt & pepper sets, bear cookie jars, bear teapots

and of course bear music boxes. My jelly donut collection is strictly for consumption.

cosmos66 · January 11, 2004 11:23AM

dust ... I collect dust

291fifth · January 11, 2004 11:27AM

I have a small collection of fine art photographs. The earliest is a Marcus Aurelius Root 1/2 plate daguerreotype from about 1845. I also produce fine art photographs myself. See the top of page 80 of the January 2001 POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY for an example. I just bought a good digital camera and am finally going to get involved in that as well.

Compa · January 11, 2004 1:10PM

I might as well join in ... I collect minerals mostly some North Carolina stuff but I specialize in selenites. I also have a fair sized collection of matchbook covers. But of course there are the coins (don't tell anyone, but most of the unslabbed ones are darkside!)