Collect 1/18 scale model cars. Pride is a model of the Mercedes used by the Emperor of Japan in pre-war years. Not the Mercedes, but attached a picture of one of the cars.

Oh Pantyfanatic!!!!

What a wonderfully gruesome lamp...........

I'll keep my eyes out for the leg lamp for ya, but I suspect once I find it, I MAY have to wrestle it out of DH's arms! LMAO

(can I have your monkey lamp when you....er...um....well.......
when you die? you have my addy! ROTFLMAO!!!!)

Dicksbro---That is beautiful!Is it really a model?I have;a few friends,that restore old cars.You wouldn't believe;the money;that
they pay for genuine parts! Irish

Lilith---My favorite(deceased)Aunt;used to collect Tea Cups.Every-
time;that we(parents,wife,etc.)went anywhere;we would always
bring her a cup(China).I don't know what ever happened;to her
collection.I had moved to another state;when she died.I was a
pall-bearer; at her funeral;but I never asked about the collection.
She was married to my Fathers brother.I imagine that he gave it to someone.I collected old expensive,motorcycle parts for resale;
to customers;to save them money!(Lucas,Bosch,etc.)I sold them all;last year. Irish

Collections?
 

Oh......My! Hmmmmm......I should alphabetize these but here goes.......off the top of my head: (dangerous manuever)

old bottles....I have hundreds (in hubby's business, he digs them up all the time, hopefully finding them before they are blown to smitherines) I bought a few, but most are found.

Hallmark ornaments.....all kinds from any source. Some we have date back to 66.

Unusual time pieces........anything other than clocks (sundials, hourglasses, etc.) although I have a few "special" clocks that are old and rare.

Books........any kind...doesn't matter.....I love to hold an old book and wonder who read it before me. The oldest book I own is "The Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs", dated 1875. When I found it in our attic when we moved in it had been eaten a bit by silverfish but still in pretty good condition. Inside was page #3 of a letter (handwritten in Pa. Dutch) and the closest we can figure from this page is that *Seems there was a scandal in a county not far from here. When exposed, a farmer killed his lover and then his wife......set his barn on fire and then killed himself. All to burn together in hell, I assume! People had shunned them and so as not to make his lover and wife bear his shame, he killed them and himself. I looked everywhere for page #1 but to no avail.

Stamps.......first issue and cancelled at the city of source. Example: The day before and the day after stamps from U.S.S.R on Dec. 24th and Russia on Dec. 25th. I think that's how they go, I am not looking at them at the moment but I think it's something like that. These were cancelled in Moscow. I have others....Elvis...on a Graceland envelope, etc.

Geezzzzzzzzz......I have so much more to put down here but I am rambling! I really want to post pics of all this stuff and prolly will soon but the reason I started this reply is to tell Lilith of the "almost" collection I was gonna start! I wanted to collect teacups of faces. Three dimensional faces at that! Bailey's (the Irish Creme people) had a novel idea one Christmas and as a bonus at purchase you recieved a teacup designed by a celebrity. I wanted to get the series. I got the first in the series....a cup designed and signed by Helen Hunt. The next year when I wanted the second in the series I was told they discontinued the idea...........aaarrrrrgggggggggg! Included is a pic of my one and only three dimensional teacup. She looks so lonely!

OK...I'll shut up now! LOL!

Lixy~I love that cup and have not found one here yet......oh well I have actually not gotten a teacup in years..... there are these newer sexy ones done by Versace.......several dif ones in the dinnerware lines. Oh I need to go junking......:p

Ok, I only have a few collections ....
I collect VW stuff. My prize piece in this collection is the newest one, which is the Barbie cyber green New Beetle. This is because it looks like my real one. ;)

I also collect Tiki items and Persian Rugs. I have started getting camel saddle bags (which are like the rugs) and are turning them into floor pillows.

I am in the business of selling people's collections through eBay and an Auction House. It is truly amazing to see what people collect. I have had fun reading this thread. Thanks Lil (and all).
-Summer :D

well i collect books almost all fantacy books
swords and sorcery stuff a few scifi
if i get any more books my bookcase will
explode heres a pic
ps how geeky am i

Awesome axe! I love book geeks! Or maybe it's just geeks in general, hmmmm?.....but um........now I have the urge to come over and Dewey Decimal you up!

Ball caps from all over... Military squadron crests & badges...Playboy issues...coins from all over the world...music CD's (really got to cut down on that). Live on an acreage so nothing gets tossed out..got all sorts of nuts, bolts, nails, screws, wire...etc...everything has a use. The s/o collects candles & holders, knives (I'm careful around her :) )

I collect any and all things Raggedy Ann and Andy; most of them are put away in a closet (bursting at the seams!) until I get a bigger place. Their soft, simple faces and bodies appeal to the little girl in me.

This seems to run along with the hobby thread so ...
 

... *BUMP*

And now I’m going to let you see my REAL collecting passion.:p

OMGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!

Yep! That's all I can say!

Yep!

Being a pack rat I have a rather vast collection of collections......

So I can say that I collect collections!(I think it is a sickness but I have no desire to find the cure...yet!)

My most favorite collectible is Wizard of Oz ....I have lots of it.
Crystal figures are next.....the little tiny ones
I am also into collecting old trunks and I have 6 throughout my home....my favorite is an old steamship truck equipped with drawers and wooden hangers and tons of decals from places visited long ago......
Tins I love to collect also..... and so on and so on and so on!
Oh brother, if I ever have to move!!!! :)

Oh My we are Antique and Collectable Dealers what don't we collect. Our store is eBay.
My fav though is Nodder Bobbers, we have a dozen or so of them and anything Cat or Pig related.
So many things... To many things...

pantyfanatic---Why didn't you put that picture of yourself
in the"Putting a face to the names"thread? Irish

Great idea.:D I just may do it anyway!!! ;)

LMAO

Matchbook collection
 

After 11 years on the road, I got 'em from all over.

Anything harley related,t-shirts,helmet stickers...My tattoos of course i'd say they are a collection...here's a pic of one of my t's i got at a Hell's Angels bar,the bartender said if it fits over your boobs its yours lol:) Tight squeeze but i got it,took my old shirt off
at the bar and squeeeezed into this:)

I think my bottle cap collection is too weird to mention...
...so I won't.

I collect (authentic looking) Hot Wheels. -it's a lot harder than it sounds, most are stoopid looking.

...it's like a little treasure hunt. I go through the racks of Hot Wheels and out the hundreds of cars I MAY find ONE. -and spend a buck.

UPDATE!
 

:DSURPRISE ADDITION:D


I have to show you the latest additions to my collection. But the best part is how I came by them.

I got a PM from a member here saying she had found some monkeys that would go in my self-started, self-perpetuating collection. I was so taken that she even remembered about it that I really didn’t take her seriously until she asked for shipping instructions. Yes, our Summer is not only sexy and smart, she’s sweet too.:)

[even if they don’t have the proper wrapping material in Florida. (inside joke)];)

Here is my fav..
Nodders:)

Re: UPDATE!
 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by pantyfanatic
:D[B]SURPRISE ADDITION:D
[QUOTE]
I am so glad you like them! ;)

*hangs head
I am so sorry that they weren't wrapped properly. :rolleyes: hehe:p

collect?!?! sigh, I am also another packrat but my PRECIOUS THINGS (aka junk) was trimmed down to what I could fit in an
SUV just a few years ago, but heres a list...


action figures
skulls and things with skulls on them
legos
and the colection I barely have started and keep meaning to get LOTS more of.....
Peter Pan stuff

I have a peanutbutter jar you may want andvari. ;)

Music boxes (a small collection, only have 4 so far)

Anything with turtles (my parents and brother also collect turtles too)...that would be my largest collection so far...

State quarters

I also have a few celebrity autographs

OH is that the PB jar with the very hard to find Peter Pan action figure wearing skulls made by Lego?
thats the one I need to top my collection!

Model cars (last count nearly 400)

Star trek collectables (just about anything)

most prized...three old hot wheels cars from my first childhood..lol

Movie sound tracks,Lp Cd, especially by composer John Barry

model jaguar cars

BCG---My wife has also saved the state quarters.One for each
Grandchild.We have 4 Grandchildren.Shows how times&values
have changed.My Grandmothers,thought that you could RETIRE
on,on something,worth as much as a quarter! Irish

I love 1/18th scale modlel cars ... especailly older models like the 1931 Alpha Romeo"BC Monza" which I supplied a picture of. I'd really love the real cars, but my budget is a bit constrained for that. :D :D I probably have 30 or 40 of these models.

Here, I'll share one more of my "car model" collection. This one being Emperor Hirohito's Mercedes Benz. This is the same 1/18th scale as the other picture.

I've got a ridiculously large collection of salt and pepper shakers, a passion I inherited from my grandmother. I'm also an antique junky. I especially love antique toys. Just another sign of my determination not to grow up I guess. Unfortunately, the increasing volume of gray hair is a sign that I am losing the battle.

Catchup time
 

Latest addition and to a real treasure trove. :rolleyes:



LMAO

I have a small collection,a dozen or so of... fountain pens.Some are quite old,others are more recent.If they weren't such a mess to use,I would do all of my writing with them.

Crikey, here comes the essay:-

• When I was young, for some reason I used to collect clocks just to keep. Having got rid of that habit for many years, it soon returned to haunt me, but this time the clocks were to be used!
• After finding one once, cat's eyes, from the road.
• Dice (After the Diceman programme)
• Conkers, during season. I have none now though.

Axe, If I am not mistaken I see a copy of A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony on your bookshelf... Am I right?

Dice!
 

I forgot about the dice. These damn things seem to have accumulated too.
Everything from oversize carnival dice and novelty dice to souvenirs from the Sahara and calibrated, matched, serial numbered casino bones.
I think my favorite are the tiny, 5/16” (in the lid of the matched set) that were supposedly devised in Alabama by blacks, during the Jim Crow days, to foil the authorities trying to stop street corner crap games by simply swallowing them.

PF, I love your latest 3 monkey, they are 'cute' in a funny way. I was looking for you in that pic though.

When you took the dice pic, you forgot to include the fuzzy pair hanging from the rear view mirror in your car. :D You DO have them don't you?

Collect lapel pins. They don't take up as much room. Also old Peter Max books. Wish I still had my old notebooks from high school. We ruthlessly de-junked and donated massive amounts when we moved into our house. I really love the bright colors of the 70's Peter Max.