Minerals crystals, agates & fossilsI also have a huge collection of various sized dust particles
Angharad
Angharad my daughter once had a very nice collection, too. We use to go the mineral shows and museums. I am always more comfortable visiting someone who collects dust.
Why144000 Wherever did you find 1st century coins? Were they expensive?
~I have about 10,000 comics, and 400 DVD's. Most of my friends dont bother with blockbusters. Mmmm, maybe I should start charging them. yxl1
yxl1 I used to buy comic books when I was a child for 12cents. I wonder how much some of them would be worth now.
Honestly, I collect: telephones.
RayzorBlade I never knew anyone who collected telephones. I have seen collections in museums. I loved the little field telephone for G.I.Joes my brothers had. There is something magical about miniature versions of things.
Great question Flying High Now Rayzorblade
Thanks, Ray, I find it fascinating to see or hear about what people collect. It helps you get to know them sometimes better than anything they could say.
Teddy bears...... Gadget
How nice. Andy still has his teddybear from when he was a little boy. It's tattered and you can see how much love a once upon-a-time little boy put into it.
Books. Lots of books.
Fortunately I can make my own bookcases, so they are floor to ceiling jobs LitteToe
LittleToe We love books, too. We don't have a lot of room though so we have them in boxes. I love to see big bookshelves with interesting books in people's homes. I always say, if I ever have the extra room, it will be a library. I loved the library in the Disney animation of Beauty and The Beast.
Perfume bottles, not on purpose I just hold them because I like them ...FrenchBabyFace
FrenchBabyFace How cool, I used to collect miniture perfume bottles when I was a little girl. Most of them came from my grandmother. I still have a couple of them with perfume still in them.
That is my collection,its a paradise on earth in my living room galaxy7
Galaxy7 It sounds like a veritable tropical jungle I love birds.
hmmmm... how about friends.. I love collecting friends.. little umbrellas from those pretty drinks.. SimpleSally and I used to have a contest.. Sassy
Sassy, I can tell this about you. You are always so warm and geuinely interested in your fellow posters here. I bet you have a big collection. I used to love those umbrellas when I was a little girl; so they still hold a kind of small magic. My brother and I tried to make some but they just weren't the same.
Empty beer cans. Every once in a while I get off my butt and pick them all up. Sargon
Sargon, I knew a couple once, who wallpapered their living room with a massive wall of various beer cans. Also, when they used to come with removable pull tabs, people used to make mesh curtains with them. Decorating with beer cans, ey?
boarding passes from all the flights I have ever made....stillajwexelder
stillajwexelder, do you have a lot of them?
minerals (?)Mineralogist
Mineralogist: How vast is your collection?
What an interesting way to get to know each all better. When this thread grows we'll have a collection of interest about JWD posters' collections.
Heather
Edited to add:
( I cannot imagine why, because the older I am getting the more I am DETESTING religion)franklin J
shot glasses Starbucks mugs too,MulanDebt.xjw_b12
Franklin J, maybe the history involved fascinates you?
Mulan, I had a cool one from the St. James Hotel in Cimmaron, NM, the kids put in the dishwasher and it washed off all of the paint! Starbucks needs to make some miniature mugs.
xjw_b12, I'm sorry.