[b]COLLECTORS!![/b] Besides guns what do you collect??

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - [b]COLLECTORS!![/b] Besides guns what do you collect??

Posted: 12/4/2002 11:14:22 PM EDT

About 7 years ago my wife and I were watching a show on collectors items and thought it would be cool to collect something.

Of all things in this world I started with HOT WHEELS... Everytime I would go to the store I would buy doubles of cars... one for me and one for my daughter. She loves them, plays with them. Now she is getting older so she is passing them down to her little sister.

Whenever I would fill up a box I would throw the box in the attic.

HOLY SHIT I have over 1,000 of them!! What the hell was I thinking??? ALL OF THEM UNOPENED.

Wonder if they will be worth bucks one day.

Any of you collect stuff?

Posted: 12/4/2002 11:18:48 PM EDT

[#1]

Knives & beanie babies.

First $1,000 takes all beanies!

Posted: 12/4/2002 11:19:41 PM EDT

[#2]

lately....empty lotion bottles.

Posted: 12/4/2002 11:28:39 PM EDT

[#3]

Code 3 Fire Engines. I have like 10 FDNY rigs.

Posted: 12/4/2002 11:50:38 PM EDT

[#4]

Mags and gun cleaning products... I have a compulsion of buying Hoppes every time I see it. Strange.. very strange... [%|]

Posted: 12/4/2002 11:57:47 PM EDT

[#5]

Tons of sport cards

I wish I could sell them.

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:11:41 AM EDT

[#6]

I collect debt!

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:14:36 AM EDT

[#7]

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lately....empty lotion bottles.

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Now that's FUNNY!

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:15:05 AM EDT

[#8]

I think y'all might know already.....

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/FR160.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/FJ90.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/GM20.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/GR205.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/CK3.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/CK7.JPG[/img]

[img]http://teasel.com/dave/WorldScans/w3161.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/HR36.JPG[/img]

World bank notes.....

Scott

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:15:38 AM EDT

[#9]

i've never been clinically diagnosed as obsessive/compulsive, but here's what i collect:

guns of course
baseball cards (particularly Nolan Ryan stuff)
baseball bats
baseball gloves
baseballs
basketball shoes (mostly Jordans)
tennis shoes (mostly Agassis)
computers
expensive wine
wine glasses
cigars
golf clubs
golf spikes
tennis rackets
climbing gear (passive and active pro)
carabiners and quick-draws
cereal boxes
old LA Times
obscure classical music CDs
DVDs of every ilk
big screen TVs
post-war American poetry
japanese comic books
anything by Hans Silvestri (photographer)
first editions of postmodern American fiction
fountain pens
folding knives
unique dinner plates
paintball guns and equipment
backpacks of every size and application
...

i'm probably forgetting something, but i think that's it. needless to say, these "hobbies" have cost me a fortune over the years. but my wife, bless her heart, puts up with it like a champ. thanks honey.

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:19:05 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I think y'all might know already.....

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FR160.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FJ90.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GM20.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GR205.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK3.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK7.JPG[/url]

[url]http://teasel.com/dave/WorldScans/w3161.jpg[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/HR36.JPG[/url]

World bank notes.....

Scott

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wow this is cool. DScott, would you happen to have a 50 franc note? the one with the holograms of "The Little Prince" on it? if so, would you be at all interested in selling it?

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:19:59 AM EDT

[#11]

Benchmade knives...

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:28:16 AM EDT

[#12]

Sports cards. I started back in the 1960s with baseball cards. My Dad stored them and I got them back from him about seven years ago. I've added some more cards to the collection since then, but I haven't bought any cards in a few years.

And sports autographs. I've got Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter, Cal Ripken, Ryan Klesko, Mark McGwire, my favorite QB for many years, Dan Marino, and a bunch more.

Almost forgot... souvenir coffee mugs from all over, Jack Daniels and Jim Beam shot glasses, and knives. [:)]

Posted: 12/5/2002 12:56:33 AM EDT

[#13]

Randall Knives (Vietnam Era)

Lalique Glass

Posted: 12/5/2002 1:00:27 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
I think y'all might know already.....

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FR160.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FJ90.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GM20.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GR205.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK3.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK7.JPG[/url]

[url]http://teasel.com/dave/WorldScans/w3161.jpg[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/HR36.JPG[/url]

World bank notes.....

Scott

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I bet the people on 56k [i]love[/i] you! [:D]

Posted: 12/5/2002 1:16:23 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I think y'all might know already.....

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FR160.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FJ90.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GM20.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GR205.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK3.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK7.JPG[/url]

[url]http://teasel.com/dave/WorldScans/w3161.jpg[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/HR36.JPG[/url]

World bank notes.....

Scott

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I bet the people on 56k [i]love[/i] you! [:D]

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All F'n day long!

Posted: 12/5/2002 1:16:31 AM EDT

[#16]

Coins
Watches
Crystal
Knives
Sony Stereo Components (43 pieces in the audio room)
CD's, around 1200 although I no longer buy CD's.
Tools / woodworking / mechanical/ Electricial /AC / lathe. Next is a milling machine. Still have other items on my list that I need / want.
More shit than a fella really needs I suppose.

Does Dillon gear count?
1 1050
1 1050 Super
1 SL900
etc.

Posted: 12/5/2002 2:17:10 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

wow this is cool. DScott, would you happen to have a 50 franc note? the one with the holograms of "The Little Prince" on it? if so, would you be at all interested in selling it?

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This one?

[img]http://www.banknotes.com/FR157A.JPG[/img]

Nope. Don't even have the ones I linked to. Just neat ones I found here:

[url]http://www.banknotes.com[/url]

The have the note in question for $20.00 UNC.

Scott

Posted: 12/5/2002 2:19:06 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I think y'all might know already.....

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FR160.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/FJ90.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GM20.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/GR205.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK3.JPG[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/CK7.JPG[/url]

[url]http://teasel.com/dave/WorldScans/w3161.jpg[/url]

[url]http://www.banknotes.com/HR36.JPG[/url]

World bank notes.....

Scott

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I bet the people on 56k [i]love[/i] you! [:D]

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All F'n day long!

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My apologies.....

No more pic links of money. Are URLs okay? You wouldn't have to click them.....

Scott

[:D]

Posted: 12/5/2002 3:23:33 AM EDT

[#19]

First edition or rare prints of books. All kinds including philosophy, poetry and religious works. Most are fiction though.

Posted: 12/5/2002 3:33:19 AM EDT

[#20]

DUST!

Posted: 12/5/2002 4:01:54 AM EDT

[#21]

Besides guns I collect old/rare ammuniion, ammunition boxes,and military/commrcial cleaning kits.

Balming

Posted: 12/5/2002 4:05:55 AM EDT

[#22]

World Paper money
C&R firearms
coins

Av.

Posted: 12/5/2002 4:17:18 AM EDT

[#23]

racing bicycles
john deere garden tractors
dead presidents

Posted: 12/5/2002 4:29:06 AM EDT

[#24]

DVDs
Zippos

Posted: 12/5/2002 4:38:09 AM EDT

[#25]

Antique Carbide Mining Lamps

Posted: 12/5/2002 4:42:54 AM EDT

[#26]

Nascar diecast collection (lots for sale, what you need?).

Working on getting copies of magazines and comics from the month I was born (March 1968 if any of you have anything lying around I might be interested in).

That's about it. But got lots of hobbies....

Posted: 12/5/2002 5:20:11 AM EDT

[#27]

cigarette lighters
old eyeglasses
antique tools
Harley parts
knives
Harley collectables
cd's
Lp's
Pop culture obituaries
grey hair
AB

Posted: 12/5/2002 5:25:33 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Besides guns I collect old/rare ammuniion, ammunition boxes,and military/commrcial cleaning kits.

Balming

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Too bad I didn't know about this a year ago, my mother was selling my father's life collection of old ammo. He had a room full of the stuff.
AB

Posted: 12/5/2002 10:58:29 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Antique Carbide Mining Lamps

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My dad is getting a pretty good collection of the gasoline fueled welding torches. The brass ones that heat the glob of metal on the stick.....

Scott

Posted: 12/6/2002 12:50:22 AM EDT

[#30]

lately I've really been getting into Surefire flashlights.

Posted: 12/6/2002 1:51:06 AM EDT

[#31]

I collect dust bunnies under the bed, its a collection thats growing on its own! Wish that happened with the other gunz stuff!

Posted: 12/6/2002 5:20:50 AM EDT

[#32]

Teeth [:D]

Try to explain that to the new girl friend when she finds a box full of teeth.

Posted: 12/6/2002 5:47:45 AM EDT

[#33]

Old engineering textbooks and references
Plastic models - mostly historic space vehicles
Antique aviation photographs

Most Prized Collection: Drawings my two little kids make

Posted: 12/6/2002 6:14:33 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Tons of sport cards

I wish I could sell them.

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I HEAR you!!! I collected pretty heavily from 1982 till about 1990 and sold a lot of stuff around 1990 when I was trying to come up with money to buy my first (and so far only) home. I came up with about $10K for all the unopened boxes and cases and factory sets and such......wish I had dumped more at the time. I still have a ton of stuff and it's just sitting around for the most part.

I remember selling some 1985 Topps Mark McGwire around the time he was just about to break the home run record and got $100-$125 for ungraded cards. Now I can get PSA (professionally graded gards) graded 9s for $75 all day. Back when he was chasing the record those were going for about 10 times that.

Collecting reminds me a lot of the stock market....when it's hot it's hot and when it's not it's not.