What do you collect?

[jane_pippin]

I collect commemorative plates like this one of Nixon:



I've got a few world leader plates, a ton of US States & cities, and some Jesus plates.

What about you? What ridiculous items do you love to fill your home with?

[Hugin]

1. I grow my own antiques...

Like for instance:

Over there is my old chair... This is my old rug...
Here's my old dog... An old lamp.

All I really collect is monkeys though. I have
all sorts of them.

[jane_pippin]

2. Monkeys are a fine thing to collect--so much hilarious stuff out there.

Do you have a favorite monkey item or do you love all of them the same?

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Records and musical instruments.

Been too po' lately, though. :(

[auntAgonist]

4. I have ..

porcelain dolls. Bells. and a few kewpie dolls and spoons too. Most are packed away in a trunk until I decide if I still want them or not, and if I keep them, where to and how to best display them.

aA

[swag]

5. fat cells

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. You? FAT cells?

Naaaaaaaahhhhhhhh...you do not..

Now, I collect fat cells......big time..... :puke:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. Souls .............

[jane_pippin]

7. Get behind me, demon!

:scared:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

11. OK!

[eyesroll]

8. Sci-fi paperbacks.

Otherwise, not much.

[jane_pippin]

21. They have some great artwork, don't they?

Do you collect them for that, the story, or both?

[eyesroll]

28. The story, actually.

So, I'm not concerned with condition -- I like going to Half-Price Books on third-off-paperback sale days and loading up.

[AtomicKitten]

9. funny how you turn one day and realize you "collect" stuff

Beatles handwritten lyrics
Vintage dresses and purses (40s, 50s, 60s)
Pets

[jane_pippin]

15. Yeah! Pick up one or two things, and the next thing you know people

give them to you as gifts and all of a sudden you have a collection.

Handwritten lyrics--fantastic. They must be hard to find.

[AtomicKitten]

18. They're lithographs

Yoko needed some extra cash, I guess, and has art shows touring the country. There are signed lyrics, lithographs, really cool, but expensive. I have four: In My Life, I'm Only Sleeping, Revolution, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

[jane_pippin]

27. Very cool indeed!

[Deep13]

10. dust

Actually, I have one of those Nixon plates.

[Left_Winger]

12. Foreign Currency

I have all types of bank notes and coins to include many which are no longer issued or from countries that no longer exist.

[WCGreen]

13. Music......

Comic Books in spurts....

I go fr a spell and collect a certain kind of book....

But mainly music and comic books....

[KyndCulture]

16. Illegal mp3s...

and funny kitty cat pictures... real ones and digital ones..

here's one of my favs:
Ever had a day that started like this?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. I have had days that started off like that....and how funny is this pic!

But I especially wanted to tell you how much I like your K/E sticker and caption......

Sure as HELL sounds good now........:cry:

[KyndCulture]

24. Thanks CaliforniaPeggy...

I was feeling wistful last night and had an "if only" moment.. so I made that.

wahhhhhhh.... :cry:

[nuxvomica]

17. Playing cards

Not a serious hobby. I just pick up a deck when it catches my eye. My favorite is a French deck I bought decades ago with color caricatures of famous film stars for the face cards. The box cover bears the title "Les géants d'un mythe."

[DS1]

20. Alerts

[El Fuego]

Spode

[koneko]

64. I collect Spode, too - the Christmas Tree pattern

Huge Christmas junkie here - I also collect Byers Choice carolers.

[El Fuego]

22. dupe

[Mr. McD]

23. Ferns

We have several hundred species in our garden.

[SaveElmer]

25. Revolutionary War artifacts...

Mostly...also collect old flatirons!

[Shell Beau]

26. Every Christmas, my aunt gets me

a beautiful Santa Claus. The are collectables and I love to put them out at Christmas. I think I now have 11 of them. So I have been collecting them for 11 years.

[Callalily]

29. I collect absolutely

nothing!!! I'm striving to be a minimalist. Key word here is striving. I'm not as successful at this endeavor as I'd like to be . . . but maybe, just maybe one day! :rofl:

Oh wait, do books count? Well actually, I'm trying not to accumulate too many of those any more either. Geez . . .

[GirlinContempt]

30. Old school video games & consoles

Thats the only thing I could really call a collection.
Except, maybe my transformers stuff...

[XNASA]

31. Small statues of birds, mostly waterfowl.

My wife and I started doing this when we went on our honeymoon. Ever since, when we take a trip, we try and bring back a small statue of some local bird.

[SmokingJacket]

32. Postcards from mental hospitals.

Used only.

Also, ouija boards.

[Heidi]

34. Original art brut.

I'm adding you to my "favorites" list, SmokingJacket. :thumbsup:

[jane_pippin]

35. Really?

The postcards would make a great coffee table book.

[Heidi]

37. jane, dahling, check this out . . .

One of my favorite highlights of Switzerland: http://www.artbrut.ch/

[jane_pippin]

39. Is that what that is?

I only had high school french and we goofed off the whole time. ;)

It's a beautiful image.

Update: Ok, so I googled the term, and WOW! How cool is that? Thanks for showing me something new.

[Heidi]

41. I love art brut.

But, unfortunately, as an artist I'm not "free enough" to make that kind of work, however much I admire it. But it's the kind of thing I'd buy in a heartbeat.

If I'd had high school French, I prolly woulda goofed off, too. ;)

[Heidi]

33. Nice fountain pens, original art by emerging artists, ephemera for

mixed media collage work, late 19th century books in English, Latin, Italian, German, Spanish and/or French; Mr. Heidi has a thing for figures and ritual implements for our Buddhist altar.

Shoutout to my three favorite fountain pen appreciators: Clintmax, Greekspeak and Rabrrrrr! :hi:

[seemunkee]

36. Flip books, smashed pennies, comics, and action figures

Maybe I'm just OCD.
200+ flip books
3 books of smashed pennies (I think that comes to 75-90)
I built special drawer cabinets for my comics and the display shelf for action figures is full while the star wars and transformers are boxed up.

[jane_pippin]

40. Flipbooks, eh? Do you know this website:

http://www.fabrica.it/flipbook/

It looks pretty neat.

[seemunkee]

45. Fun site, another time waster

[bleedingheart]

38. Amber Jewelry

and I also collect plants...as I love to garden.

[Patiod]

42. Antique mesh handbags, local postcards, old phillies pins

Don't buy the bags anymore - they're too expensive!

But PCs and pins are cheap, and ebay shipping on them is cheap.

All three items are small and easy to store in a small apt.

[Pendrench]

43. Business cards from bookstores

I guess you could say that I also collect books - although I really only buy books that I want to read (unlike people how collect a certain genre).

Anyway, I got into the habit of picking up business cards every time I visited a new store...and before I knew it, I had a collection. Of course then I started looking on eBay to find cards from stores I would never have a chance of visiting. As it stands right now, I probably have close to 3,000.

Tim

[2bfree]

44. Good Native American jewelry.

I do love the turquoise!

[Dukkha]

46. my Star Wars collection

Displayed on Rebelscum.com
I've added more to it since these were taken

http://www.rebelscum.com/c-renzetti.asp

[Shine]

47. I collect SMILES....

:hi:

Corny, I know, but it was the first thing that came to mind.

~Shine

[jane_pippin]

52. Nothing wrong with that. Here's one more : )

:hi:

[Shine]

53. Thanks, friend! Back at ya!

:hi:

~Shine

[Initech]

48. Music CDs and DVD TV shows

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. Earrings for my pierced ears.....

20 years ago, I had my ears pierced....and ever since then, my sister-in-law has bought me one very good pair of 14K gold earrings for my birthday...

I have a very nice collection now....and it's something I get pleasure from every day.....


:hi:

[hyphenate]

50. Too many things

Over the years, my collections have grown vast. I've had to chuck a few in order to remain sane. However, having said that, here are some of the things I do collect:

anything cat related, as long as the items are of realistic cats (I don't like primitives or cutesy stuff)

anything pegasus related (I tolerate a little more cutesy here, mainly because there isn't a whole lot pegasus related to start with!)

mugs--some related to above, but also places I've traveled to or such

keychains--this used to be a lot more tangible, but my keyring started weighing too much, so now I don't collect as many

fantasy art--Buying from conventions, usually either limited prints or artist proofs. This hobby is expensive, so it's always been limited to a few a year. Usually pegasi, winged cats, dragons or some other such art. Not into angels, though.

books--just a big library with a lot of SF and fantasy, with a good deal of mysteries and non-fiction on history

TV related stuff--with eBay around, however, I've been selling a lot of my own old stuff

fabric--someday I will make that quilt, I just know I will!

DVDs--I thought I was going to have an eclectic, small collection, but with the price of DVDs out there in some places, I'm finding more and more that I want.



I think that's all. But I might come up with a few others if I think about it! :9

[DelawareValleyDem]

51. Unemployment compensation

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

54. Taxes. Pay up, beeyotches. (nt)

[caty]

55. Elephants

I have 160 in my herd.

[scarlet_owl]

56. Ferrets! I'm up to six.

Really though, I collect salt and pepper shakers, owl stuff, and rosaries.

[tigereye]

57. brown or any other color dripware pottery

[mvd]

58. CDs, Christmas decorations

I just bought a tall, dressed in brown Santa with "Noel" on it and a hugging Santa at Marshall's over the weekend.

These are SOME fall CDs I want to buy:

Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
Emma Roberts - Unfabulous and More (still deciding, but the more I listen, the closer it sounds to pop/rock I like)
Liz Phair - Somebody's Miracle
Brie Larson - Finally Out Of PE
The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?
Fefe Dobson - Sunday Love
Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors
David Gray - Life In Slow Motion
Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift

possibly Fiona Apple, Kate Bush

I decided that I'll buy some of the new Gretchen Wilson songs on iTunes. It's just too pandering this time.

[mvd]

63. Accidentally left off my CD list..

Megan McCauley's Baa Baa Black Sheep, which I'm waiting for to ship from amazon.com. Megan's closer to an Evanescence style than the more bubblegum Emma Roberts style, but she's still a teen. I find female, teen pop/rock enjoyable in general - but I don't find that weird since it's not all I listen to. I really think it's good stuff, and it adds to my overall listening experience. I didn't like teen dance/pop, A/C, or boy bands as much.

Collecting CDs and Christmas stuff occupies my time enough. I don't feel the need for other collections.

[5thGenDemocrat]

59. Jock jackets

I'm trying to get a varsity jacket in each letter of the alphabet. There are several repeats, purchased because I liked the colors or the patches or whatever (my late grandmother, an antique dealer, always said to collect what you like), but I only have four letters (I, Q, X and Z) to go.
John
It's getting to the point here in Michigan to consider pulling a few out of the closet and, you know, actually WEARING them.

[Dastard Stepchild]

60. Lesbian pulp fiction novels

From the 1950s and 1960s. I even wrote my college senior thesis on the subject. :)

[Guy Fawkes]

61. The fine grain silica-gel...

that comes with my allergies medicine. One day, I started putting it in a jar. It makes awesome wave motions when you move it... but you need really fine silica-gel.

[JimmyJazz]

62. Lint. Mostly in my pockets and my clothes dryer, but sometimes

in my bellybutton, too.

[LouisianaLiberal]

65. Anything to do with the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair

Might seem a strang thing to collect but my great great grandfather was a contractor working on the fair, and I was left many items having to do with it: Stock certificates, plates, cups, toys, novelties, items from the international pavilions, books, etc.

My antique book collection was also inherited, and I've added way too much to it over the years.

I'd love to live an EF Schumacher/Thoreau minimalist life, but I can't get rid of this stuff.

[enigmatic]

66. A few things

Vintage radios(tube and transistor)-; mostly shortwaves, but anything that looks and sounds good.

Masonic stuff- Anything I can get my hands on; I'm looking for some aprons right now.

A few other thing, but those are the big 2..

[Digit]

67. bills, damnit

[Kali]

68. Liquor bottles, foriegn beer bottles, wine lables - and the bottles

if unusual. I have too much junk - I buy things when I travel and then can never throw anything away, also I am repository of other family members who can't throw things away yet still want them "kept" in the family. - including CARS!

Inadvertantly I have begun to collect Mata Ortiz pottery, which actually could be worth something someday. I have a dozen or so pieces ranging from a few from the Quezada family to pieces I just LIKED to three that I actually had a hand in making (bleh) I have a little unfired chicken that Juan Q. polished for me on the first magical trip down there. Any DUers know what I am talking about?