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Hank_The_Tank Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Nov 18 2016, 4:37 PM EST
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Anyone else a collector like me? Seems like I collect way too many different types of things. What do you collect? Do you consider yourself a collector or a hoarder? I would consider myself a collector.

Me:
-Sports Cards & Memorbilia
-Old/Foreign Coins/Currency
-CD's / DVD's
-Loose Leaf Teas - Not sure if you can consider it a collection when you use them, but with how many I have I would say it is a collection, same with cigars and cologne.
-Bobbleheads
-Fishing Lures (currently only new ones that I use, but want to get into collecting old ones)
-Board Games
-Books
-Hats
-Beer Bottles (up until now I have only collected the ones I have tried. I have about 175 so far. However, my dad picked me up some Iron City Cans that have the Steelers Super Bowl teams on them from back in the day. Pretty sure it is making me want to collect old bottles and cans now.
Hank_The_Tank Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Nov 18 2016, 4:40 PM EST
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If you have 4 of something, does it count? If so, I also collect children...meaning I have 4 of my own. They are 5 yr old daughter, 3 yr old son and twin girls that are 1. Fun times.
JadeRose Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Nov 18 2016, 4:45 PM EST
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Does "the skulls of my enemies" count?
Hank_The_Tank Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Nov 18 2016, 4:54 PM EST
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JadeRose wrote:
Does "the skulls of my enemies" count?
If you have a few of them, sure. I would like to see some pictures of this collection.
jespear Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Nov 18 2016, 5:06 PM EST
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Hank_The_Tank wrote:
Anyone else a collector like me? Seems like I collect way too many different types of things. What do you collect? Do you consider yourself a collector or a hoarder? I would consider myself a collector.

Me:
-Sports Cards & Memorbilia
-Old/Foreign Coins/Currency
-CD's / DVD's
-Loose Leaf Teas - Not sure if you can consider it a collection when you use them, but with how many I have I would say it is a collection, same with cigars and cologne.
-Bobbleheads
-Fishing Lures (currently only new ones that I use, but want to get into collecting old ones)
-Board Games
-Books
-Hats
-Beer Bottles (up until now I have only collected the ones I have tried. I have about 175 so far. However, my dad picked me up some Iron City Cans that have the Steelers Super Bowl teams on them from back in the day. Pretty sure it is making me want to collect old bottles and cans now.


I collect vintage beer cans, Hank.
I have extras, if you're interested.
PM me your email and I'll send you a pic of the ones I have on display on my wall.

jes
calavera Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 6:57 AM EST
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I am always looking for a new thing to collect.

I currently collect:

cd's
lp's
vintage mechanics tools/hand tools
cowboy boots
pipes
coins
Adidas sneakers
audio equipment

I have slowed down on some of the above and gotten rid of some of my collections, but still am always on the lookout for them.




J
JadeRose Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 7:21 AM EST
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calavera wrote:
I am always looking for a new thing to collect.

I currently collect:

cd's
lp's
vintage mechanics tools/hand tools
cowboy boots
pipes
coins
Adidas sneakers
audio equipment

I have slowed down on some of the above and gotten rid of some of my collections, but still am always on the lookout for them.




J




and tie rod guards....don't forget those!
Gene363 Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 8:18 AM EST
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After attending several estate auctions where I saw things the dead guy bought at auctions and his family had to deal with I started getting rid of a lot of crap, er collections/accumulations. I also consolidated (fewer and better examples) my knife and blue steel object collections.

I do have a few coins set aside and even some stamps that I speculated will increase in value.

Coffee cups are my current problem, I have a few dozen from places we have been, artsy examples, places I have worked and many more from contractors and businesses I dealt with over the years. Once the word gets out you collect something too many people are there to enable your addiction, especially small value items like coffee cups. If any of you need some cups let me know, I can only use one at a time.
dstieger Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 9:07 AM EST
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I have found that I get far more pleasure from getting rid of things than collecting them.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 10:30 AM EST
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I collect paper bills and coins... mostly current circulation stuff, US currency...
rfenst Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 10:38 AM EST
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Way too many cigars!
SMOKEYOU Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 10:44 AM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Way too many cigars!


+1
Its the only thing I've been hoarding as of late.
KingoftheCove Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 10:54 AM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Way too many cigars!

Maybe it's time to thin the herd again?
I'm in!
thurson Offline
#14 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 10:56 AM EST
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According to my wife...dust.
KingoftheCove Offline
#15 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 10:59 AM EST
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My wife is a borderline hoarder........................it can be challenging.
I keep wanting to have a yard sale.............she keeps stalling.
I own unopened CASES of wine glasses..........and we don't even drink anymore.
I'm renting a storage shed to keep all her "stuff".
Quite sure that I have already spent more in rent than the stuff is worth.

Oh well.................
coolbreeze68 Offline
#16 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 11:08 AM EST
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$100 bills.

Feel free to enable my addiction.
calavera Offline
#17 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 11:37 AM EST
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JadeRose wrote:
and tie rod guards....don't forget those!



If you have one, you don't need more.






J
JadeRose Offline
#18 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 6:26 PM EST
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calavera wrote:
If you have one, you don't need more.






J




True....true
JadeRose Offline
#19 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 6:31 PM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
My wife is a borderline hoarder........................it can be challenging.
I keep wanting to have a yard sale.............she keeps stalling.
I own unopened CASES of wine glasses..........and we don't even drink anymore.
I'm renting a storage shed to keep all her "stuff".
Quite sure that I have already spent more in rent than the stuff is worth.

Oh well.................





This^^ My wife is a knitter, plus she quilts, spins fiber, paints, etc. She has a studio that I can't even look at because it makes my head want to explode. On top of that the entire attached garage is full of yarn and fabric and fiber and MOST of the unattached garage is too. She has waaaaaay more stuff than she'll use in this lifetime. It kinda drives me crazy because we could actually move into a significantly smaller house if it wasn't for all her $hit but....I love her...so what you gonna do?
MACS Offline
#20 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 6:44 PM EST
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I guess I collect fishing gear. I have 8 rod/reel combos in my garage and one I keep in Wisconsin. I have 3 tackle boxes... and various lures, jigs, hooks, weights, and rigs for rock fish, halibut, steel leaders, etc.
Whistlebritches Offline
#21 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 9:04 PM EST
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Vintage shave gear.........double edge safety razors mostly Gillette 40's-late 60's models
Old Spice shave mugs 40's-70's models
Vintage US currency and current foreign currency
Antique carved duck decoys
Cigars

I tried to collect bourbon but it disappears much too quickly.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#22 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 9:07 PM EST
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I collect spores, mold and fungus.
frankj1 Offline
#23 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 9:55 PM EST
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and you keep them on your crotch and toe nails?
NapalmMan67 Offline
#24 Posted: Sat, Nov 19 2016, 10:00 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
I guess I collect fishing gear. I have 8 rod/reel combos in my garage and one I keep in Wisconsin. I have 3 tackle boxes... and various lures, jigs, hooks, weights, and rigs for rock fish, halibut, steel leaders, etc.



I've culled my collection down the last couple years to 17 or 18 now and am looking to reduce even further. Mine's all small freshwater gear though.


And I collect cigars... But that collection is always fluid.
tamapatom Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Nov 20 2016, 8:04 AM EST
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calavera wrote:
I am always looking for a new thing to collect.

I currently collect:

cd's
lp's
vintage mechanics tools/hand tools
cowboy boots
pipes
coins
Adidas sneakers
audio equipment

I have slowed down on some of the above and gotten rid of some of my collections, but still am always on the lookout for them.




J

Another collector of vinyl!

If i was more organized i would call myself a collector but my wife says I am a vinyl junky. How much is too much? I am proud to say i have cut back. From a high of 90,000 to about 10,000. Got more to get rid of. When I get down to about 2500 of my favorites, I'll call it a collection. I have no patience for cataloging though. Mostly grouped.
bassman45 Offline
#26 Posted: Sun, Nov 20 2016, 8:37 AM EST
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thurson wrote:
According to my wife...dust.


Lmao! Sounds like my wife!
kombat96 Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Nov 20 2016, 8:48 AM EST
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Cacman hoards
dharbolt Offline
#28 Posted: Sun, Nov 20 2016, 9:00 AM EST
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Pot, this is kettle... ^^^^^
Mr. Jones Offline
#29 Posted: Sun, Nov 20 2016, 10:46 AM EST
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Yes.

Antiques and collectibles that are way under priced
That I can resell at a profit...

Its how I make my meager existence due to
WORKPLACE MOBBING and GANGSTALKING
making it almost impossible to find a decent job
Where other people work and the FBI-SSG BRIBE IN CASH...
YOUR COWORKERS TO HARASS YOU INCESSANTLY

ART ...Paintings, all mediums, Prints , all types
Probably well over a thousand pictures

Hawaiian shirts : at least 500 to resell
Plus 125 in my actual collection.

Pottery: well over 1,500 pots...
Plus my own Artwork ( My own ceramics from
1970-2008 that I made, I AM A ceramic artist
W/ an M.F.A. degree in ceramics / sculpture)

FISHING lures, bamboo fly rods,
lighters ( just starting)... Old STICKLEY mission furniture,
ROYCROFT MISSION anything, weller pottery, Roseville pottery,
Copper stuff, hammered aluminum,

The list goes on and on.

I grab tons of stuff
FOR FREE
from trash Day on the curb
And I HAVE dumpster dived for 45 years.

I also gather any and all discarded METAL
to the recycling center for $$ CASH $$$...
It pays 30-50% of my BEER PURCHASES.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#30 Posted: Sun, Nov 20 2016, 2:26 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
and you keep them on your crotch and toe nails?


Nope, right next to the ecto laser containment unit.
Palama Offline
#31 Posted: Sun, Nov 20 2016, 3:41 PM EST
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I've basically stopped my constant collection of music, be it records, cassettes, CDs or bit torrents but even while I was in the collecting mode, would thin out the old technology as I moved to the new. The exception has been my bit torrent stage, since those were ROIOs (Recordings of Indeterminate Origins) and did not improve on what I already had. I did however have to buy hard drives for storage so still had to spend money. d'oh!
Palama Offline
#32 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 2:38 PM EST
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Hahaha! Ran across this thread with Hank as the OP.

To put it mildly, he was a trip!
Mr. Jones Offline
#33 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 6:51 PM EST
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The TANK !!! 🤪🤣😂🤪🤣😂🤪🤣😂
gummy jones Offline
#34 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 8:06 PM EST
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That dude was always working his next mooch
gummy jones Offline
#35 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 8:06 PM EST
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Very consistent
8trackdisco Offline
#36 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 9:00 PM EST
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Glad you mentioned him. Forgot how happy I was when he finally left.
Now I'm happy again.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#37 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 9:13 PM EST
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I remember a couple posts from him, but I was the noobiest of noobs at that point

To the original post:
Vinyl collection is modest
CD collection is decent
Comic book collection is fairly extensive. Focus on Marvel, specifically X-men and related titles and Ghost Rider
Plowboy221 Offline
#38 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 9:29 PM EST
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Used condoms I find on the ground at truck stops, rest areas etc…. saving them all up to mail to Victor one of these days.
HockeyDad Offline
#39 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 10:03 PM EST
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Plowboy221 wrote:
Used condoms I find on the ground at truck stops, rest areas etc…. saving them all up to mail to Victor one of these days.


It will remind him of when he lived in San Francisco!
Plowboy221 Offline
#40 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 10:11 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
It will remind him of when he lived in San Francisco!



Damn I almost forgot about that, I’ll have to take a dump I’m the box as well.
HockeyDad Offline
#41 Posted: Thu, Apr 21 2022, 10:19 PM EST
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Throw is some hypodermic needles!
dkeage Offline
#42 Posted: Sat, Apr 23 2022, 8:20 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Throw is some hypodermic needles!

.....and a menu from Slanted Door
HockeyDad Offline
#43 Posted: Sat, Apr 23 2022, 10:02 PM EST
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Honestly I think the Slanted Door is overpriced.
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