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In reply to the discussion: What weird or different thing .trinkets, or doodads do you collect. Books and magazines were posted already, My neighbor [View all]
calimary
(89,028 posts)36. Shoot - what DON'T I collect?
Well, probably the most enduring is my rock collection. I think I started collecting rocks when I was old enough to pick one up. Always fascinated by them. And if there are fossils in them, so much the better! I have one that a friend named “the Oyster Stew Rock because of all the (what looks like) oyster shells in it. I’ve got a rock from the top of Pike’s Peak. I’ve got one that has all these long slender air bubble vents in it. Got chunks of obsidian, and fossils, and quartz crystals, single and in clusters and many different color shadings. I took the best ones with me when we moved, and they’re in my garden now.
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What weird or different thing .trinkets, or doodads do you collect. Books and magazines were posted already, My neighbor [View all]
debm55
Dec 2023
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my health care worker who drives me around shopping etc, bought a 8 track player . for christmas one year
AllaN01Bear
Dec 2023
#30
Sounds great Mr. Bill. That sounds beautiful putting an ornament in them. Very classy. Could you keep in the larger
debm55
Jan 2024
#80
The anniversary of the plane going down was December 26. It was carrying food supplies;
debm55
Jan 2024
#128
Oh I love those. Do you have a special place you purchase them? Have a happy and healthy new year.
debm55
Dec 2023
#16
Postcards, coins, stamps, old MAD magazines, old comics, Walt Disney collectibles of all sorts,
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2023
#9
You have alot of collectibles. Do you keep them in a special place? Have a happy and healthy new years.
debm55
Dec 2023
#14
Yes, I do keep them in a storage unit, we finally broke down and started storing them all in the Unit, instead of the
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2023
#17
True, but one can not keep all thousands of items around at once. Thus, I keep a few of items around, and enjoy.
SWBTATTReg
Jan 2024
#120
Ah, you would ask me a hard question, ha ha heh. Probably one of the Disney ones (have over 120 of them), but the
SWBTATTReg
Jan 2024
#65
You're right, they don't make them (or they do, and the quality of those newer boxes are nothing in
SWBTATTReg
Jan 2024
#69
You too? I don't have 63 though. You have gone to alot of places. Have a happy and healthy New years.
debm55
Dec 2023
#13
Louis Wain Cat Postcards. Love all cat postcards, but he is by far my favorite artist.
Ziggysmom
Dec 2023
#11
model and toy trains . toy cars for my train layout . sholuder patches stamps.
AllaN01Bear
Dec 2023
#26
We had my husband's model train set from his childhood. Perfect condition but then the basement flooded. Had to throw
debm55
Jan 2024
#84
Chris, my neighbor, has tons. He goes to Ohio for a Flea Market every Friday and also collects old metal lunch boxes. He
debm55
Jan 2024
#89
Don't you crack them open? My bank won't take change unless it's wrapped. You could use a CoinStar machine at a store.
debm55
Jan 2024
#90
My MIL would sell depression class up in Boston. Then the state decided to tax income made a flea markets and garage
debm55
Jan 2024
#92
I love obsidian. Do you have any mica stone. It is clear and comes off in sheets. I was a rock hound too. Didn't hurt
debm55
Jan 2024
#94
My FIL was a Marine stationed in Japan after WWII . We have a couple that he brought home. Enjoy your collectibles.
debm55
Jan 2024
#96
I collect mechancical clocks and knives. Maybe because you need to know when it is time to shank someone. ;)
Chainfire
Dec 2023
#39
My friend Chris goes to a Flea Market in Ohio every Friday . He build a new garage to finish and work on his clocks. He
debm55
Jan 2024
#97
OMG, you have quite a collection. I never took my Barbies out of the box as they were supposed to be worth more. I use
debm55
Jan 2024
#78
That's a shame. You can still use for display. I lived with the lamps that;s what we had.
debm55
Jan 2024
#108
what don't i collect. art school, deign history, antiques + then i discovered estate sales. fans, toasters, heaters,
pansypoo53219
Jan 2024
#44
estate sales used to be full of cool neat stuff. depression era people were the best. yuppies NOPE.
pansypoo53219
Jan 2024
#112
Wow, that;s alot. Was sad when Burpee stopped their seed catalogs. Happy New Year.
debm55
Jan 2024
#67
My son had hot wheels and I and still have them. I remember mechanical pencils from school. I would hold on to that.
debm55
Jan 2024
#74
used to collect matchbox cars when they still came in the little box. got rid of them when i moved up here . had to sta
AllaN01Bear
Jan 2024
#114
i saw them at sort of dollar tree and why hide nice cars away. the trucks were cheap $6.00 so i have quite a hand full a
AllaN01Bear
Jan 2024
#121
Great. I agree with not hiding your collectables. unless you have alot of them.
debm55
Jan 2024
#122
I use to remember having the sterling charms. I liked the charms that did thingsrocking horses , clocks with moveable
debm55
Jan 2024
#101
I watched Hoarders a couple of times and decided to get rid of alot of things I really didn't know why I had.Have a
debm55
Jan 2024
#102
I have known some older people who absolutely insist on living in their
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jan 2024
#111
Are you going to sell it or hold onto it for a little long longer. That is a great and valuable collectable. Not like
debm55
Jan 2024
#103
BluezKota , love gnomes. Do you have a display case for the figurines and German Shepherd stuff? I had a Shiba Inu
debm55
Jan 2024
#106
I have a mason jar for my marbles that my husband had as a child. Clay marbles are very old. TY
debm55
Jan 2024
#118
They were. Now I have 3 great grandchildren aged 1, 3, 4 who spend a lot of time at my house so I was
LoisB
Jan 2024
#130
Stone Soup--there is a book called Stone Soup. I used to read to my students. If you have a library near by they might
debm55
Jan 2024
#131
Could you buy those plastic containers at the Dollar Store and place them in it? Maybe put the containers in the
debm55
Jan 2024
#134