I am sure this subject has been done before... but what does your collection consist of and how is it stored?
Lets post some photo's...
This chest houses the majority of my collection... it is a 1920's cedar chest carved in the orient somewhere...
Inside is pretty full (I am somewhat surprised it didn't fall through the floor into the room below)
A- contains my folders with Banknotes. on the left contains my British Banknotes and a few sets from my European Travels, next along contains USA banknotes and notes from my Carribean and Australian travels. Next folder contains receipts and inventory papers, two ring bound documents are a first draft on a memoir, lastly a folder called "Banknotes of the world" which is a general collection that I probably paid too much for containing things like the propaganda banknotes dropped on Iraq, assignats, baby bonds etc etc
B- Visible is the album containing British coins, near the top because I am often adding coins from circulation (as I have been for the last 30 years) it is sitting on 3 Velvet boxes which have trays inside holding larger coins such as Silver ounce bullion coins, Cartwheel pennies, Ike's, crowns etc. These sit on an album of Australia coins, an album of USA coins and an album of phonecards (probably the biggest collecting mistake possible!)
A and B both sit on Casino Chips that I collected (mainly in Vegas) Its fair to say I made a sizable donation in exchange for these.
C-This little pile has car diagnostics at the top, sitting on some fountain pens, sitting on a corgi model of an MGF (corresponds to a real car I have in storage) sitting on an Audermars Piguet watch box/papers and some silver proof sets of British coinage and a jar that I throw commemorative coins in out of my change.
D-Visable is a folder of 2x2's containing my most prized ancient coins. Above is a leather bound journal in the style of an illustrated manuscript. It lists and describes my collections and creations. These sit on 2 folders relating to the Euro (first and last coins from change over, uncirculated sets for each country) 2 more Lighthouse Numis albums contain my Grandfathers coins that he collected in his wartime travels fighting in Europe and North Africa as well as general world coins.
E-Cartier box containing some small ceramics, sitting on a leather watch box which rotates and keeps automatic watches in motion (containing a Royal Oak watch) sitting on some odd sets (Soveriegns, proof 1970's, proof American and 3 completed Whitman folders for UK sets)
F- Cartier Sunglasses and associated packaging, sitting on folder of Olympic 50p's (not seeing so many of these in my change now) Sitting on a model of my current car (Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo) sitting on Mont Blanc pens, sitting on models of weapons used in LOTR, sitting on some odd sets (Canadian mint silver, Millenium UK Silver, Maundy money)
G/H-Silver 1920's box containing jewellery (wrapped in cloth bag) Murano Glass ashtray, Hohner vintage Harmonica, Gollum figure.
I- Unusual box containing coin doubles/for trade. Tin with silver patents of rings I created, Dunhill cufflinks, novelty cufflinks (chess pieces), Sets of playing cards (Iraq portraits, art deco cards, limited edition cards)
Caligraphy pens, inks, pencils, compasses, Olympic 50p uncirc set, some cased coins.
That's pretty much it, I call it my man chest (stuff that nobody cares about but me goes in there) If anyone wants to talk me through their collecting cabinet/safe/chest/shelf/desk etc I would be interested in seeing what they have in there.
Posted 10/30/2015 1:05 pm
