What Else Do You Collect?

I collect matchcovers. They are actually miniature billboards. Nearly everything you can imagine was once advertised on them. My favorites are the ones I have from the 30's and 40's advertising things like Butterfinger candy bars for 5 cents, meals for $1.50, hotel rooms(with radio) for $2.00 a night.

Then there are all of those long forgotten products - Grisdale Coffee, Filigree Tea, Krasdale Salmon, and my favorite SPUD cigarettes!

I had a decent collection of matchbooks when I was a kid. Definitely a poor man's hobby since they were always free. It seemed that every restaurant and business with a retail counter had them for the taking.

I believe they may be in a box in the garage.

Am I the only one here who collects records? I probably have around 500 records, a few of them are pretty rare, although nothing spectacular like Elvis' Sun singles. If there's a band I like, I have to get all of their albums; if I really like them, I'll seek out and purchase their rare pressings. One of the gems of my collection and probably my rarest record in terms of number pressed is by a band called Chumbawamba, a punk band from the 80's and 90's. They recorded an album that the record company wouldn't let them release due to copyright issues over samples that were used, but a few bootleg copies made it out and is now considered the Holy Grail of their albums.

I'm probably the most serious about my record collection out of my other collections. I don't collect like other people collect things. Most people now seem to think that collecting is all about making money, and if you can't make money from reselling your collection, then it's not worth collecting. You should collect what you want to collect if it makes you happy. Most of the records in my collection aren't worth very much in terms or resale value, but I collect them for the music. I love music and pride my self on my musical knowledge. Plus, there's nothing quite like putting a record on a turntable and dropping the stylus then flipping the record when the side ends. Listening to CD's and music on the computer isn't the same active listening experience, plus modern digital formats have inferior sound quality compared to analog sources.

Old pocket and wrist watches..................and guns to protect my other two collections with. WOLF

great to know other people out there collect the same as I do:

Old 78rpm vinyl records
antique locks and keys

and these:
seashells (the deadly toxic ones like cones)
daggers and knives with handles made from animal horns

and also stamps

its threads like this that make me realize that I have problems. my co-workers love to constantly make fun of me but its all in good fun.

hmmm... things that I consistently collect are star wars action 3 3/4" figures and 12" action figures and of course coins.

i also collect:

autographed baseballs and dodger bobble heads (i love baseball- go dodgers!)
rocks and minerals

Lastgold, I'm watching for a matchbook with Hitler "strike here" on his butt, and I think it had matches shaped like bombs. I have one without matches, but am still looking. Do you have one of those? Ever seen one? The one I saw for sale was obscenely expensive.

Well I used to collect Star Wars action figures but sold those off.

Things I collect now would be coins, glass telephone insulators, records, old hubcaps and license plates, sharks teeth, and the best for last Volkswagens me and my dad have 4 buses, 2 bugs, and a notchback all pre 1961 and all running like champs.