I used to work with a guy who collects military uniforms. He has a large storage unit full. He's gotten to play bit parts in a whole bunch of war movies from Glory to Saints and Soldiers. Yes, he's also a civil war reenactor.
I also worked with a guy whose grandmother collected trivets. Those cast iron things you set hot pots on. After her death they advertised online and had people from across the US come to buy them.
I only have one but there are many collectors of the oldtime glass insulators from telephone and power lines. Hemmingray I think. I have a perfect greenish one and found out later I should have kept the cracked brownish one.
Old milk bottles hasn't been mentioned.
Nowdays old Apple and other PCs command pretty serious money.
<< <i>I used to work with a guy who collects military uniforms. He has a large storage unit full. He's gotten to play bit parts in a whole bunch of war movies from Glory to Saints and Soldiers. Yes, he's also a civil war reenactor. >>
I have a friend with an extensive collection of authentic WWII German military uniforms, weapons and assorted tactical gear.
ever heard of postmortem? After Death.....there are folks that collect photos, hair, funeral home equiptment, caskets, anything to do with death.....I've sold a lot of this type of items, one time a person brought me 12 infant caskets, they brought over 100 bucks each on ebay.....its creepy for me to handle it I don't even want to think about someone displaying their collection of the stuff.
Postmortem collectors march to a different beat.....
<< <i>I used to work with a guy who collects military uniforms. He has a large storage unit full. He's gotten to play bit parts in a whole bunch of war movies from Glory to Saints and Soldiers. Yes, he's also a civil war reenactor. >>
I have a friend with an extensive collection of authentic WWII German military uniforms, weapons and assorted tactical gear. >>
On a similar topic I know of somebody (don't know him personally) who collects Confederate and KKK uniforms and wardrobe. A dealer I know met up with him once to discuss a Confederate banknote deal at his house and he was offered a viewing of the wardrobe collection. The dealer got a little "anxious" when the fellow asked if he wanted to try on and walk around the neighborhood in a KKK Wizard outfit.
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In college, I knew a guy who collected wedding photos of people he didn't know. Picked them up at yard sales. Why people sold them was beyond him though. Always had frames on hand all over his apartment. When he was short of wedding pics, the stock model shots that came in them suited him just fine. "Who's that, your girlfriend?" "Nah, just some chick who was short on callbacks from William Morris."
Another guy I knew collected tombstone rubbings. Quite macabre and yet another reason to question my choice of associates.
Banana stickers OTOH wre quite harmless and grocers generally wouldn't mind someone takigng one toughie without buying the associated banana even.
Another guy I knew collected tombstone rubbings. Quite macabre and yet another reason to question my choice of associates. . >>
There's a guy near here in Valporaiso, Indiana who has a national database and museum for this sort of stuff. You can find out where almost anyone is buried. Some consider it an important resource.
In addition to his famous coin collection, King Farouk of Egypt had an extensive collection of pornography.
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I also worked with a guy whose grandmother collected trivets. Those cast iron things you set hot pots on. After her death they advertised online and had people from across the US come to buy them.
I only have one but there are many collectors of the oldtime glass insulators from telephone and power lines. Hemmingray I think. I have a perfect greenish one and found out later I should have kept the cracked brownish one.
Old milk bottles hasn't been mentioned.
Nowdays old Apple and other PCs command pretty serious money.
My father collected old maps for awhile.
Beach sand from Iwo Jima
Some of killer Gary Gilmore's cremated remains
A sliver of wood from the picket fence in Dealey Plaza
I sort of want to ask about it.... and sorta not....
<< <i>I used to work with a guy who collects military uniforms. He has a large storage unit full. He's gotten to play bit parts in a whole bunch of war movies from Glory to Saints and Soldiers. Yes, he's also a civil war reenactor. >>
I have a friend with an extensive collection of authentic WWII German military uniforms, weapons and assorted tactical gear.
Postmortem collectors march to a different beat.....
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<< <i>I used to work with a guy who collects military uniforms. He has a large storage unit full. He's gotten to play bit parts in a whole bunch of war movies from Glory to Saints and Soldiers. Yes, he's also a civil war reenactor. >>
I have a friend with an extensive collection of authentic WWII German military uniforms, weapons and assorted tactical gear. >>
On a similar topic I know of somebody (don't know him personally) who collects Confederate and KKK uniforms and wardrobe. A dealer I know met up with him once to discuss a Confederate banknote deal at his house and he was offered a viewing of the wardrobe collection. The dealer got a little "anxious" when the fellow asked if he wanted to try on and walk around the neighborhood in a KKK Wizard outfit.
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Another guy I knew collected tombstone rubbings. Quite macabre and yet another reason to question my choice of associates.
Banana stickers OTOH wre quite harmless and grocers generally wouldn't mind someone takigng one toughie without buying the associated banana even.
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Another guy I knew collected tombstone rubbings. Quite macabre and yet another reason to question my choice of associates.
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There's a guy near here in Valporaiso, Indiana who has a national database
and museum for this sort of stuff. You can find out where almost anyone is
buried. Some consider it an important resource.
Perhaps it's a matter of degree.
<< <i>Just as dumb, I collect duck calls >>
The CEO of the company I work for (who's a mulitbillionaire, probably, like many CEOs) collects... turkey calls.
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<< <i>Many here won't even know what they are, but as an engineer I collect old slide rules. >>
I'm an engineer and I treasure my fathers slide rule that he owned in college. This is definitely an subject that I could go nuts collecting.
They were selling like hotcakes, right before Bowmar Instruments came out with their calculator - now That's a collectible!
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<< <i>Pornograghy is a common collectible of dictators, oppressors, and the very rich. >>
I wonder if that's really true... anymore than it's a common collectible in general...
<< <i>I collect elements of the Periodic Table and am not the only board member that does so. >>
Go on......sounds really fun!
I also collect video games and aquatic plants.
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