What Do You Collect?

IamMCM
IamMCM Posts: 122
edited November 9 in Chit-Chat
I thought it might be fun to find out what everyone collects and if there are any unusual collections our there. As my avatar implies, I collect comedy/tragedy masks. They were popular in my mid-century modern growing up years, and we had a pair that I loved when I was really young. I don't know what happened to them, but as an adult I tried to find a duplicate and ended up buying many pairs before eBay came along and I was able to find the actual set I was looking for. By then, the collection was out of control. This photo only shows part. I have more on the other walls, plus a curio full of knick knacks and a number of TV lamps. I'd love to see what others are collecting.

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  • blueakama
    blueakama Posts: 399 Member
    I used to collect badges (pin and cloth) and stickers when I was a kid. I don't collect anything any more.
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    Owls. Love them. Just really started collecting this past year.
    I imagine I am getting several owl stuff for Christmas this year.
  • scorpiophoenix
    scorpiophoenix Posts: 222 Member
    Nail polish. Currently at 1136 bottles (I have a spreadsheet) with more on the way.
  • BlueEyedRedhead
    BlueEyedRedhead Posts: 5,169 Member
    Interesting topic.... I collect vintage Christmas décor.
  • IamMCM
    IamMCM Posts: 122
    Wow, these are fascinating so far! I love vintage Christmas decor, although I don't collect it. I have both a vintage and modern silver Christmas tree, though, complete with color wheels.
  • BlueEyedRedhead
    BlueEyedRedhead Posts: 5,169 Member
    That's awesome. I have a vintage aluminum 4 ft tree, in search of the color wheel. Maybe I will add a pic or two...
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I seem to be collecting fitness trackers. ;-/
  • ThePoeToaster
    ThePoeToaster Posts: 1,681 Member
    50's style bowling shirts. I collected them BEFORE FEKKIN' CHARLIE SHEEN started wearing them. That, and cleavage pics. Feel free to contribute. Muaaaa.
  • EveFlowergirl
    EveFlowergirl Posts: 1,491 Member
    mood rings.
  • PandoraGreen721
    PandoraGreen721 Posts: 450 Member
    Vintage maps.
  • summerhaze71
    summerhaze71 Posts: 1,204 Member
    Vintage ViewMaster reels and stereoscopes and vintage pop up books.
  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    Paintings
  • chele402
    chele402 Posts: 128 Member
    Empty bottles of beer :) No seriously - lol. Special edition Brooklyn Brewery bottles. Oh and Lolita glasses. I have a trend.
  • SkFarmMom
    SkFarmMom Posts: 46 Member
    Animals. Live ones. Currently have 15 cows, 2 bulls and a steer, 5 horses, 1 pony, 20 sheep, 6 cats, 3 dogs, 2 pigs. By spring I'll hopefully have 25 laying hen chicks and a handful of turkeys...I like to add at least one new species to the farm each year (we've been on the farm for 6.5 years)...I'm thinking maybe a milking goat or some Indian running ducks would be fun to find in the spring. (I've had turkeys and chickens before so they don't count.) ;) Might need to get some rabbits again too.
  • SkFarmMom
    SkFarmMom Posts: 46 Member
    Oh, and musical instruments...love them! Currently in our house, a piano, acoustic guitar, flute, violin, drums, clarinet, ukulele and and electric guitar and amp that I just picked up for my older son for Christmas (but Momma might play with it when he's at school.) ;)
    Still wanting to get a banjo, a bass guitar, and a full size cello...might be waiting a while on that last one though.
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Art glass...although we haven't picked up many pieces since the children were born. Doesn't seem the most practical thing to display when there are three little boys running around the house. But we do have some beautiful vases and glasses.
  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    Movies and movie memorabilia. This is mostly my husband's project, but we HAVE to have the box set special edition director's cut of every movie we buy.
  • kinkyslinky16
    kinkyslinky16 Posts: 1,469 Member
    I collect nothing. Trying to collect some sugar daddies but it isn't going so well. :'(
  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    Money
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    Shot glasses, I have like 300. I take them from bars on special occasions or as souvenirs of holidays etc. Each one has a wee story attached to it.
  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    Toe nail clippings
  • Roxy_Arcane
    Roxy_Arcane Posts: 115 Member
    Calories
  • IamMCM
    IamMCM Posts: 122
    For the critters, have you ever seen the fainting goats? Those would be a fun addition! I saw some at a farm a few years back. Poor things literally collapse and pass out when startled, but they are so cute. Not sure if they're good milk producers or mainly just good for novelty though.
  • SkFarmMom
    SkFarmMom Posts: 46 Member
    IamMCM wrote: »
    For the critters, have you ever seen the fainting goats? Those would be a fun addition! I saw some at a farm a few years back. Poor things literally collapse and pass out when startled, but they are so cute. Not sure if they're good milk producers or mainly just good for novelty though.

    Lol...what kind of survival instinct is that?!? (Of course. ..I have sheep...they have the opposite of a "survival instinct"...) I've seen fainting goats before and they are cute, but I don't think they'd be worth milking...I want to make goat's cheese and it takes a fair bit of milk to make a little cheese. - The first animal I got when we move to the farm was a Charolais Jersey cross cow. Named her Betsy. Learned how to go "fishing" and pull a calf that first spring (it was positioned wrong and she was having trouble)...then I learned how to milk, make cottage cheese and mozzarella, butter, ice cream, run a cream separator, clean a cream separator. :s

    Oh...and books. I collect books. Horse books, gardening books, homesteading books, carpentry book, understanding men's brains books, how to raise sheep, shear sheep, spin wool fiber into yarn books, hunting and fishing books, etc., and novels...mostly kids novels...because I wanted them to learn to love to read (and now they do.) There are books in every room in our house.

    Maybe the animals and the instruments and the bools are all just part of the same larger collection...I like collecting things that challenge me. Things that make me learn and grow.
  • SkFarmMom
    SkFarmMom Posts: 46 Member
    (I enjoyed all of the milking process except cleaning the separator.) ;)
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  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    Beer Glasses. I think my boyfriend and I have a combined 120. They are our "art".
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Shoes. I'm a tried and true sneakerhead to the max.
  • kristinhowell
    kristinhowell Posts: 139 Member
    Feathers.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    I collect antique dolls, have over hundred and house full of boys, lol. I also like to collect antique Christmas tree angels. :)
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