Do you have a collection of anything? I collect keys.

[debm55]

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[LakeArenal]

1. Disney Pluto figurines. Not Goofy.... Pluto.

Many people don’t know the difference.


And not stuffed animals, shirts or anything but figures. People think they can give me Pluto pajamas or tea towels. Lazy gift givers and I always regift that other stuff. Usually to GoodWill.

[Demovictory9]

5. Pluto is the doglike dog..goofy is the clothes wearing kinda walking upright dog

I hear you regarding getting weird gifts. I have a cat..dont collect cat stuff.

I am given cat stuff as gifts..not for the cat..for me.

[LakeArenal]

8. Day of the week underpants with cats on them coming your way!!!!

[Demovictory9]

9. Lol 😀 probably!!!

[debm55]

40. That's great. Most people collect Goofy.

[LakeArenal]

44. Im not even sure Goofy USA dog and Pluto is definitely a dog.

Cúter, too.

[LakeArenal]

45. I've known to others. A student that I knew and Hilde from the show Trading Spaces.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. My Darth Vader collection...

Entrusted to my granddaughters to keep watch over as I no longer have the room in which to store it. Including a talking Darth Vader head, still in the box, that is 18 years old given to me by friends who went to Celebrations III that is voiced by James Earl Jones.

[Elessar Zappa]

18. That's awesome!

Anakin/Vader is one of the most fascinating characters, imo.

[debm55]

41. Wow, that is terrific.

[Zambero]

3. Hot pepper sauces

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I have around 350 unique bottles gathered up over the past 25 years or so. Most are well beyond their use-by dates (3-5 years as a general rule), although I break out every now and then with no ill effects.

[debm55]

42. Where do you keep them?

[Zambero]

82. I had them wall-displayed

on flat 2" molding converted to narrow shelves, supported by 2" metal "L" brackets. The first iteration encircled all four walls of a 14' x 12' foot room (with primary use as a home recording studio), with shelves about 6.5 feet up from the floor. Eventually, after obtaining more bottles, I added another layer about a foot below the first one. Since that point after having moved a few years back, they've been individually wrapped and stored in boxes. I inspected them recently, and about a dozen or so had broken seals with contents seeping or totally evaporated. Some of the contents are slightly discolored, and appear less-red, likely due to oxidation. Given their "advanced" age, I'm hesitant to offer them up for sale to a collector. I have photos of the original set-up, buried in a box somewhere. Wish I had that to share which would likely be an improvement over the verbiage!

[TlalocW]

4. Every trip I take or event I attend

I buy (if I can find)
Smashed pennies
T-shirt
Fridge magnet
Christmas ornament

[yellowdogintexas]

12. Magnets and Christmas ornaments here also

I used to get T-shirts but they take up too much room, and I never got into the smashed penny thing. ( I am still wearing T shirts from 1981)

I do wish I had started getting NPS passport stamps back when that program started. (my book would have elebenty billion from Mammoth Cave)

other things we collect: books (I dread moving), a very large quantity of Christmas ornaments, bats (figurines and stuffed plush versions), rocks (Mr YD is a geologist), cookbooks, pottery, Lladro Christmas Bells, Oaxacan carved wood figurines https://www.earthviewinc.com/cat-17-1-68/oaxacan-wood-carvings.htm These are our favorites! We only have a few but I love them!

I truly do dread moving! This is what happens when you move into a house with twice the room you had before and live there for 25 years!!

[TlalocW]

32. I'm 51, and I've been carrying around over 100 t-shirts since college (with one from high school)

Fortunately, I took some sewing classes for other reasons, and I'm currently in the process of making five t-shirt quilts. All of them have been cut up and fusibles ironed on the backs (so I got a LOT of close space back), and they're divided up by Events, Destinations, College, Oklahoma (where I used to live), and Misc/Humor. Two of them are put together - just need to put a back on them. Need to get off my butt to get the other three (and some other projects) done.

Oaxaca, eh? One of my undergrads was Spanish, and my college had a program you could go on in the summer where you spend 5-6 weeks in Mexico, most of it with a host family in Oaxaca, where classes were held. A professor from the department also goes to teach whatever class you want/need as well as to organize trips and excursions. We also had free time, of course. Anyway, one of the trips was to a small town outside of Oaxaca known for their alebrijes, which is what I'm assuming you're talking about. I remember walking through a gymnasium-sized room with the floor filled with different ones. They were placed so there were "aisles," but I was still scared that I was going to trip and break them. Is any of your pottery the famous Barro Negro kind, also from the area?

[yellowdogintexas]

35. our figurines are carved wood. Sad to day I do not have any pottery from there

I do not even have any Native American pottery because it is very expensive.

Most of our pottery is from small local places like Prairie Fire

I envy you the trip to Oaxaca!!!

I have been to Spain, but my Mexico travel is limited to the Cozumel area

[TlalocW]

80. I highly recommend going

It's been a while, but I'm guessing that there are still a lot of Spanish language schools and classes you can take and maybe even ones where you can get trips as an add-on (our college had an agreement with one that allowed us to use their facilities). I would go in July, especially the last two weeks which is when they celebrate their Guelaguetza Festival.

[debm55]

43. We do the fridge ornaments.

[gohuskies]

6. Vinyl lp collector here

Been collecting LPs for almost 60 years. Managed to hang on to most of my early collection from moves due to college and relocations. It's interesting to see how my tastes in music evolved but i still pull my early favorite albums for a listen and love the music.

[debm55]

46. I had a very large collection of LPs. However, my basement flooded and they all warped. I was very

upset.

[FloridaBlues]

7. Tom Clark figurines which I would love to sell.

[debm55]

52. Have you tried to sell them?

[FloridaBlues]

79. Not yet any suggestions?

[MLAA]

10. I use to collect art until I ran out of wall space.

Also I had to wear the ugliest orthopedic shoes as a teen. They ere very expensive so I only had 2 pairs, of course they were so ugly I didn’t want any more than that. I use to dream of beautiful shoes. Now, it appears, I collect them!

[debm55]

47. I wore them for one year in JR High. Agree, they were ugly. Since they were expensive, I only wore

them for one year. Glad you are collecting all those beautiful shoes.

[Unwind Your Mind]

11. Pottery

Mostly Fiesta but others too, some family and handmade pieces

I love all the colors and I need more shelves

[yellowdogintexas]

14. I love pottery too. If it is not outrageously expensive, I will pick up a piece

here and there when we travel or at an estate sale.

We stumbled on Prairie Fire Pottery in a very small town in North Dakota. Now we have a bowl, platter, two flower pots, and a tile. Our daughter has a gorgeous art piece that is wall mounted. Every piece is very individual. https://prairiefirepottery.com/

[debm55]

48. My girlfriend collection collected Fiesta, they were beautiful and so bright.

[kimbutgar]

13. I collect salt and pepper shakers

[debm55]

49. That is very unique.

[Different Drummer]

15. Pens and mechanical pencils, mostly.

I used to be indiscriminate about the pens but over the past several years, I've limited myself to only collecting refillable ballpoint pens.

I also have a rather large media collection of old TV shows on DVD and old commercial collections on DVD/VHS.

[debm55]

53. I did the pens from various banks, stores, etc. They had to have the logo on it. that didn't last

too long.

[mopinko]

16. i have way too many little people toys.

it was ebay therapy after my divorce. i’ve given quite a few away, but i still have about a cubic yard of just cars.
have a few of the pull toys, too. including a sparky the clown, w box, and certificate that it’s an anniversary edition. signed.
just the vintage 1s, tho. the new incarnation is just sad. lotsa wood figures and some aqua/brown bldgs.

i also have a lot of chickens. esp the hen/basket candy dishes, which is how it started. but when u have kids, and u collect something, every xmas….

[debm55]

50. I took all the Happy Meal toys to the Goodwill. I would collect them. Son ate the meal.

[mopinko]

81. i have a few of those, too.

[Elessar Zappa]

17. Vinyl music albums.

By the time I was young, vinyl was pretty much gone and cassettes and cd’s were the most common medium. I got interested in vinyl about 20 years ago when I was 19 years old and have been collecting them ever since. I have about 300 albums now.

[debm55]

51. I lost my colletion when my basement flooded

[Elessar Zappa]

78. Aw that suck!

I’d be devastated.

[Polly Hennessey]

19. Books.

[debm55]

54. Do you have alot?

[Rustynaerduwell]

20. I've collected dirt or sand from nearly everywhere I've been

Started with some sand from Cape Canaveral (Kennedy) taken on July 16th, 1969

[debm55]

55. I have friends that do that. When my husband traveled alot, he would a stone for my son.

[GP6971]

21. Old World Maps. n/t

[debm55]

56. that is very unique. I like to look at old maps and see the what the areas were called--especially

in Europe.

[cloudbase]

22. I collect keys as well,

but they're the kind used to send Morse code via amateur radio. While I have some straight keys, I'm more into iambic paddles.

My Bencher, in use for over 30 years.



My next one, from N3ZN. I tried it out at Hamvention and fell in lust.

[debm55]

57. That is really neat. Thank you for sharing.

[The Third Doctor]

23. Marvel legends, Transformers, Gi joe , Star Wars

MOTU action figures. I'm down sizing now though.

[debm55]

58. Yes, sometimes it gets out of hand.

[The Third Doctor]

86. Lol yes it does

[hlthe2b]

24. dust and doghair, apparently

[debm55]

59. Join the job.

[Runningdawg]

25. Vintage sewing patterns, cookbooks and medical texts and drawings.

[debm55]

60. Oh I love vintage paterns. I used to collect vintage grade school textbooks. I sold them at a

fleamarket.

[Bayard]

26. Rustic Xmas rocking horses

I only get to see them once a year though.

I also have a ton of books, framed wildlife prints--Carl Brenders and Charles Frace' are favorites,) and Native American pottery--the real stuff. I am also out of wall and shelf space!

[debm55]

61. I bet that rustic horses are beautiful.

[beveeheart]

27. Books, of course, but also Santons from my trips to France

Snowmen tree ornaments and post cards from my travels.

[debm55]

62. My thing was Rudolph ornaments for the TV show.

[PJMcK]

28. Musical keyboards

I have about 20 that I’ve bought over the years. It drives my wife a little nuts!

[debm55]

63. I hate to break it to you, PJMcK. but doesn't it take up alot of room?

[PJMcK]

72. Sort of

I have two in my office and several more in my studio. There's a piano in our living room and a small rig in the den. Several are in cases in a closet. It's a bit crazy!

Over the years, different projects came up and there would be something specific that I needed. Too often, I'd buy the instrument, use it then not really have any use for it later. But they're my instruments!

When I was a teenager, I met Dave Brubeck the jazz pianist and he gave me a tour of their home in Connecticut. I noticed that they had keyboards around the house. I ask abut it and Dave laughed and said that when their kids were young, they didn't want any of them to say they couldn't practice because someone else was on the piano. Ever since, I've wanted to emulate that even though I don't have several kids who need to practice!

I also have a collection of original posters from Broadway shows, (40 or so) . I'm going to have to sell those this year as they take up too much space.

[debm55]

76. Thank you for the explanation, my friend.

[Mad_Dem_X]

29. Barbie dolls.

I've never counted them, but I would say I have well over 100 (this includes Kens, Skippers, etc).

[debm55]

65. I would only collect the Christmas Barbies. They were everyone. Took to my school and gave to the

girls in the class that wanted them. PS, did you debox? I kept my in the box.

[Applan]

30. Film cameras

Mostly Nikon Cameras and lenses from the 60s & 70s

[usonian]

33. Interesting. I have kept my Nikon stuff from that era.

Not a heck of a lot. The F2 body needs work. Seals disintegrated over time, but the old lenses work with the new mirrorless, and no problem with "non-AI" (Aperture Indexing, not the other AI) that plagued DSLR owners.

I had the Hasselblad system repaired (a spring sprung after some 50 years) and that is ready at any time.

No additions. I am too old to collect anything but compliments (which fit in a small altoids tin, if they ever show up), bur I am looking for an eye-level viewer for the Hasselblad. It's damn near impossible to do close ups with the hood.

Same with the view cameras. Not adding. I define collecting as adding on. YMMV.

Not collecting, but preserving old computer stuff, namely the IMSAI, but the computer museum is too fussy to take it.

[debm55]

66. Have you priced them or not interested in selling?

[thatcrowwoman]

31. HahahahacawCawCAW!😂🤣 Of course I do.

Books
Prayers and songs and folktales and recipes from all over the world
Rocks
Shells
Four leaf clovers, inherited the find ‘em abilities from my dad 🍀
Corn husk dolls
Silver jewelry
Cherokee baskets and pottery and carvings
Bird feeders
Books
Postcards
Fabric, buttons, patterns, embroidery thread, sewing accoutrements
Furniture and carvings made by my Grandpas, my dad, my sisters, and my husband
Menorahs & mezuzahs
Giant barrettes for thick curly hair
Wind chimes and sun catchers
And did I mention books?
🕊thatcrowwoman

[debm55]

67. Wow, I would say you are a collector, Where do you keep all the stuff?

[Niagara]

34. A little this a little that.

An extremely small collection of salt and pepper shakers. My grandmother was the collector, when she was downsized, she offered me the shakers. I only took two pairs since salt and pepper shakers aren't my thing, but they're my grandmothers.



Vintage cake stands. I don't what happened but I got bit by this "Need to collect vintage cake stands" bug. I blame getting older.



Indiana Glass. Again, this bug bit me out of the blue and I have no idea where it came from.



Stephen King and James Patterson hard cover books. I'm old school. I like my books old school. I don't own any audibles or ebooks.



Barbie's. I have had an infinite love of Barbie's since I was 4 or 5 years old. I've been trying to replace all of my 1980's Super Star Barbie's that I gave away 9 years ago but since the movie came out, it isn't easy or cheap. I still have quite a few collector Barbie's still in the box.

[debm55]

68. Wow, Niagara, you have a variety. Christmas Barbies were my thing.

[Niagara]

85. I try to keep my collections to a dull roar.

Although the older I get, the more I want to collect things.

[Angleae]

36. I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

I really need to clean the bathroom.

[debm55]

69. I would say you do. Maybe when you return from cleaning you could add something that is reasonable.

Thank you.

[SoFlaBro]

37. The last motherfucking time I found some goddamn shit that I would like to fucking collect was that

[debm55]

70. Gee, I thought you collected vulgar words to put in a post? Did you hit your quota?

[parkia00]

38. Antique Chinese and Japanese Ceramics...

Always learning about other mediums like glass, bronze and other decorative Chinese/Japanese items. But mostly concerned with ceramic, pottery, stoneware and porcelain.

[debm55]

71. I have pottery that I made in college. It fills the house pretty much. Stoneware and raku are also

of mine.

[Aristus]

39. Autographed first editions.

Most of mine are from the late, great fantasist Harlan Ellison. I have a first edition of "Lost Moon" (the inspiration for the film 'Apollo 13') signed by Fred Haise. And a few others. And a signed copy of my favorite novel of all time, "The Seed And The Sower" by Sir Laurence Van Der Post.

[debm55]

73. Oh wow, do you go to bookstores or estate sells to find?

[Aristus]

75. I got my Harlan Ellisons signed by the master himself in person.

RIP, H.E......

But I usually buy my first editions from Alibris. Great site for rare and out-of-print books.

I got one of my first editions from a local library sale. It was a copy of the collected personal letters of author J.R.R. Tolkien. Picked it up for 25 cents. Found out on closer inspection that it was a first edition.

[debm55]

77. Oh my, you are so lucky to find and get those first editions and signed ones to boot. they are

treasures.

[FuzzyRabbit]

64. Early Pacific Northwest rock'n'roll record albums.

In the late 1950s through the late 1960s there was a thriving local band scene in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. I have a pretty comprehensive collection of albums of such bands as the Fabulous Wailers, the Dynamics, the Viceroys, the Kingsmen, Don and the Goodtimes, and my sister's favorite the Sonics.

I can't forget Merrilee and the Turnabouts, the Frantics, Dave Lewis, the Blue Notes, and of course Paul Revere and the Raiders, Tiny Tony and the Statics. There were dozens more.

[debm55]

74. Wonderful, Fuzzy. Hold on to those.

[bif]

83. Lot's of stuff...

Books. Coins. Fossils. Baseball cards. CDs. LPs. Old cameras. Art supplies. My kids are going to have a nightmare when I'm gone!

[FuzzyRabbit]

84. Sounds like you have a collection of collections.

[debm55]

88. Wow, where do you keep all of that?

[Solly Mack]

87. Fat lava pottery, creamers, antique coffee grinders, turtles

and a "death box". Items that once belonged to family members who have died. Can be anything. Each item is tagged with a note stating who it belonged to, how they are related, birth and death dates, as well as the history of the item.

[debm55]

89. That is interesting about the box. I have never heard of that before.

[Solly Mack]

92. It's become, more or less, a walk down ancestral lane.

Relatives use it to find out things about grandparents they never knew. As well as aunts, uncles, cousins, etc..

Once people knew of it, that is.

I kept it private for many years.

It contains photos, documents, all kinds of things.

But you have to be dead to make the box. Nothing about the living in there.

[BarbaRosa]

90. Shot glasses.

[debm55]

91. Neat! Do you keep in a display case?