What Else Do You Collect?

About a quarter of my "bowkill" collection

I could move that back at least a decade. I used to attend car shows on a regular basis until back and leg injury diminished my ability to do the walking and heavy lifting. I am about to start selling off my modest accumulation of auto literature, most of which dates from before the 1950's.
And I should probably cut back on my rock and mineral collecting to spare what back strength I have remaining.

I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned the "World's Most Pleasurable Hobby", license plate collecting! This is a huge realm and it's still an equal opportunity hobby, meaning anyone curious enough to poke around in forgotten places has the chance of making a rare discovery worth thousands. If it were not for the successes I have had in this overlooked niche of automotive culture, I would not be able to afford to collect coins.


Oh, and I suppose I should add: old woodworking tools (I use them); vintage vinyl (never get tired of hearing the classics); antique cigar boxes (nice for storing coins, crystals, whatever small things you like).

Wow, I can't believe all the people that replied to this post. Thanks.

I forgot a few things.

I too have a small collection of firearms...you know, just in case? Here in PA, gun laws are pretty awesome

I also have a collection of German Shepherd teeth. They are attached to my dog, also, just in case.

And, my last thing, a small collection of comic books that I started in middle school. I was active for a few years.

Josh

guns, tractors from the 50's through early 80's

Ah, another brochure collector! You're a good man!

Sorry to hear about your health issues and how is curtailed your collecting. I have so much of this stuff that I've been tempted to stop or just focus on domestic cars, but it's so deeply ingrained in me and I'll be collecting brochures until I die. Let my family take care of the hassle of what to do with it after I'm gone.

A good friend of mine from Tennessee is big into license plate collecting like you are. I've sent him North Dakota and Minnesota plates from time to time.

Great minds think alike!

I seem to collect everything.

Here in no particular order is what I have
- Things to sell on ebay (a ton of that stuff)
- Sports Cards
- Photography Equipment
- Like Lion4Life, I too collect Penn State memorabilia.
- Star Wars and other 80s toys

You guys make me feel weird because I've never collected anything before I got into spot priced bullion and other cheap coins.

But now that I think about it, I have never passed a shiny piece of metal on the ground without picking it up. Not gum or cigarette wrappers or bottle caps, but I have filled many old margarine tubs with washers, bolts, lugnuts, odd sockets, odd bits of wire, train spikes and the like from the sidewalks, streets and parking lots. One of my friends said I'm like a crow.