What do you collect?

0patience

Most of us collect cigars. That's kind of a given, but with most collectors, a lot of us don't just collect one thing. What do you collect?

I thought I would post this, because if a lot of us knew what others collected, some of us may have those things.

I like baseball and hockey memorabilia. Mostly 70s era stuff.

I tend to keep a lot of native things from my family and other native things that appeal to me.
And being a mechanic, I tend to collect vintage tools. Well, my wife sometimes says I'm a vintage tool. LOL!


So what do you collect and what do you look for?

jeep edson

animal heads

Vision

Depression Glass and WWII artifacts.

danielzreyes

I like hats. This is about 1/3 of what I have. Another 1/3 is still in storage (wife won't let me take them out just yet lol) and another 1/3 of misc. which includes beenies, billed beenies, cowboy hats, more newsboys and fedoras etc.

deejmemixx

I collect glassware, be it shot glasses, bar glasses, decanters etc etc, I also collect football cards and belly lint

0patience

danielzreyes:

I like hats. This is about 1/3 of what I have. Another 1/3 is still in storage (wife won't let me take them out just yet lol) and another 1/3 of misc. which includes beenies, billed beenies, cowboy hats, more newsboys and fedoras etc.

I like the "California" (CA) Angels hat. ; )

scarlin

Sports memorabilia with certain conditions. I almost never buy them outright, but rather from auctions or got them done by myself. I'd rather get them in an auction where my money goes to a charitable cause.

Smokindaddy

I think I might be getting back into collecting sports cards. I was just given some from a co-worker and it reminded me how much I loved it as a kid.

jliu

fortunes from fortune cookies

0patience

What is your prize collectible?

My prize is a game used Norm Cash baseball bat.

Smokindaddy

My dad use to work for NASA out at Edwards Air Force base and he gave me the last mission patch before the space program was shut down. That is my prized collectible right now.

0patience

Smokindaddy:

My dad use to work for NASA out at Edwards Air Force base and he gave me the last mission patch before the space program was shut down. That is my prized collectible right now.

That is too cool! The personal collectibles are the things I think are the coolest.

YankeeMan

I collect police-related pins. I have two large displays in my office at school. I used to play drums in a police bagpipe band and we traveled all over the Northeast US, Canada and played twice in Ireland.

I was also in the Blue Knights for several years and attended many of their events and conferences and picked up pins there.

Between both, I was able to collect pins which are varied and unique, but also remind me of places I've been.

danielzreyes

0patience:

What is your prize collectible?

My prize is a game used Norm Cash baseball bat.

Barry Sanders signed rookie card,
Few Nolan Ryan signed baseball cards,
but my most prized would have to be my Issue #1 Spawn comic book signed by Todd McFarlane. Probably not worth as much as the others, but it just brings back awesome memories.

deejmemixx

0patience:

What is your prize collectible?

My prize is a game used Norm Cash baseball bat.

mine is 2 shot glasses from the Prohibition days, that have anti booze propaganda on them.

Smokindaddy

0patience:

Smokindaddy:

My dad use to work for NASA out at Edwards Air Force base and he gave me the last mission patch before the space program was shut down. That is my prized collectible right now.

That is too cool! The personal collectibles are the things I think are the coolest.

I need to frame it, but I'm weird about framing things, I need to be able to touch it, it's more real to me that way. I also go to a lot of yard sales and estate sales. I like finding odd ball stuff that time has forgot about. It also makes for some good man cave decor lol.

Smokindaddy

YankeeMan:

I collect police-related pins. I have two large displays in my office at school. I used to play drums in a police bagpipe band and we traveled all over the Northeast US, Canada and played twice in Ireland.

I was also in the Blue Knights for several years and attended many of their events and conferences and picked up pins there.

Between both, I was able to collect pins which are varied and unique, but also remind me of places I've been.

That's really cool!

Rail Jockey

Jack daniels whiskey.....

catfishbluezz

Geeeeetars

Bigshizza

LP's because they remind me of the old days when I worked in a record store. Also, a lot of Harley Davidson gear mainly because I have one.

Lasabar

Women's panties and firearms... I'm just getting started at one of these hobbies....

camgfs

I collect oil and gas lamps from the past. This pic is one of the gas lamps that I restored to working condition. When I say gas, I mean gasoline......scary stuff!

JDH

That lamp is waaaaaaaay cool. Nice job on the restoration.

Mostly, I collect problems. However, my most prized collectable is a Major League baseball signed by every single member of the 1957 Boston Red Sox.

deejmemixx

JDH:

That lamp is waaaaaaaay cool. Nice job on the restoration.

Mostly, I collect problems. However, my most prized collectable is a Major League baseball signed by every single member of the 1957 Boston Red Sox.

wow that is way cool! I have a football signed by the 2005-06 Seattle Seahawks (superbowl year).

Hays

I am probably best described as an antiquarian... I collect art, notable jewelry, antiques of a historical (or sentimental) nature, and rare and vintage books. My book collection would definitely be the most expansive, as it includes several hundred titles, but some notable favorites would be: a beautifully bound early 20th century compendium of Edgar Allan Poe's works; a late 19th century printing of "The Three Musketeers"; and a recent acquisition of a first-run "Uncle Tom's Cabin".



I promise, I'm not a snob lol