What do you collect?

[Big_Dave]

I collect a few things.

I have a small collection of firearms.

I have a whole mess of beer glasses and decorative ceramic beer steins from Germany.

One thing I have that I've had since I was a young kid is, a bottle of Grain Belt beer that still has most of the original label and bottle cap on it........along with the beer it came filled with from the brewery. It was given to me by the owner of the Grain Belt beer distributor I used to work for when I was 15-17. I loaded his 3 beer trucks each night after school. I don't know how old the bottle is, but I'm betting that it's probably about 60 years old. :cool:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/southernrain/GBbottle1.jpg

[beanie baby]

I collect Lighthouse's! :D Couldn't even begin to show pictures, I have too many ;) As my parents travel around the country they will see lighthouses and take pictures, then they have them made into 8x10's and framed and matted for me. I also have numerous lighthouse figurines.

[BigChicken]

Newspapers. When traveling around with hubby before we married, I usually picked up a paper all over the country and some in Canada.

Now that I'm not on the truck anymore, I just keep major events (911, the death of Rosa Parks) and interesting local happenings.

The oldest one I have I bought online. It was from '58 two years befoe I was born. I used to hear my mom and all the other old heads around here talk about the Blue Snow of 58 which was a real whopper. I got so tired of hearing mom and friends yak about it that I bought her the paper and handed it to her. It was a few years ago before she passed, and she loved looking at it again. Pretty interesting to read too, the prices back then were unreal

[SpotsCat]

Vehicles.

I own a bunch of GM products - Chevy's, Buick's, Caddy's, etc. A bunch of Mopar product - Dodge and Plymouth mostly, but a couple of Chrysler's are in the mix. Some Ford products, couple of Porsche's, VW's, BMW's, and Ferrari's. And, one lone AMC AMX. I also own some motorcycles - Harley-Davidson's mainly, but I have a couple of Triumph's, and a Kawasaki.

For Christmas I picked up a '70 Plymouth Duster, hot pink, 440 engine, dual quad's, 4 speed, roll cage, aluminum slot wheels.

Currently, I have 77 automobiles/trucks, and 13 motorcycles at my house.

All 1/18th scale... :D

[the_wolf]

I have a small collection. Only about 1 thing in each-- but its a start :)

I like to collect guns-- I have one gun right now. Its a shotgun (my second favorite gun) Mosberg 12 guage :). My first favorite is a chain gun like Arnold had in Terminator 2.

Second I want to collect classic cars. I have one right now-- 1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 w/394 rocket (6.5L). Im getting ready to post some pics-- but shes not at her best right now. Im still working on restoring her.

And i like collecting money :D:D:D-- then spending it :wow:

[Foxfire]

I collect hummingbird figurines, Angels, Porcelain dolls, and that's just the stuff I can lump together....lol My sister is an Elvis fanatic and she loves lighthouses too beanie.

[driver62]

I collect a little of evrything.
I have a baseball signed by Johnny Vandermeer, the only pitcher in major league history to pitch back to back no hitters.
I have a limited edition civil war painting that I paid $200 for and is now worth around $1200. Think I'll keep it.
Have a collection of 50-60 souvinier (sp) mugs that I picked up at all the places I have visited.
I have a few guns too from the 60's.
My favorite, though, is the first album Johnny Cash put out on Sun records. I've been offered money for it but I won't sell it.

I guess I'm not really a collector. Just a packrat.

[shewolfJR]

Fairy figurines and shot glasses from all over (we have one from Afghanistan).

[Bryan]

I collect 1/32 Big rigs and 1/24 scale cars

[windcatcher]

I collect a little of evrything.
..........
I guess I'm not really a collector. Just a packrat.

:rofl: :wow: :wacko:
Unfortunately I have to say the same!
I had a whole wall full of books, almost all cracked at one time or another, but few completely read through... Have started tossing ---(a painful job. lol!

Love candles, so have a small collection of candle holders...A crystal pair, a brass set, and three gold angels encircling the stick ...are my favorite.

Glass paperweights: Some clear, round, animal shaped, egg shaped and one or two shaped like candy.

Hubby and I fell in love with the Porter Twin Disc Music Box when we visited the Vanderbilt House in Ashville, NC. He got me two tapes of that music, plus started a small collection of music boxes for our anniversary. He's gone now. But I treasure his memory and what he taught me about the courage to love.

Besides all this, I've accumulated too much junk of no real value. A yard sale anyone....going cheap!


:wacko:

[The_Governor]

I collect dust and occasionally some belly-button lint :yikes: :harhar:

[Coalregion]

Scars on my left knee from my myriad of surgeries :yikes:

[officegirl]

Hey Beanie, I collect lighthouses too! I have tons of them at home and in my office. :D The delivery guys (Fed Ex, UPS, etc.) refer to me as The Lighthouse Lady. LOL

[Rev.Vassago]

Antique furniture, antique glassware, antique anything.

I used to have an antique store, but gave it up a few years ago, due to time constraints.

I have around 600 pieces of Royal Ruby glassware from the depression era, and some mid-1800's pieces of Vaseline glass (yellow-green glass that contains Uranium - it glows green under a blacklight)

other than that, I collect debt.

[beanie baby]

Hey Beanie, I collect lighthouses too! I have tons of them at home and in my office. :D The delivery guys (Fed Ex, UPS, etc.) refer to me as The Lighthouse Lady. LOL

I've started and now I can't stop! :rofl: It's a bad addiction. :D