What are you collecting?

[MichaelHarris]

with the exception of dust I just started collecting stuff from old closed down amusment parks. Right now I'm focusing on one in Utah called Saltair. I started with that one because it was used in one of my favorite creepy movies called "Carnival of Souls", not the remake but the cheesy old one. If you ever see pictures of it you'll see just how creepy that place was.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

1. Though I haven't bought anything in a while, I've been collecting

Beatles memorabilia for years.

[MichaelHarris]

36. that stuff can get expensive

I read recently the John Lennon's Rickenbacker was recently found after it had been stolen.

[Astrochimp]

44. Photo for ya then-

My wife in '66
http://groups.msn.com/DavidsGTPstuff/photoalbum1.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=355


As for my collections, well I have too many.

I think I may have the largest collection of Red Wing Oomph dinner wear there is. Red wing sights list lots of pcs looking for photos, and I have one(+) of everything. I have service for 12, except for 4 salad plates, and all the serving pieces.

[MichaelHarris]

46. wow are those

blow-up or stuffed? So your wife was the fifth Beatle.

[Doctor_J]

2. grudges

my last month on earth is gonna be really fun. ;-)

Actually I have a collection of tapes of the old CBS Radio Mystery Theatre. That and math books.

[Ms_Mary]

4. Ha. My first thought was Stress.

I'm a reader. My bookshelves overfloweth.

[MichaelHarris]

43. I used to have a collection

of old marine biology books. Man you talk about dry reading. The one good thing is if I ever got into a discussion on the respiration cycle of fish I was covered.

[Longgrain]

3. Old abandoned amusement parks

are a passion of mine too...

Maybe you missed this thread i started...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2150654

Me, myself i collect just about anything retro or weird, I just started a thread about this, just a few minutes ago regarding a cool vintage record player i found.

[MichaelHarris]

15. wow

I did miss that thread, thanks for reposting it. I remember as a kid when Astroworld in Houston, Tx opened. We went all the time and they gave you these mini loafs of bread, we just thought that was so cool. I look back on it and think "damn we're just eating slices of white bread, shouldn't they at least put some meat on it?" If anyone remembers those little loafs of bread they'll know what I'm talking about. I know 30 year old loafs of bread won't make a good collectible but how many of us payed 25 cents for a smashed penny?

[Longgrain]

42. Bookmark it

Threse a ton of awesome links throughout...most I haven't even had a chance to check out yet.

[MichaelHarris]

45. I did

thanks, in fact after 1000+ posts that was the first one. I had to learn how to "track" a post lol.

[Longgrain]

62. I just have a vested interest

I wrote a novel that I'm still trying to get published. Most of the important sceans take place in an old amusment park like the one's pictured in the thread above...

I guess you could say i was doing a little resurch ;)

[MichaelHarris]

67. I wish I was a better

writer. I would love to put together a creepy story about Saltair.

[Longgrain]

73. Mines not really creepy...

A bit strange and serreal, kind of a fantasy romance...though it's actully more of a satire...I post a few detail in a thread I started in the Fantasy Liurature Group...

[MichaelHarris]

75. I posted my latest essay

in General Discussion today, I'm still trying to get DU to put one of my articles on the front page LOL, that would be a high light for me.

[Longgrain]

81. Yeah I know

I'm not published much either, have you ever checked out the Writing Forum here on DU...I posted a few poems and excepts down there...they've given me Sim pretty good advise..

[MichaelHarris]

82. I just recently saw that we had a

writing forum, I think I will start using it to become a better writer. I know there are alot of writers here and more than once or twice Will Pitt has helped me out.

[MichaelHarris]

68. We should cip in and buy this for Matcom

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14968&item=3945306300&rd=1

His own Tunnel of Love chair.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

90. Maybe you missed this thread i started...

Let me add this to the list.

New England Lost Ski Areas Project

I used to have a Stromberg-Carlson console, but I got rid of it years ago. I see those left out for the trash from time to time, but I have neither the room nor the inclination to collect them.

[MichaelHarris]

95. I never thought of

old ski resorts, it would interesting research and maybe even some armature archeology hiking around where they once were.

[kat21]

5. Pez dispensers. I have between 150 and 200.

[MichaelHarris]

16. I have a few of those

somewhere I have the Pez collectable book, it's pretty cool.

[LSparkle]

I've seen that movie

and you're not kidding -- it is absolutely creepy!

[MichaelHarris]

19. you should read the history of the park

It had been around a long time then weird stuff started happening. Windstorms, fires, and even the lake levels caused it's demise. All of that after the Mormon's gave up control of it.

[LSparkle]

33. Oh, the Mormons once owned it?

That explains a lot!

[MichaelHarris]

38. LOL

yeah they sold it after some people started crying about the selling of cokes and beer and being open on Sundays.

[LostInAnomie]

6. Bitches

Cause I'm a mother fucking pimp! BOOYA!

Flame away bitches!

[MichaelHarris]

54. what are the

maintenance costs on a collection like that? I had a wife once with high maintenance costs.

[neweurope]

7. I'm collecting pictures and little statues of horses. I would love

a bigger apartment because of that and I would also love to collect rocking-horses. But after I proudly came home from the flea market with my second 100-year-old rocking-horse my poor long-suffering husband looked wildly around our not-too-big apartment and valiantly said "another rocking-horse or me".

Erm.

Dust I collect also.

[MichaelHarris]

24. I have been into wood carving for some time

and I want to try to do some carosel horses, with a vintage look. If they turn out OK I'll send ya one.

[neweurope]

27. Hey! More dust! ;)

That would be absolutely lovely. Thanks for the thought!

[MichaelHarris]

31. LOL

yup dust and sawdust. I just did some comical animal figures and I'm still finding wood chips in my pants. Not to mention my band-aid bill.

[neweurope]

37. Take care of your thumbs :)

[flamingyouth]

8. Hawaiiana

I like tikis and other island-related things. Basically cheap copies, but I do have a couple of Niihau shell leis that I cherish.

[kat21]

12. Oh the Niihau shell jewelry is amazing and expensive too!

[MichaelHarris]

26. I always

pick up the cheapest hula girl stuff I can find when I go there. I love Hawaii tourist stuff from the 40's and 50's. A 1950's hula girl lamp just adds so much class to a room.

[Goathead]

51. I collect Polynesian art

I a boar tusk necklace, adze, poi pounder, staff god and tiki all from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. I also collect carvings and other contemporary artifacts from indigenous cultures all over the world. I have several Navajo rugs that I really like.

[MichaelHarris]

55. I have one

Navajo rug left made by Elsie Begay on the reservation I was born on. She made it when I was born in 1957.

[Lautremont]

9. Canadian horror movies.

I believe I have the largest collection in the world. I believe this for no particular reason except that I have a lot of them and I can't think why anyone else would have any.

[neweurope]

11. *laughs* I wish you many more. :)

[MichaelHarris]

29. I never pass up a cheap

horror movie, I buy those DVD sets where you get like 4.2 million movies on 5 DVDs. Man they are some of the worst movies but a hoot to watch on a snowy Sunday afternoon.

[neweurope]

32. *shudders* My imagination is too lively for that. Never watch them or

I can't sleep for days.

[salinen]

10. I find old abadoned cars

and strip off the decorative parts.

[MichaelHarris]

40. I saw a collection once

a guy had of Packard hood ornaments, it was very cool.

[LSparkle]

13. Pens and silverware

You kinda hold both the same way -- I must have a fingering fetish or something.

[sadinred]

14. well loved cat toys

they are all over my living room floor.

edit for sp

[OldLeftieLawyer]

17. When I die.....

........ my heirs are gonna have a ball dressing up in vintage Italian Murano glass wedding cake bead jewelry.

I hope there are a few drag queens in the bunch.

http://tinyurl.com/5mch6


(How do you post a picture here? I just realized I have no idea. Thank you.....)

[MichaelHarris]

47. I've never seen that

to post an image you just upload the picture to a website that hosts images and use that URL address. I think one place is called photbucket. I don't use them because I have mo own server but alot of people here know of the good ones to use.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

61. Thank you very much

Let's see if I can do it without screwing it up:



Well, we have liftoff!!!!!

Thank you again!!!

:yourock:

[MichaelHarris]

65. you're very welcome

that is some amazing looking stuff is it vintage? And if so what year?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

85. Yes, it's older than I am

The stuff I collect is all vintage. That particular piece dates from the 1920s, and is even more amazing in person. That bead, called "wedding cake," is no longer made, so it gets harder and harder to find, at the same time gathering value, or so they say. I just think it's gorgeous stuff to wear, and, since I'm a NE United States professional leftie, I wear black all the time, thereby providing the jewelry with a proper setting.

Thank you again for your help.

[MichaelHarris]

94. I love the Art deco style

I just watched an old movie called, "World Gone Mad" and it was full of those art deco nude statues.

[Duncan Grant]

84. Nice.

I have to ask - How'd you get started? The story about how a collection got started is always as interesting to me as the items collected. Love your collectible! :thumbsup:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

86. Thank you

Did you know glass is the most collected item in the world? I heard Dale Chihuly say that, so it must be true.

When I was 12, my Italian grandfather took me on my first trip to Italy, and, while visiting our family in Venice, I was taken to the island of Murano, where the business is beautiful glass. (Here's a good write-up about it: http://www.culturevulture.net/Destinations/Murano.htm)

It was amazing. My grandpop bought me a small strand of "millefiori" ("a thousand flowers") beads, which I still have.



After that, it was easy to get hooked. I've found some great items in some strange places in this world - a fair in Cornwall yielded the wedding cake necklace in my first post. I've found strands of Murano beads in Texas and in Shanghai. Now, of course, eBay is the best source.







You hooked yet?

:)

[Duncan Grant]

88. Great story!

I love the family connection - that's wonderful!

Actually, I collect glass, too. :D Years ago, a good friend brought me a souvenir from Venice - a rather large Murano millefiore paperweight. And that's when this compulsion started... ;) On my first trip to Venice I brought back millefiore paperweights for my sisters - the only way to eventually rid oneself of the glass curse is to pass it on to someone else! Fortunately (unfortunately?) I'm drawn to art glass of all types - and I collect it when I can.

Am I hooked on the Murano beads? Oh yes - thanks for sharing. :hi:

[4_Legs_Good]

18. HELP! I need the theme song to Knott's Berry Tales!

Anyone have a clue? We used to go to Knott's Berry Farm every year as kids; it was pretty much the highlight of the year that we looked forward to. They used to have a sit-down, anamatronic ride called "Knott's Berry Tales" or "the frog ride" to us above the arcade.

They closed it down in the late 80's and replaced it with a Dinosaur ride to capitalize on the Jurassic Park phenomenon (Stupid Jurrasic Park! Maybe that's why I hate that movie!).

Anyway, I've been thinking there must be a recording of the song somewhere, but I haven't found it yet.

doot doot doot doot doot doo doo doot doo doot doot doot doot doo
doot doot doo doo doot doot doooot dooot doo doo doot

Ahhhhhh, brings back the times...

prolly why I like frogs so much.

david

[hatredisnotavalue]

20. overdue bills n/t

[LSparkle]

25. me too

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. Miniature animals...

made of stone, glass, pewter, resin, wood, etc...

More cats than anything else.

[purji]

22. DO shut off notices count?

Cause I have a shit-load of them stored up - ;-)

[MichaelHarris]

52. If they

are framed in musseum quality frames I think.

[BeHereNow]

23. 78 records and players, books, and younger men...

Oh, and guitars...
Vintage epiphones are AMAZING guitars.
As are younger men.
:evilgrin:
bhn

[johnnie]

30. I have one of these

Mine is green and doesn't have the wammy bar.

[BeHereNow]

48. Oh BABY!

That's HOT!
I've got a '57 Di Sorrento Epiphone with double humbuckers,
also missing the whammy bar... :-(
Also a jumbo body blondie from 1970.
The necks on the vintage epis are to die for.
As a woman musician, I confess, I LOVE whipping
out my Di Sorrento and actually being able to play it...
:evilgrin:
As in NOT just another "chick singer"
bhn

[johnnie]

83. That's the only vintage epiphone I have

I have two black jumbos. One is a EJ200 acoustic and one is a EJ200 acoustic electric. And I also use an Epiphone Sheraton II when I need to play electrically. They are all newer though. I think they still make decent guitars, but not like the older ones.

[MichaelHarris]

49. you're gonna hate me

but I recently gave my vintage Rickenbacker to my nephew for his college graduation. I think he's considering graduate school just to get my Gibson Les Paul and VOX amp. Greedy lil bastard.

[BeHereNow]

58. You're right! I hate you!

No, not really.
I just hope you also gave him the rules about
owning such an instrument, as in keep it under lock and key!
And NEVER leave it in the car...
I had a friend that lost EVERYTHING that way.
He ran into a restaurant for 5 minutes to pick up
a paycheck and when he returned to his car
ALL of his intruments were GONE...bummer.
bhn

[MichaelHarris]

63. I told him that he ever became

broke and needed to sell it I would give him money for it so he wouldn't have to. Not sure if he'll abide by that but one can only hope. I don't have any kids so he's the only one I have to give the good stuff to. He's one hell of a bass player.

[BeHereNow]

71. Smart move...

I would do the same; offer to buy it back.
I have a friend whose dad gave her his Rickie
and she doesn't play...what a waste.
Sounds like your nephew will play it
so that is a good thing.
I am convinced people who don't play
their guitars are guilty of abuse and neglect.
My guitars are all very vocal about being played...
if I neglect one, I hear about it in the middle of the night.
Know what I am talking about?
BHN

[MichaelHarris]

79. sure do

my hands have been broken so many times that I don't play much anymore and the Les Paul and my Guild look awful sad about it.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

89. There's a teasing line

How many times can hands be broken and still qualify as "hands"?

Why did this happen to you so many times?

(If these questions are too intrusive, I apologize, but I'm a novelist, and that's a great tease of an opening line.)

[MichaelHarris]

93. well

football for one of them but all the other times fights. I ummm errrr used to have a bad temper and a strong right. It's funny, you always see those movie punches and say to yourself, "what a punch, how come that guys hand doesn't hurt?"

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. I know a woman...

...who restores old wooden horses from carousels as a living.

[superconnected]

34. books, foreign films - on dvd, rubberstamps, coins and foreign currency

American Civil war currency,

Oddly, I have a matchbox car collection. My nephews love it and never lose my cars. I recently added two different years of lamburghini (sp?) and a lotus. I don't know why I collect them, I'm female.

[MichaelHarris]

59. I would love to find

some of those to match the MGB I'm restoring. How can you not love British carburators, you never know when they will work.

[Lizzie Borden]

35. Dog Hair, ...

political buttons (my best is the McGovern/Eagleton cause it's so rare) and bumper stickers.

[MichaelHarris]

70. I have a dog

that sheds so much that at the end of the week I could weave 3 of him.

[McKenzie]

39. hmmm...antique glass occasionally

nothing serious but I like old glassware.

[420inTN]

41. STDs

[eauclaireliberal]

50. Collect 'em all, eh?

These are my faves to say and type. Heheheheheeee

Trichomoniasis
Molluscum Contagiosm
Gonorrhea

"...heh...heh...heh...he said 'Gonorrhea'....heh."

[420inTN]

53. Working on it

[donheld]

56. republican scalps

[fluffernutter]

57. pens, unique journals

[samplegirl]

92. Sounds like a neat thing to collect

and not a dust collector.

[matcom]

60. eau de DS1 expulsion

:o

[MichaelHarris]

66. yeah but

no collection in the world can rival your vintage porn collection. I've never seen so much bu$% since I saw Don King in a leg lock.

[koneko]

64. Aside from DVDs

I also collect Byers' Choice Christmas carolers

[MichaelHarris]

72. Welcome to DU

what are those?

[BamaGirl]

69. Books

I'm about out of wall space for bookshelves. :( Also McCoy Brown Drip dishes, Waterfall furniture, camera equipment, and exercise equipment.

[MichaelHarris]

74. I've seen Waterfall furniture but

not Drip dishes. You ever see the dishes you used to get in oatmeal boxes?

[BamaGirl]

77. Hmm, no, don't think so

What do they look like? Brown drip is brown with kinda white frosted looking edges. Several manufacturers had a version.

[MichaelHarris]

78. they were

a hospital green color mostly, kinda ugly but very collectable.

[SmokingJacket]

76. Postcards from mental hospitals.

Used only.

[last_texas_dem]

80. Records

I focus more on 45s than LPs, but have shifted more to LPs recently since they're generally easier to find. I like all kinds of music, but mostly look for sixties/seventies pop-rock. I like a lot of pychedelic, "garage" band stuff, prog-rock... I like weird one hit wonders and like discovering "new" bands by just picking up obscure records (for cheap if I can!) whenever I run across them. I'm basically just a buyer and not a seller for now, though.

Also I collect a little bit of political memorabilia, especially buttons, and have been attempting (not very successfully) to build a license plate collection over the last few years.

[mtnsnake]

87. Mountains

in the Adirondacks

[MichaelHarris]

97. storage fees

on those must be kinda high

[samplegirl]

91. I collect Betty Boop figurines

which is boring have a shelf full next to my computer desk.
but i really want to collect some garage memrobelia.

[MichaelHarris]

96. vintage ones or

reissiues? Betty Boop was hot, I woulda done her :)

[enigmatic]

98. Radios.....

Transistor, shortwave, and the like. Pre-1970, mostly...

[RadicalMom]

99. Donkey stuff (I have an actual donkey), totems

and Northwest art, Eeyore stuff, horse stuff, cowboy stuff,
and too many animals (nine). And just too much stuff in general.

[MichaelHarris]

100. I have kind of a funny donkey story

We were on this bus tour of Ireland and there was this young guy who was real funny, always getting drunk and doing the stupidest stuff. Maybe being on his honeymoon explains alot, anyway we visited this dairy farm and they had a donkey, every animal on the farm hated this guy so I talked him into petting the donkey. As soon as he got near the donkey it opened a can 'o' whup ass on him. He took it like a man and the rest of the bus people laughed for 3 days about it.

[RadicalMom]

101. That donkey sense of humor.

Donkeys are so smart! That's why they are such a good democratic symbol. They let you know just what they think and love to push the vulnerable around one way or another. The day I met ours, he was boarded temporarily where we had our horses. We weren't looking to add another animal to our expense roster. He needed a new home, and systematically won over all three of us by sticking his head out of the corral, wrapping his ears around our legs and holding on that way for minutes, flooding us with love, and causing us to have one of those giant "SUCKER" signs fly up next to us, like in the Warner Bros. cartoons.

[MichaelHarris]

102. LOL

they are pretty cool, full of mischief and emotion