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What Do You Collect?

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Other than recipes, what do you collect?

I collect books, cobalt glass, and unique candle holders.

I've always been interested in what people collect because it seems to give more insight as to what they're all about. I don't personally know of anyone who collects really strange items (a la Stephen King!). Do you? :)
 
I collect elephants with raised trunks as they are a sign of good luck----so far i've got elephants in glass, leather, lapis lazul, onyx, marble, plastic, several different kinds of wood, some green semi-precious stone that I can't thing the name of---it doesn' t matter I've got them all--- only NOT ivory----goodness, I could have gotten some beautiful pieces in ivory having lived overseas-----just couldn't do that-----not only does the US prohibit the importation of ivory objects of any kind, I morally couldn't sanction it. Anyway, I think that they have brought me good luck, overall.
 
Anything to do with big cats of thw jungle. I have stuffed animals pictures figurines etc
 
I love Norman Rockwell items.... glasses, mugs, photos, calendars
 
I don't really collect much, i'm a major declutterer. But if I had to pick something I'd say baby slings/carriers. I have a half dozen different kinds b/c each one is used for a different purpose.
 
I collect books especially mysteries like agatha christie's. gardner's, etc.
 
I don't really collect anything but my husband he collects book and my daugter she collects breakable dolls my son he collects hotwheels and matchbox cars. Well I do collect coupons lol.
 
Well if that counts -- we collect cats. LOL I believe we're up to like 10 now with all the kittens that were just born. I live out in the middle of no where and people love to drop their cats off here.
 
I like to collect different types of key chains. I have about 70-80 of them. Quite a nice collection.
 
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clara said:
I collect books especially mysteries like agatha christie's. gardner's, etc.
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I love Agatha Christie's mysteries. They are interesting and a look into the past at the same time. I find it amazing how modern the world was in the 1920's & 1930's.

Matt
 
I collect money. Every month I put $20 in ones into a small cylindrical container I have. I almost put $10 in quarters in as well. It's awesome.
 
Kaabi said:
I collect money. Every month I put $20 in ones into a small cylindrical container I have. I almost put $10 in quarters in as well. It's awesome.
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Do you bury it somewhere? My advice would be to bury it until collect enough (usually around $2,500) of them to open an account at a no-load mutual fund like Vanguard, and then once you have an account, regularly purchase more shares in small amounts. If you do that for 30 years, your collection would be pretty nice, and provide you with stability.

[I'm not an investment person, just passing on my thoughts of wise investing. Banks pay nothing in interest these days, so I think this is the only way to grow savings in our current era.]
 
I collect sea shells and drift wood at the beach. Not quite sure what I will do with them, but I'm addicted.
 
muffinman said:
Collecting chickens? That's curious. How many are in your collection?
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Well - let's say - my kitchen is loaded! I have a beautiful (and old) matching set: canister, mugs, s & p, creamer & sugar, 2 plant pots, wall clock, etc. and then of course I have all sorts of chickens and roosters made out of just about anything you can think of! I've always liked chickens and strawberries/strawberry blossoms and incorporating the 2 really does look nice.

I need to get a digital camera and post pix of it.
 
Mama Mangia said:
Well - let's say - my kitchen is loaded! I have a beautiful (and old) matching set: canister, mugs, s & p, creamer & sugar, 2 plant pots, wall clock, etc. and then of course I have all sorts of chickens and roosters made out of just about anything you can think of! I've always liked chickens and strawberries/strawberry blossoms and incorporating the 2 really does look nice.

I need to get a digital camera and post pix of it.
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All right, I get it now. I was thinking you collected live chickens for shows. I remember my grandmother had a chicken clock on the wall of kitchen in the 60's. The red and white went well together. Can't remember if there were strawberries in it. And she had those white enamel pots for her stove so everything matched. You don't see much white cookware these days to match the chicken ware! I suppose that will return in about 5 years.
 
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