Have any collectors here?

**R13** · November 26th, 2010, 02:50 AM

I'm sure most collect at least something, big or small, may not even know it. But for the ones that do, what do you collect and why do you collect it?

I'm into political memorabilia, big button collector, also DNC tickets/passes. Also like Nazi coins/paper money, collect a few other militaria things also. Have a couple small pieces of the Berlin Wall and a tiny piece of coal from the Titanic - all with several C.O.A. I juust love history and politics, so I'm constantly looking for stuff.

**SBG** · November 26th, 2010, 05:57 AM

I try to collect time but it's always getting away from me.

**simple man** · November 26th, 2010, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by SBG

I try to collect time but it's always getting away from me.

Try saving time in a bottle.

**SBG** · November 26th, 2010, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by simple man

Try saving time in a bottle.

Jim Croce beat me to it.

**Jason** · November 29th, 2010, 05:59 PM

Baseball and Football cards. It is addictive!

**LPDfanincarolina** · November 29th, 2010, 06:37 PM

For 30 some years now I have been collecting mustangs. Not the horse, but rather the car. During that time I have only sold one of them but I keep buying them.

**1inStripes** · November 26th, 2010, 09:59 AM

I like collecting coins from other countries. Dang the Ecuadorian nickel is a spitting image to ours almost in size, but the weight is lighter, and of course a different political figure. Vending machines still won't take it, and thats the only reason I knew I had one.

**Rocky** · November 26th, 2010, 10:44 AM

ive got coins of course baseball cards, a small knife collection, i guess you could say guns. stamps/postcards really just about anything.

**89bluedevil** · November 26th, 2010, 11:50 AM

Have collected sports cards since I was a kid, collected some Star Wars action figures back in the 90s (shouldn't have done that), and have old postcards with actual pictures from Gate City and Kingsport that I remember from my childhood. Seems like most hobbies are expensive, especially the ballcards and the old postcards, and I've had to cut back recently.

**Gotch** · January 2nd, 2011, 09:41 AM

Since I basically make my living buying and reselling antiques and collectibles I do end up keeping many things that I find interesting. There is nothing in particular that I collect, but I do have a house full of antiques and odd things that I have found at yardsales, fleamarkets, auctions, and so forth and always for a fraction of their real value.

I have all of John Fox Jr.'s books, 13 in total, 12 of those in first edition. I have a huge collection of turn of the century wrestling books, about 30 of them. These books are hard to find and many of them list from several hundred dollars each.

I have some mining artifacts, an old turtle shell (leather) helmet with light and spare carbide container and also a round four piece lunch pail with the original "Leyse" sticker still on it (new old stock). One of my favorite "odd" things is a 1950's Japanese made mini spy camera, still has the original film in it.

I have a nice collection of cookie jars including the Brush Pottery Treasue Chest that books for 400+ (I got it at a local fleamarket for 35). I have a lot of books on local history, mining history, and union history. I also have a number of "smalls", like old wooden nickels that were used to give customer discounts at local businesses.