What do you collect?

samifan24 · 03-06-2003, 10:49 PM

After reading a story on ESPN about the market for USFL collectibles, I was wondering what unique items everyone collects. I'm sure we all collected cards at one time or another, but I'm talking oddball items. What do you collect and why?

Draft Dodger · 03-06-2003, 10:57 PM

hockey jerseys.

between my wife and I, we have about 20+.

AnalBumCover · 03-06-2003, 10:58 PM

I collect adult-hetero porn. And thank goodness for the Internet. No longer am I the pervert behind the blue curtain at the local video store. I'm now the pervert in front of a 17" moniter inside my own home.

Marmel · 03-06-2003, 10:59 PM

Shot glasses. Specifically, shot glasses from place other than CT. I have about 120 from London to Berlin, to Hawaii, to Vegas, to Maine. My wife wiped out about 15 of them one day when she got mad at me, slammed a door and a shelf fell off the wall. She still feels bad and that was 5 years ago. I forgave her pretty quickly.

AnalBumCover · 03-06-2003, 10:59 PM

dola jack.

Happy birthday DD!

Craptacular · 03-06-2003, 11:09 PM

Books on golf courses and golf course architecture that I never read.

TredWel · 03-06-2003, 11:11 PM

Board games based upon TV game shows.

Did you know there were 33 versions of the "Password" board game made over the past 40 years? I only have 20, but I'm working on it.

bbor · 03-06-2003, 11:15 PM

Cooking books......I have a passion for cooking

Draft Dodger · 03-06-2003, 11:19 PM

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Originally posted by AnalBumCover
dola jack.

Happy birthday DD!

thanks - just made it by 1 minute too!

sabotai · 03-06-2003, 11:35 PM

Old books and magazines...well, I try to. Hard when you are poor.

I have an extensive collection of Analog. A healthy stack of Omni. Some Asimov Sci-Fi and a few others. I have 2 issues of Scientific American from April 1905. So far, the prize of my collection is a not-so good condition 1851 German copy of Faust by Goethe. To those who do not collect old books and mags, that may seem impressive....to those who do, it's not.

As for "Internet collecting", I download episodes of the 4 Star Trek series, Thundercats, Duck Tales, Tailspin, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, etc. Basically, cartoons and geek shows.

revrew · 03-06-2003, 11:46 PM

I spose coins aren't so unusual, but I collect currency. Any extra you have can be sent to...

Airhog · 03-06-2003, 11:49 PM

I collect used condoms

Fonzie · 03-06-2003, 11:54 PM

Monkeys.

Draft Dodger · 03-06-2003, 11:56 PM

I collect sarcastic answers to questions.

thanks to all - I've got some nice new additions tonight.

Lathum · 03-07-2003, 01:45 AM

Pint Glasses.

AgPete · 03-07-2003, 01:55 AM

Masks, usually tribal (So far, most of them are from Asia and Africa. Hard to find so I don't have many.)

MAD Magazine

(Collected them since I was a kid and although I've skipped a lot of issues, I have a pretty good sized colleciton. Unfortunately, I think they're losing value because I don't have them in those acid proof bags.)

Karim · 03-07-2003, 04:59 AM

Uncirculated Canadian currency from 1935, the year the Bank of Canada started producing bills.

CamEdwards · 03-07-2003, 05:31 AM

basketball cards (the 1985-86 Fleer set... only 14 left before I complete the set.. unfortunantly one of them is Jordan) and baseball cards (1956 Topps in particular, as well as any and all Red Sox cards that come my way).

andy m · 03-07-2003, 05:43 AM

ammunition, bottled water, plexiglas, tinned food.

Fritz · 03-07-2003, 05:55 AM

heh, the brits still use tin.

what a backwards people

andy m · 03-07-2003, 06:02 AM

i mine it myself from a pit in south wales.

ColtCrazy · 03-07-2003, 07:28 AM

I think the brits just call it tinned. One of those language barrier things.

As for me:

Pine glasses/and steins and coasters from various pubs or bars. Have a couple hundred coasters, some very odd(one is shaped like an ice cream cone), and just a few glasses. Some I even paid for

My favorite is a Spaten Munich class, "borrowed" from a pub after the chaos of Germany's Euro96 win.

Football memorabilia. Cards, pennants, SLU figures, autographs. My favorite set is 81 Topps, the first my father and I put together. That, and my Favre autograph.

wbonnell · 03-07-2003, 07:42 AM

Ever research the psychology of collecting?

Personally, the only things I "collect" are items of use. For me, this happens to be games or books. A baseball card or some stupid bobblehead doll has little intrinsic value to me sitting on a shelf. My wife calls that stuff "dust collectors"!

ColtCrazy · 03-07-2003, 07:45 AM

I'm a gamer, but I wouldn't say I collect games, though I did once collect old teams in strat-o-matic basketball.
Looking at the list, a lot of these things are "dust collectors", but they have value to the collector. Most of the football stuff I have sits there, but I still enjoy the collection.

wbonnell · 03-07-2003, 07:55 AM

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Originally posted by ColtCrazy
I'm a gamer, but I wouldn't say I collect games, though I did once collect old teams in strat-o-matic basketball.
Looking at the list, a lot of these things are "dust collectors", but they have value to the collector. Most of the football stuff I have sits there, but I still enjoy the collection.

I really don't collect games. I was merely making the point that since I actually play games and read books, I tend to gather a collection of them. Once I'm finished, I'll either trade or sell it.

I wouldn't actually buy a game just to put it on a shelf. I derive pleasure from my ability to USE something. Apparently, I'm not wired like most people. I'm much too practical...

Mustang · 03-07-2003, 07:56 AM

Star Wars items (Toys, Plates, Lithographs, etc...)

Bee · 03-07-2003, 07:57 AM

I have a collection of beer steins (mostly from Germany). I have around 35-40 steins.

ColtCrazy · 03-07-2003, 08:28 AM

I wouldn't actually buy a game just to put it on a shelf. I derive pleasure from my ability to USE something. Apparently, I'm not wired like most people. I'm much too practical... [/b][/quote]

If I were only more practical, I would have more money right now.

scooper · 03-07-2003, 09:03 AM

Bee · 03-07-2003, 09:04 AM

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Originally posted by scooper
dust

I have quite a bit in my basement you are more than welcome to come pick up.

Fritz · 03-07-2003, 09:15 AM

I collect all sorts of things. Often, it is becuase I have one or two of something and my family decideds that I am collecting it.

so...

Buff and Buff Mfg. Co. Items (Transits, Line Levels, Theodolites)
Old Books, mostly history
Militaria, Mostly WW2.
Pint Glasses/Bar Glasses from places I have been (for My bar)
12" GI Joes (the newer "classic" ones mostly)
Ceramic Cows (not so much lately)
Curious George Stuff (all I wanted was a damn hat)

JeeberD · 03-07-2003, 09:21 AM

Undeveloped rolls of film, napkins from Taco Bueno, and bills. And that's just the stuff on my computer desk...

sachmo71 · 03-07-2003, 09:26 AM

Severed heads.

Abe Sargent · 03-07-2003, 09:32 AM

What do I collect? Let's see...

Apparently I collect bad computer games.

And unfinished crossword puzzles.

A pair of panties from every lady that I've done...intense...activities with.

-Anxiety

Fritz · 03-07-2003, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Anxiety

A pair of panties from every lady that I've done...intense...activities with.

what did Marmel leave you?

Ksyrup · 03-07-2003, 10:25 AM

I collect bootlegs. I listen to 95% of them, but there are a few that I have downloaded and burned, or traded for, that I doubt I'll ever listen to - like U2 - I just have them in case someone wants to trade for one of them. This is a recent thing, I've probably got around 100 between those on my computer and those already on my shelf.

I used to collect baseball and basketball cards, before anyone actually collected them because of what they were or might be worth. After I sat on the floor of a Quick-E-Mart at age 20, going through boxes of cards with a friend of mine looking at the top and bottom cards to find the packs with "runs" that had the most valuable cards in them, I decided that collecting cards wasn't as much fun anymore. Although, I was poor back then, and now that I'm able to afford it, I have to admit, it would be pretty cool to buy a box or two and open every pack like I always dreamed of doing as a kid. But I'd rather have music.

andy m · 03-07-2003, 10:25 AM

Quote:

what did Marmel leave you?

a broken man.

Tarkus · 03-07-2003, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Anxiety
A pair of panties from every lady that I've done...intense...activities with.

You left off how many you have and whether or not they are from the night of the activity!

Okay, I collect musical CDs, movies on laser disk and now DVD, books on making pizza, and like Anxiety, bad computer games. My wife has a somewhat extensive doll collection.

Tarkus

Anrhydeddu · 03-07-2003, 10:56 AM

Counties

PC games

I collected sports cards for 20 years but stopped a long time ago.

bosshogg23 · 03-07-2003, 11:06 AM

I collect cups. The plastic kind ya get in Sea World or a baseball stadium or a casino. I try to have ones with years on them but the jerks dont put the years on frequently so they can reuse them next year.

Abe Sargent · 03-07-2003, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tarkus
You left off how many you have and whether or not they are from the night of the activity!

Tarkus

If it is not from the evening of said activity then it has no value to me.

And a true gentleman never reveals how many. However, I would like to point out that among the ladies I have dated include a Miss America contestant, a stripper, a model, and an actress.

-Anxiety

Fritz · 03-07-2003, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Anxiety
However, I would like to point out that among the ladies I have dated include a Miss America contestant, a stripper, a model, an actress, and Mrs. Doubtfire.

u da man

rkmsuf · 03-07-2003, 12:11 PM

So in addition to dating Kate Shindle, over the past few years you've dated Anna Nicole Smith and Emme?

Tarkus · 03-07-2003, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Anxiety
If it is not from the evening of said activity then it has no value to me.

And a true gentleman never reveals how many. However, I would like to point out that among the ladies I have dated include a Miss America contestant, a stripper, a model, and an actress.

-Anxiety

Damn, if a carrot with a vagina can sell for millions on eBay, imagine what those panties would be worth!

Tarkus

P.S. Assuming they haven't been washed of course.

HornedFrog Purple · 03-07-2003, 12:20 PM

OTR (old time radio) shows, mainly mystery and sci-fi. I have around 3000 episodes consisting of The Shadow, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, Suspence, Dimension-X, X-Minus 1 and some other random shows, some of the old Superman etc.

I am hoping to start my own internet radio station someday since I dont have to broadcast at 128kbps per listener because that would be pointless for spoken word.

RendeR · 03-07-2003, 12:30 PM

I collect books, games, NFL jersies, and NASCAR replicas. although I'm thinking of seling those off to support a new and amazing discovery....

Warhammer, wargaming with collectable and PAINTABLE figurines....

god my life is pathetic.....

Ren

Fritz · 03-07-2003, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tarkus

P.S. Assuming they haven't been washed of course.

Or worn by Anxiety

rkmsuf · 03-07-2003, 12:34 PM

Fish posters

http://www.fishposters.com/index.html

I'm consumed by it...

DataKing · 03-07-2003, 12:43 PM

Ears and spent brass.

ColtCrazy · 03-07-2003, 12:51 PM

Forgot one, I also collect t-shirts from universities in cities I've been too. Also soccer and NFL jerseys or t-shirts from places I've been as well.

03-06-2003, 10:57 PM	#2
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	hockey jerseys. between my wife and I, we have about 20+. __________________ Mile High Hockey

03-06-2003, 10:58 PM	#3
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	I collect adult-hetero porn. And thank goodness for the Internet. No longer am I the pervert behind the blue curtain at the local video store. I'm now the pervert in front of a 17" moniter inside my own home. __________________ ABC's Game Giveaway list

03-06-2003, 10:59 PM	#4
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	Shot glasses. Specifically, shot glasses from place other than CT. I have about 120 from London to Berlin, to Hawaii, to Vegas, to Maine. My wife wiped out about 15 of them one day when she got mad at me, slammed a door and a shelf fell off the wall. She still feels bad and that was 5 years ago. I forgave her pretty quickly. __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

03-06-2003, 10:59 PM	#5
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	dola jack. Happy birthday DD! __________________ ABC's Game Giveaway list

03-06-2003, 11:11 PM	#7
TredWel High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Old Forge, PA	Board games based upon TV game shows. Did you know there were 33 versions of the "Password" board game made over the past 40 years? I only have 20, but I'm working on it. __________________ There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people...religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin. - Linus Van Pelt Last edited by TredWel : 03-06-2003 at 11:55 PM.

03-06-2003, 11:09 PM	#6
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	Books on golf courses and golf course architecture that I never read.

03-06-2003, 11:15 PM	#8
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Cooking books......I have a passion for cooking __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-06-2003, 11:35 PM	#10
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Old books and magazines...well, I try to. Hard when you are poor. I have an extensive collection of Analog. A healthy stack of Omni. Some Asimov Sci-Fi and a few others. I have 2 issues of Scientific American from April 1905. So far, the prize of my collection is a not-so good condition 1851 German copy of Faust by Goethe. To those who do not collect old books and mags, that may seem impressive....to those who do, it's not. As for "Internet collecting", I download episodes of the 4 Star Trek series, Thundercats, Duck Tales, Tailspin, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, etc. Basically, cartoons and geek shows.

03-06-2003, 11:46 PM	#11
revrew Team Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA	I spose coins aren't so unusual, but I collect currency. Any extra you have can be sent to... __________________ Winner of 6 FOFC Scribe Awards, including 3 Gold Scribes Founder of the ZFL, 2004 Golden Scribe Dynasty of the Year Now bringing The Des Moines Dragons back to life, and the joke's on YOU, NFL! I came to the Crossroad. I took it. And that has made all the difference.

03-06-2003, 11:49 PM	#12
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	I collect used condoms __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

03-06-2003, 11:54 PM	#13
Fonzie Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Illinois	Monkeys.

03-06-2003, 11:56 PM	#14
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	I collect sarcastic answers to questions. thanks to all - I've got some nice new additions tonight. __________________ Mile High Hockey

03-07-2003, 01:45 AM	#15
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Pint Glasses.

03-07-2003, 01:55 AM	#16
AgPete College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001	Masks, usually tribal (So far, most of them are from Asia and Africa. Hard to find so I don't have many.) MAD Magazine (Collected them since I was a kid and although I've skipped a lot of issues, I have a pretty good sized colleciton. Unfortunately, I think they're losing value because I don't have them in those acid proof bags.) __________________ Click here for the FOF2004 World Football League Dynasty (WFL) - Football Goes Global! OOTP5 Psychology Experiment (Incomplete but fun read for MLB fans.) The FOFC All-Time NFL Team - Voted on by FOFC members.

03-07-2003, 04:59 AM	#17
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	Uncirculated Canadian currency from 1935, the year the Bank of Canada started producing bills.

03-07-2003, 05:31 AM	#18
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	basketball cards (the 1985-86 Fleer set... only 14 left before I complete the set.. unfortunantly one of them is Jordan) and baseball cards (1956 Topps in particular, as well as any and all Red Sox cards that come my way). __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

03-07-2003, 05:43 AM	#19
andy m High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: norwich, UK	ammunition, bottled water, plexiglas, tinned food. __________________ mostly harmless FOFL 2009 champs - Norwich Quagmire

03-07-2003, 05:55 AM	#20
Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	heh, the brits still use tin. what a backwards people __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

03-07-2003, 06:02 AM	#21
andy m High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: norwich, UK	i mine it myself from a pit in south wales. __________________ mostly harmless FOFL 2009 champs - Norwich Quagmire

03-07-2003, 07:28 AM	#22
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	I think the brits just call it tinned. One of those language barrier things. As for me: Pine glasses/and steins and coasters from various pubs or bars. Have a couple hundred coasters, some very odd(one is shaped like an ice cream cone), and just a few glasses. Some I even paid for My favorite is a Spaten Munich class, "borrowed" from a pub after the chaos of Germany's Euro96 win. Football memorabilia. Cards, pennants, SLU figures, autographs. My favorite set is 81 Topps, the first my father and I put together. That, and my Favre autograph. __________________ The Field Generals and Statis Pro Basketball Super League

03-07-2003, 07:42 AM	#23
wbonnell College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Round Rock TX	Ever research the psychology of collecting? Personally, the only things I "collect" are items of use. For me, this happens to be games or books. A baseball card or some stupid bobblehead doll has little intrinsic value to me sitting on a shelf. My wife calls that stuff "dust collectors"!

03-07-2003, 07:45 AM	#24
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	I'm a gamer, but I wouldn't say I collect games, though I did once collect old teams in strat-o-matic basketball. Looking at the list, a lot of these things are "dust collectors", but they have value to the collector. Most of the football stuff I have sits there, but I still enjoy the collection. __________________ The Field Generals and Statis Pro Basketball Super League

03-07-2003, 07:56 AM	#26
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Star Wars items (Toys, Plates, Lithographs, etc...) __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

03-07-2003, 07:57 AM	#27
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	I have a collection of beer steins (mostly from Germany). I have around 35-40 steins.

03-07-2003, 08:28 AM	#28
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	I wouldn't actually buy a game just to put it on a shelf. I derive pleasure from my ability to USE something. Apparently, I'm not wired like most people. I'm much too practical... [/b][/quote] If I were only more practical, I would have more money right now.

03-07-2003, 09:03 AM	#29
scooper College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cinn City	dust

03-07-2003, 09:15 AM	#31
Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	I collect all sorts of things. Often, it is becuase I have one or two of something and my family decideds that I am collecting it. so... Buff and Buff Mfg. Co. Items (Transits, Line Levels, Theodolites) Old Books, mostly history Militaria, Mostly WW2. Pint Glasses/Bar Glasses from places I have been (for My bar) 12" GI Joes (the newer "classic" ones mostly) Ceramic Cows (not so much lately) Curious George Stuff (all I wanted was a damn hat) __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

03-07-2003, 09:21 AM	#32
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Undeveloped rolls of film, napkins from Taco Bueno, and bills. And that's just the stuff on my computer desk... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

03-07-2003, 09:26 AM	#33
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Severed heads.

03-07-2003, 09:32 AM	#34
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	What do I collect? Let's see... Apparently I collect bad computer games. And unfinished crossword puzzles. A pair of panties from every lady that I've done...intense...activities with. -Anxiety __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

03-07-2003, 10:25 AM	#36
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I collect bootlegs. I listen to 95% of them, but there are a few that I have downloaded and burned, or traded for, that I doubt I'll ever listen to - like U2 - I just have them in case someone wants to trade for one of them. This is a recent thing, I've probably got around 100 between those on my computer and those already on my shelf. I used to collect baseball and basketball cards, before anyone actually collected them because of what they were or might be worth. After I sat on the floor of a Quick-E-Mart at age 20, going through boxes of cards with a friend of mine looking at the top and bottom cards to find the packs with "runs" that had the most valuable cards in them, I decided that collecting cards wasn't as much fun anymore. Although, I was poor back then, and now that I'm able to afford it, I have to admit, it would be pretty cool to buy a box or two and open every pack like I always dreamed of doing as a kid. But I'd rather have music. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-07-2003, 10:56 AM	#39
Anrhydeddu Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Oct 2002	Counties PC games I collected sports cards for 20 years but stopped a long time ago.

03-07-2003, 11:06 AM	#40
bosshogg23 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Philly	I collect cups. The plastic kind ya get in Sea World or a baseball stadium or a casino. I try to have ones with years on them but the jerks dont put the years on frequently so they can reuse them next year.

03-07-2003, 12:11 PM	#43
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	So in addition to dating Kate Shindle, over the past few years you've dated Anna Nicole Smith and Emme? __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

03-07-2003, 12:20 PM	#45
HornedFrog Purple Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Worthless, Tx	OTR (old time radio) shows, mainly mystery and sci-fi. I have around 3000 episodes consisting of The Shadow, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, Suspence, Dimension-X, X-Minus 1 and some other random shows, some of the old Superman etc. I am hoping to start my own internet radio station someday since I dont have to broadcast at 128kbps per listener because that would be pointless for spoken word. __________________ King of All FOFC Media!!! IHOF: Fort Worthless Fury- 2004 AOC Deep South Champions (not acknowledged via conspiracy)