Do you collect stuff?

[JitterbugPerfume]

I collect bookmarks , mostly because they are inexpensive , sometimes beautiful and useful.I also collect blue and white stuff, cats ,and old books, art books, and book books.

I am running out of space

what is your obsession?

[Arugula Latte]

1. I don't, because the older I get the more into de-cluttering I get, but

I do have a collection of those Breyer horse statues that survived from my childhood. Now I'm thinking, hmmm, what do I do with them?

The first one I got, as a birthday present, looks like this:

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. he is beautiful

Maybe when I get older I will de - clutter I am only seventy :hi: :hide:

[era veteran]

40. Those can be worth a lot of money

Every year in Lexington they have Breyerfest at the KY Horse Park. The hotel I used to manage was always the HQ hotel for the event. Those people are crazed collectors. The hotel always looks like an outlet mall.
Some of the horses sell for big coin as well as the horse stuff.

[Arugula Latte]

45. Thanks. I am thinking about trying to determine the value of each horse for possible sale.

I have more than a dozen ... Might be worth it.

[era veteran]

46. The collectors are like cultists

The right one can be worth a lot. I could not believe these folks, they are passionate about these plastic horses.

http://www.breyerhorses.com/breyerfest/





The hotel, 300 rooms or so, is full of these people, every door has for sale and stuff wanted.
Don't get ripped off. Good luck, R

[era veteran]

41. dupe

[Flaxbee]

75. I had that one too!

God, I had some beautiful ones, but my favorite was a gray Appaloosa. I miss them (but wouldn't know what to do with them if I still had them).

[rbnyc]

2. Debt. (nt)

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. Hi sweetie

raising a child can do that to you , but they are worth every minute of it.My "baby boy" just turned 41!

[rbnyc]

32. Wow!

It's a long road. But worth every step.

:hi:

[kalli007]

49. Aahhh!! You beat me to it.....

thats what I was gonna say!

[HopeHoops]

5. Nutcrackers

[PassingFair]

6. Vessels...

Mostly Harkerware dinnerware from the 50's...but I like the stuff from the 40's, too.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Cool ... I like that blue/brown color combination.

[grasswire]

9. I saw a stash of that stuff at the retirement center where my aunties live

In the thrift shop there. I like it too.

[PassingFair]

13. It all started at an estate sale.....

I saw a set of these dishes in blue and yellow.

SHINY!!!

I loved them.

I thought, "I have nowhere to put them!"

My husband said "Get them".

I picked up a cup and said "I have nowhere to put them."

I dropped the cup.....

HAD to buy the set!

Got on the internets when I got home and saw all the
stuff that the Harker Pottery Co. made over the years
and was HOOKED.

The pastels are just one collection....

This is another pattern that I collect, from the 30's:



I put my everyday dishes in boxes in the basement and
went full-tilt harker.

Every plateful makes me smile...

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. there was a beautiful set of yellow and white dishes

at a Good Will store in Sarasota Florida. I really wanted them but I as stressng about getting them home unbroken so I passed them up . I still regret it.

Dammit

[snagglepuss]

52. I love your taste. It's hard to believe that the white plate is from the 20's.

I love those stylized flowers. I love that plate:)

[PassingFair]

54. It's called "Deco Dahlia"...

It also came in blue and (very rare) yellow.

It was produced in the 1930's.

Here's the stove-top set:

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. I love that color combo(dishes)

but I WANT that yellow pitcher!

[PassingFair]

22. Just go to EBay, enter the search word "Harker"...

and prepare to lose control....

Here's a Harker bowl designed by
Russel Wright in the 50's:



The pattern is called "White Clover" and it is magical.

[snagglepuss]

53. OMG a plate to die for. I absolutely adore mid-century design. nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

67. You, darling, are still going to have a helluva garage sale someday.

:hi: :pals:

[progressoid]

7. Cheap replicas of ancient Greek pottery.

And dust. Seems to be a lot of dust collecting around here.

[snooper2]

10. MIL is a hoarder, she has an 98' Buick Park Avenue in her driveway

last time it was tagged was 09'

Good engine but needs a transmission, it's Blue and can be yours for free if you want it-

Like this, paint in much worse condition though :P

[old mark]

83. Where does she live- I wanted one of those for a long time now...nt

[snooper2]

84. The Colony TX

[old mark]

93. My sister and BIL live near Galviston, but I don't know where The Colony is...nt

[Tikki]

11. Emerald Green art glass....

Tikki

[grasswire]

12. bookmarks is a good idea

I collect vintage sheet music for the graphics -- have about 12,000 pieces. I collect books, and vintage linens (especially old cotton embroidered pillowcases, and bright printed tablecloths from the 30s-50s) and all kinds of paper ephemera. Green vases and serving dishes.

Oh, and cookbooks. I have hundreds of obscure vintage cookbooks.

I would collect some other things if I could afford them. Tintypes and photo albums.

As a seller, I've had some amazing paper items pass through my hands that I wanted to keep but couldn't afford to. Just amazing. One set was the correspondence of a family in Massachusetts in the late 1600s and 1700s. Wow. I ended up selling that to a museum. I've had the journals and sketches of an early woman archeological explorer in Palestine. And a book that belonged to Charles Wesley. And lots of other cool stuff.

[libodem]

14. Yep.

Dolls, tea cups, miniatures, old junk for yard art. I'm friends with a gal who e-bays the crap she finds and I hoard mine.

Edit for one finger typing on tiny phone screen.

[MiddleFingerMom]

15. A former GF's mother (a control freak, if you can't tell from the following) decided...

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At the time, I couldn't think of anything I wanted to collect, so she actually CHOSE what would
be my "collectible items". They were something pretty obscure and odd -- and not in a GOOD way.
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There was never a second piece.
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[Chan790]

58. I fear I'm going to regret this...

but what was it?

[givemebackmycountry]

16. Betty Boop.

"Boop-oop-a-doop"

[Manifestor_of_Light]

19. I inherited a house built in the 1880s.

Mom was a packrat, so was grandmother.
Oldest thing I have found here is a land grant from The Republic of Texas, signed by Anson Jones, last President of the Republic of Texas, dated 1845, just before Texas joined the union.

That's pretty damned old. Also found a newspaper referring to the "recent unpleasantness at Whitechapel".
I rack my brain - what is Whitechapel?

Dawns on me that that is the hood in London where Jack the Ripper was murdering prostitutes. So that's 1882.

I am trying to get rid of stuff. I took some of my depression glass to a store that sells it on eBay and takes one half the sale price as a commission. Sold 8 glasses, I think.

I have some RS Prussia porcelain (pre World War I) that is beautiful but I would like to sell it.

[ohiosmith]

20. Pub paraphernalia. Neon signs, coasters, tap handles, glasses, mirrors, promo materials. You name it...

[Pendrench]

21. I also collect bookmarks, but only those from bookstores

My main collection is business cards from bookstores, but often times they print their information on bookmarks (instead of business cards in the traditional sense) so I started collecting them as well.

Do you have your bookmarks in any sort of display book or box? I've never really found a good way to organize them, so for now I just have them in a box.

Tim

PS I also collect autographed books.

[JitterbugPerfume]

27. I really don't have room

They are in a basket on one of my bookcases; It is a shame because some of them are really beautiful.

[Pendrench]

71. I know what you mean - I have the same problem :)

Thanks for your reply!

Tim

[Forkboy]

23. Music.

When I was younger I had over 10,000 comic books, but I couldn't do both those and music, so I sold all the comics. I knew even then that my urge to hear music would last forever. I'm listening to it right now. :D

I started this thread the other night about a documentary called Vinyl....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=9633719

[JitterbugPerfume]

31. I used to date a guy that had a comic book collection

I liked his comic books long after I quit liking him

long time ago

[Phentex]

24. Muppet Stuff but now only useful items may enter...

I have too many boxes of stuff in storage to add to my collection any more. I have some of the things I love in most rooms of my house but now I limit myself to buying only something that has a purpose and not just collectible things.

I have to resist looking at ebay.

[spacelady]

79. I caught a piece of Muppet memorabilia yesterday at a Mardi Gras Parade

It was a "Tickle Me Elmo" Glove! Is that rare?

[MorningGlow]

25. Books

Dang, those can really stack up. Literally.

Also antique furniture, but of course that's limited; even though the house is 2,100 sq. ft., it's pretty full already.

[JitterbugPerfume]

33. I am over ran with books

but I can't seem to get rid of any of them.

My furniture isn't old enough to be antique , and to old to be fashionable Most of it was purchased in the 70s and '80s:shrug:

[JeffersonChick]

66. Me too!

I have donated so many boxes over the years - just don't have the room.

Do you think that keeps me from buying them? NAH!

[trof]

26. Dust.

Pass the Pledge, please.

[JitterbugPerfume]

34. you are not in trouble till

you give the dust bunnies names:rofl:

[backwoodsbob]

28. silverware

have several brooks sets and some united solid silver pieces

[Sky Masterson]

29. I collect unobtainable crushes.

I find that they clutter my closet less. :D

[stuntcat]

30. taxidermy and bones

just little animals so far, except a big jawbone I have of an ox or something. I have neato sculls. That and old cameras.

[hunter]

86. I collect old cameras too.

To slow myself down a bit I'll take pictures with my latest acquisition before I'll allow myself to buy another. Most cameras I get for $5 or less. I'll spend $15 if it's a camera I always wanted.

If can't get film for a camera I'll rig something up so it can use 35mm or 120. I also have some 110 and 126 film in my freezer.

[Curmudgeoness]

35. I cannot ever buy another bookmark in my life.

I used to, and one day someone said "jeez, you could use a dollar bill for a bookmark, use it till it is falling apart, and then you still have a dollar that will spend". Made so much sense.

[Broken_Hero]

36. I collect comics,

and action figures of the heroes/villains that are in comics. I have a lot of toys, predominately Superman/Batman, but I have a lot that span different genre's, like figures from Marvel, GI Joe, Transformers, Ninja Turtles, He-Man, Star Wars, and Spawn(Viking Age Spawns are the shit).


My old Journal(I haven't taken pics for a while, the room looks a LOT better now, I got almost everything out nowadays, except two totes worth)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8989283

[Initech]

37. CDs, DVDs

[JTG of the PRB]

38. There are three things I consistently collect.

The first is shell jars from beaches I visit. I have one from Hawaii, one from Mexico, two from the Atlantic Coast of Florida, and one from the Gulf coast of Florida. I gather up some sand from the beach I collected shells from, then pile in all sorts of shells and other interesting bits (like coral) I fund on the beach. My jar from Mexico includes a couple cigar bands and a number of different beer bottle caps. :)

Another thing I collect is snow globes - but only from Las Vegas. It seems like such a perfect little analogy for the city itself - a contained bubble filled with colorful buildings, sparkling away while surrounded by reality. I have one from every trip I've taken to Vegas so far.

I also save all my ticket stubs from sporting events I go to. I have over 70 baseball tickets, along with a bunch of football, hockey, and baseball tickets as well. One day I'm going to make a book of all the baseball tickets and have little bits of information about the games themselves.

[dimbear]

39. My very latest fad, one of many, is measuring cups. The best

part about it is that there aren't very many interesting ones around, and my collection grows slowly. :)

[JitterbugPerfume]

42. that is what I need,

a collection that grows slowly. A few years ago I decided to collect rice bowls . I have exactly two!

[Kali]

43. dust, junk, debt, and orphans

:eyes:

and somehow I have unwittingly collected a bunch of Mata Ortiz pottery

[GoCubsGo]

90. I'm jealous...

I have a very small collection of Southwestern Native American pottery, Hopi silver, and other artwork. No Mata Ortiz, however.

[Throd]

44. Beer cans

I probably have around 3,500 different cans.

[femmocrat]

47. I never wanted to, but I ended up with a couple of collections:

Hallmark Christmas ornaments.
Owls--- I used to collect them, I still get some for gifts.
Corgi items.

I am really trying to get rid of "stuff" though.

[blueamy66]

48. books, books and more books

Eff Kindle and the like...I LOVE books!!!!!!! I love the smell, the pages, the type, the EVERYTHING!

[struggle4progress]

72. +

[WinkyDink]

82. You are me.

[kalli007]

50. Souls.

[SarahB]

62. Hey, me too!

[applegrove]

51. Books. But I've filled up two bookcases in two years so I'll have to try and sell

the ones I don't absolutely adore. I haven't been able to keep books ore the years until now. What a priviledge.

[struggle4progress]

73. I've got thirteen or fourteen full shelves and books stacked elsewhere off-shelf

Moving would be suggy

[applegrove]

74. I've moved a lot ore the years and culled books I had wanted to keep forever. In the heat of a

move, I'll throw out anything!!

[rabs]

55. Popular Mechanics magazines from 1939-1942

I was cleaning out the garage of a brother who passed last month.

Found about 24 editions of Popular Mechanics magazines from before and during WWII. In good condition.

Wonder if they are worth anything ?

[seaglass]

56. I wish I had the attention span to collect stuff. I wanted to collect tin toys

and bought one at the Brimfield Fair years ago - it was a really cool wind-up Alpine Ski toy, but they seemed to get popular and very expensive so I only have the one.

&t=Technofix%20Alpine%20Express

Not sure how to get the pic to show up.

Haha, I just found another image on ebay and I WAAAAYYYY overpaid for this thing. Oh well. I guess I really am not a collector, I bought it because I liked it but clearly got ripped off.

[xchrom]

57. gay men are required to collect fiesta ware.

so i do.

[Monique1]

59. Stopped collecting

ran out of space, I was collecting tea pots and cups.

[Skittles]

64. what the fuck is fiesta ware?

you want I should kick some gay fiesta ware-collecting xchrom ass? LEMME AT YOU

[Aristus]

60. Autographed first editions.

I've got ten or so.

[JitterbugPerfume]

61. my lucky sister found one at GoodWill

autographed by Steve Allen!

[BarbaRosa]

63. Shot glasses

over the years I've amassed a fair collection, not real big, but well over 100.

[JeffersonChick]

65. If I could afford it, I would collect fountain pens

Because when I journal, I won't use any other kind of pen. There are such beautiful pens out there, running from hundreds to thousands. I use a Waterman bottom-of-the-line at about $40.

I would also collect books, if I had a room dedicated as a library. As it is, I have no room for all my books!

[Bertha Venation]

68. I collect cats.

I have eleven. Living cats. But my collecting days are actually over. No more cats.

[JitterbugPerfume]

69. I have three cats Bertha--

and I refuse to even look at a beautiful kitten that needs a home . My problem is that all kittens are beautiful and that is how I got these three in the first place.

[Bertha Venation]

70. YEP. My problem, too.

I want to win the lottery so I can liberate every "non-adoptable" shelter cat in Maryland. I want to build a huge cat sanctuary, kinda like Best Friends in Utah, but just for cats.

[Flaxbee]

76. If you do, Bertha, I'll help you run it...

that's a lotta poop-scooping to do. :)

But I have the same wish - win tons o' money, take care of all the creatures (I'd have a separate home for dogs, horses, etc...)

:hug:

[siligut]

81. Have you heard about Caboodle Ranch?

This guy is living the dream. http://www.caboodleranch.com/

[Flaxbee]

77. No. Don't have the collecting / thrifting 'gene', and really, really

do not like to have a lot of stuff around. My husband, on the other hand... But I think we'll be able to really reduce the clutter the next time we move (hopefully within a year). I used to collect books, but now ask myself before I buy anything if I really want it, or if I can enjoy it just as much checking it out from the library ...

I'm not a hard core minimalist, but I am not acquisitive; I only want some quality things (like my own home ... ) and my family. I like nice clothes, but even then -- there's only so much a person can wear ...

[ScreamingMeemie]

78. Regrets

[mwdem]

92. Hey there..

:hug:

[KT2000]

80. Old lace

I feel like I have to save it.

[LNM]

85. Refridgerator magnets from our travels.

My fridge is full.

[curiousabout...]

87. I used to collect rocks.

[JitterbugPerfume]

88. welcome to DU

Rocks are cool!

[MrMickeysMom]

89. I don't, but my husband sure does...

I just majorly pissed him off by getting rid of some of it, too.

It's going to be a rough night, but I can walk around my house again.

[shugah]

91. not obsessive but i collect political memorabilia, dust, kitchen

"stuff", little toys/gadgets that make pleasing/amusing sounds, and books.

mostly books. last time i was at the bookstore an employee tried hard to sell me a kindle/kindle equivalent. i asked her "if i stop buying actual books what am i going to decorate my home with?"

i'm not a hoarder, but if i was it would be piles of books they'd be digging me out from under!

:hi: Jitterbug!
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[JitterbugPerfume]

95. Hi Sugah!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:


I am not really obssesive either , I could never be a hoarder.:hi: :hug:

[cbdo2007]

94. rocks, pez dispensers, elongated pennies

Those are just my favorites off the top of my head but I've got other small collections of stuff from through the years as well.

rocks - I go to fields and collect my own geodes, quartz crystals, agates, etc. Also, I like to purchase some at Gem & Mineral shows.

Pez dispensers - I open them up and display them on a long flat wooden piece at my house. I've got probably 150 different ones.

elongated pennies - the best and cheapest souvineer from all the places I've traveled. Nowadays, they'll even have 4-8-12-16-20 different ones all at one place, which takes some of the fun out of it, but it's still fun. My favorite one, of course, is the one from the machine that use to be on the top of the World Trade Center. I got it in 1996.