Collectors - What is your most bizarre collection ?

[Sergei's Celebration]

I also have a VHS collection - mostly American national parks. I hate throwing stuff away, but is it even worth asking charity shops if they take them? I've been transferring the PAL ones to DVD, but do many people even have the equipment to play tapes?

They dont take them any more, VHS is literally worthless.

I collect fridge magnets from every place i go. If i can't find one there (a real one) i get one made up for me on-line when i get back.

 

[The Modfather]

Anyone know the psychological reason why people collect things? Also, do you think it is more of a male trait?

It is definitely a male trait. Women only collect shoes.

 

[Ulloa's Soul Patch]

I have around 30 airplane safety information cards

I don't think you're mean't to take those...

 

[hans kraay fan club]

It is definitely a male trait. Women only collect shoes.

And handbags.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying that the other medals aren't deserved it's just that it's rare for the story behind them to be available. The one thing that strikes me about the VC and GC is the egalitarian nature of the awards. As often as not it's a corporal or a mere bobby on the beat.

Boy Seaman John 'Jack' Travers Cornwell is an exception...he was a gunlayer, at the battle of Jutland on HMS Chester his gun crew were wiped out...he stayed at his post and died of his wounds afterwards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cornwell
There was a massive oil painting at HMS St Vincent that I had to pass every day during my training...I became fascinated by his story and that led me to studying naval and military history....so my collection has to be shelves of books and tapes and DVDs of our military past.

 

[Meade's Ball]

And handbags.

And words said against them.

 

[Buzzer]

It's not unusual in any way but I do collect music CDs. Probably near to 2000 of them.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Haven't bought any for decades, but I have hundreds of Beano comics from the 70s and 80s, Beano, Dandy, Beezer annuals from the 1960s-1980s, as well as various Whizzer and Chips, Buster, Beezer comics.

Also got about 100 bar towels from the 80s that I need to buzz out.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

A moderate collection of cigarette cards focussed on football.

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

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It is a very small collection

 

[Chicken Runner61]

It's not unusual in any way but I do collect music CDs. Probably near to 2000 of them.

Any Tom Jones?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Did you see the news?

http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/airfix-brings-production-back-to-uk/040272

I did...airfix quality has been poor and can't compete with revell and tamiya. Hopefully they will improve with manufacturing back in uk.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Ooh, nice work - i'd appreciate that!

Ok I will have a dig

 

[Garage_Doors]

Anything Sex Pistols related.

 

[WildWood]

Any Tom Jones?

I collect Albion shirts, Skinhead Reggae & anything to do with Weller/The Jam!

 

[WSU]

This is really random, but for some reason when I was about 12 I collected the little balls that were inside the ink cartridges used in my fountain pen. I had 100's of them and stored them in an old style paracetamol brown bottle with the safety lid. I lost count of the times I got covered in blue ink or cut myself trying to get them out! (I didn't have many friends back then obviously!)

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Please tell me that you are happily married now. Please.

 

[Grombleton]

This is really random, but for some reason when I was about 12 I collected the little balls that were inside the ink cartridges used in my fountain pen. I had 100's of them and stored them in an old style paracetamol brown bottle with the safety lid. I lost count of the times I got covered in blue ink or cut myself trying to get them out! (I didn't have many friends back then obviously!)

I did that for a while at school. Always handy to have a small projectile that was easy to hide, but funny to throw en masse to annoy others. Used to stash them in my pencil case.

 

[WSU]

Please tell me that you are happily married now. Please.

Ha ha!! I can confirm I am now married and have lots of friends/fellow STH (the wife just questioned the 'happiness' side of it now I've disclosed this little story even though she used to cut the cartridges open too!)

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I used to have a complete collection of 1960s Dusty Springfield singles (including those she made as a member of The Springfields) - which I bought off a friend of mine for peanuts, when he was short of cash.