What else do you collect?

I have over 2000 comic books that I collected in the 70's

I think I may get rid of those. Just collecting dust in a closet.
 
Guns, comic books, coins. Especially coins. There's something really special about a piece of silver that is 200 years old, and is still in uncirculated condition. I have a whole box full of slabbed, graded silver half dollars, dollars and some quarters.
 
The only thing I'm actively collecting is knives and tools. My only remaining collections are...guns, and breweriana (glasses, neon, tin signs).
 
Stamps, canes and walking sticks, Titanic items, Zippo lighters, cook books,cast iron cookware and multi-tools.;)
 
I used to collect comic books up to my early 20's, now I might read about two or three new ones a month, have set aside the comics I want to keep for my brother and any possible children I may have one day. The online and brick and mortar stores are charging 3 bucks for the comics that just came out a month ago that were priced as 2.95, and I can't even sell my stuff for a buck an issue. Unless you have the hot comic to sell then and there, you have to wait forever for someone to buy your comics on eBay. Instead of piecing my collection out, I'm just putting the ones I don't want together as a collection, and hopefully will get at least 50 cents an issue. I didn't get into collecting older comics, mainly because I don't feel like hunting for old issues. Also, when I buy a comic book, it's for the enjoyment of reading it, not for putting it in a protective bag and storing it. I found a treasure trove of old EC horror and scifi comics, Classics Illustrated and lots of old R Crumb comics, those I enjoy, along with old Spirit comics, but old superhero comics just aren't for me.

Several years ago, I started getting into original comic book art collecting. I own work by several big name artists, but I can't move anything. I have no where to display it, and realized that I can't afford it right now.

I was collecting knives for their future values, but, except for hard to find stuff, I'm only keeping what has a use, and what I will use in regards to future purchases.

I'm building a small gun collection slowly but surely, but not for value, for use.
 
Led flashlights.
Diecast collectible vehicles (Corgi etc.). Office looks like WWII is being fought all over again......................!
 
Boomerangs (some decorative, non-flying tourist bring-backs, some competition-grade)
Books Books Books... (lots of Kipling, Contemporary poetry, Roman history, German language lit & non-fiction)
Rugby Jerseys & tournament T-shirts
Random weird stuff.
 
Edged Weapons - all

Firearms, particularly matched caliber sets.

Tactically oriented artwork, and armed female art.

Apocalyptic Fiction - Books and Movies.

Survival Equipment - all (including light off-road vehicles)

Wireless Micro-video equipment

Remote Control Toys - primarily for above

Pre-1964 US silver coinage (starting)

What I should start collecting is STORAGE SPACE :rolleyes:
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Everything,...... knives, guns, flashlights, lighters, antiques, cars, motorcycles, toys, games, cameras, shot glasses, hot wheels, cannons, books, tools, canes, skulls, kites, music, stoves, clocks, radios, movies, friends bills:rolleyes: I accumulate everything, that's the down side to having a 2 story 180' X 38' garage.:eek:.

They say if you have 3 or more of anything it's a collection.:cool:
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Choose your items carefully .Size can be important too. Here is a novelette on how I turned my stuff for a good amount of money & managed to reduce bulk & retain the cherries. The remainder gives me comfort. I did share with relatives ---anything that was or could have been on their limb of the family tree.


When we moved back to Florida we sold a 10 room brick home on the Pasquotank river in N.C. Our family settled the area in the 1670's & I had an industrial-strength collection of family relics.
Old tools, a Singer '98, ribbed washboard, spinning wheel, a dozen cast-iron skillets, old blenders,mixers,dozens of knives, a Morris chair, military equipment, ancient fishing lures,steamer trunks,foot lockers , more than a dozen decoys from our "Pine Island Hunting Club " including foundry made anchors,several firearms, hunting knives, oars & locks [some brass locks ],pots,plates..........

We bought a 2500 SF home here & the carefully thinned collection is well displayed & it gives this old man comfort ,being around familiar family trappings.
Our move cost $4,080 & I only needed a few extra bucks to pay the movers.
When I had my sale I hired an appraiser & he was so delighted to see these goodies,he gave me a freebie. I was going to sell an old cabinet to the cleaning lady for $35 & he said the decimal point was one position off.
I underpriced the lures & knives but I never said I was perfect .

Uncle Alan:thumbup:
 
Gold & sterling thimbles.
Coin silver pocket knives.
Antique magnifying glasses.
Antique metal cribbage boards.
Colt 1911 pistols.
Books.
Minature sword pins.
and..........other junk.
 
Reading this brings up quite a list.

Swords, bayonets, fighting knives. Bullets and shell cases, militaria in general.

Scottish single malt whisky.

Flashlights or 'torches' as I call them.

Done the fishing stuff and just have one antique Sealey fly rod left. I sold all the other stuff in May.

Bank notes and old coins. I have a WW11 million mark note and others.

Antique English glass, Victoriana in general.

Antiquarian books.

British and world postage stamps from Penny Red to late 1975 when I stopped.
 
I only buy knives that I think I'll use, and most of the time I do. So I only really own about 30 or so knives... all used to some extent (most still pretty much mint, but all used and sharpened). So I don't know if that's a collection or not.

What I do collect is books. Especially older books, first editions if possible. My prize is a first edition of The Grapes of Wrath -- not in mint condition, but a good reading copy of one of my favorite books. The latest addition is an almost mint, 1941 English translation of Mein Kampf.

I'm always on the look out for more when I have disposable cash. I'd love to get my hands on some Hemingway firsts and I've been eyeing ebay for a first edition of McCarthy's Blood Meridian (they appear from time to time, but never when I have a few hundred dollars lying around uselessly).

My library right now has grown beyond the storage capability of my one book case (five shelves high) and is stacked a good two and a half feet high on top. I'd estimate 250 to 300 volumes... all I know is when I moved over the summer, it took twelve banana boxes to move my books.

I also collect obscure heavy metal albums (vinyl and CD). That collection is in the neighborhood of 500 records, mostly imports.

Other than that, I collect a lot of dust.
 
Flashlights ('torches' here too), compasses, pens, electronic gadgets, optics esp. binoculars.

I'm definitely a packrat.
 
Tim-Gabz said:
I have a neat collection of various old and new bank notes. Collected out of interest my favourite is the 5 Burundi Frank note (1500 to your $), the 10 Naira Note (140 to your $), the 5 Zimbabwe Dollar note (100'000 to your $ and rising). Returning to the earlier comment about backed by gold and now only backed by governmental promise. You can see most goverments are liars, ten years back the 5 Zim Dollars was a beer.
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This reinforces my idea of saving precious metals.I am patriotic to a degree...


I love my country but co-exist with my government.




Uncle Alan
 
I mostly collect knives. And guns, but I have been focusing on my knives. I was thinking about gold coins too, and I have only one. I thought they might make a good investment.
 
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