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What else do you collect?
Lady Rae
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I just won on eBay a 1903 copy of Betty Zane. I collect Zane Grey books and antique books so double score 🥰😍
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
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Nice score, @Lady Rae !!!! And great thread idea! 🙂
I like watches. I only have a few, but when I see one I like, it's really hard to resist buying it. I picked up this one on our latest trip:
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
I have a collection of safes. If I remember correctly, the current count of safes is 12 not including a "bank" of 52 safe deposit boxes. This does not include the two gun safes behind the vault door.
A recent acquisition is a US Post office safe weighing 2,300 pounds. That one actually has a safe inside the safe - very unique construction.
9422's preferred but have close to all the many different variations and few really rare ones so not looking for them much any more.
About anything that fires a bullet if it catches my eye.
Vintage 22 ammo, and a few knives.
I just moved and I promise to never collect anything again.
Seems like I mostly collect dust ................................. sigh ...................
Hi My name is Dave , and I am a amateur hoarder 🙄
pretty well covers it
Used to collect brass soda acid fire extinguishers,(been a fireman for 40 years ). Nothing much right now .
Good luck with that !!! 😉
I seem to have a collection of collections.......
Main interests lately have been knives and Diecast Aircraft. Always looking for a few silver dollars...
coins............focusing on gold and silver at this time.
I collect a few odd things. Skulls of animals I've found out in the wild...........antique chainsaws with the rule I can't buy one for over $35.......and just any weird thing I see that I like.
Merc
Rifle & pistol cartridges.
Speaking on coins this is my heart break story
I started collecting coins when I was just a young rug rat as a kid it was hard even a dime was big deal to have but I plugged along
My first job allow a few dollars to go to my hobby
Even the first half dozen years into my marriage my wife would go to coinshops or fle markets with me
I even joined a small coins collecting club in town that met once a month
OK to the point I always kept all my collection in several suitcases never even gave a thought to buy a safe or safety deposit box
My collection got sidelined as we had kids and for the most part just kept tucked away never checked on
At some point one of my sons ? And or or there friends or both who use to say with us like kids do a lot when they were part of regular groups spent the night or days with our kids
Some years later like 10 to 12 ?
I decided to pull my collection out and check it out I had many proof and mint sets almost complete sets of most coins from 1900s to date and albums of older from early 1800's
No gold but a lot of silver coins
95% were gone even the albums of odd ball and forgin coins I had accumulated rolls of ofold penny's nickles dimes and more
My heart just fell out
I never question my sons as the answerd I would have got was obvious no what coins
I have never even talked about untill now other than telling my wife when I found it all missing
Even now, 20 + years later it it hurts knowing my son(s) And or ther friends stole them all
Sorry to throw a wet blanket on the discussion
But I should have kept them all locked up
I still have some proof and mint sets a few random coins locked in my gun safes now
I collect the old HO gauge slot cars started as a kid also its like a huge not so well know collector hobby
i also have a few NIB model cars I use to enjoy building thems as a kid and just kept adding to the. Collection
Pocket knifes seem to be a magnet at fle markets for me
Tools one is OK two is one as the saying goes and many is a lot better
We have tubs full of hot wheels we bought the kids when they were younger still in the packages my wife worked at Walmart part time when the kids were very young and added a lot that way buying as the new ones came out
Al my old Red line hot wheel cars my younger brother did them in yrs ago
When I kick off its going to be a nightmare to sort and sell off everything
I plan on thining down a lot of what I have accumulated on the internet auctions starting real soon
I started colection as a hobby and enjoyed so many things but knew i would sell off when i got old well I have gotten old my gosh how time Flys by
Just about anything WW2-related.
Zippos a small sample
Birthdays......I'll have 80 in another few days.
Cook books with recipes I'll never try. Periodicals I'll never get around to reading with failing eyes. At least Hustler has pictures. No longer have to pretend to read them for the articles.
Cut back on the cassettes and CDs but still got piles of them. Mainly it's been DVDs these days. If you can't find something to listen to or watch at my place I got guns to shoot yourself with.
Whiskey, mostly bourbons
Some bottles don't look to be in mint condition. They show a bit of shelf ware.
Sipitation Evaporation
Kerosene lanterns
Last couple of weeks we have been collecting snow, lots of snow. Lol
I collected Colt Aces and Colt Ace service models for a quite a few years. The last couple months I have turned my attention to Walther p38s, I’m hoping this doesn’t turn into another addition.
What’s that old saying, the only difference between a boy and a man is the price of their toys.
Old pellet guns.My daughter in law said my office looks like a 10 year old boys room.
Dust...
Beer cans
Stamps
Faded memories of long lost lovers...
Old logging tools, saws etc. some lanterns, which I used to restore.
I have quite a collection of antique toy metal airplanes. Some are really unique! We also collected a lot of small airplane Christmas tree ornaments.
Vintage duck & fish decoys.
Chainsaws
Refurbished these Saturday and turned out nice.
Nice work.😎 It reminds me that I need to get going restoring the two old Homelite saws I have; a Zip, and a 5-20.
37 Winchesters and M5 Bayonets -------------------------------Ray
About anything of value but I have pretty big collections of the following in order of most to least(above normal haha):
Old ammo/cartridges
Knives
Gun industry stickers/pins/logo merchandise
Coins/bullion
Old video games and systems
Old toys
Anvils
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1024798186
Got something similar last week.
A few years ago, I restored a Zip and a Remington 754g. Men back in the day had strong backs. They were pretty much straight piped for a muffler and very loud.
Definitely, on both counts. I had it running at one point, and it sure cackled.