Do You Ever Get The Urge

what I collected before coins was cars and I still have that collection as well and don't see me ever selling either one (because my kids would kill me). I still will buy a car even though I don't have any place for any more of them if I see something I like and can afford it. I am trying to get my son interested in cars now so I can pass on the knowledge and excitement I get when cleaning/driving or just looking at them but it seems my youngest daughter gets more excited about the cars than he does, he just looks at a car as a way to get from point A to point B. I started a car project with him (a 89 Camaro RS) that started to be a father son project with him and I and he seemed to just have lost interest because I admit I am a perfectionist and want everything to be perfect and he just wants to get in there and get it done no matter how it looks when it is done as long as it gets him where he wants to go and well for the past 3 weeks we haven't turned a wrench on the car, it is sitting out there with hood unbolted,most of the front of the engine off ready to pull the engine out and we still have to unhook the exhaust and a few more wires but until he shows some interest it will sit there no matter if he gets his license before than or not. I said when he starts back to school if he hasn't asked to go work on it I will do it myself and when its done I will drive it and he will not get to

I'll help you Bryan. I have a 1994 Z28, but one could always use another Camaro.

Back to the topic, it's funny you should ask, just 30 minutes ago I joined a forum for Hot Wheels collectors. No, I don't collect them, nor did I before coins, but I think I will very soon. I just think they're cool to look at. Plus, most of them are only $1 a piece.

I have dabbled in several areas off and on... stamps, sportscards, etc... but coins have been a steady interest since I was about 7 years old. I do get the urge to go to card shows when they are in town but usually don;t because I know I'll spend money that I will regret later. I still have a bunch of autographed baseballs in my closet some where... I should get them out and sell them somewhere so I can buy more coins!

I collected sports cards as a kid - primarily baseball and football. I completed my 1973 Topps baseball card set (all 660 cards) a couple of years ago. Luckily I kept the cards in good condition from childhood. It also helped that I had the expensive cards like the Mike Schmidt rookie card already. I filled in the blanks from ebay and the local card store.

I was going to start on my football card collection from the same era but realized there were too many holes to fill and it would be too expensive. So, I just took the really nice ones (including some cool basketball and hockey ones too) and put them in holders. I haven't done anything with it lately though.

I still have my stamp collection from childhood as well - but again, it's just sitting on a shelf.

I haven't really gotten the urge to start these back up, but I could see going back to that someday - you never know. My baseball card collection sat untouched for 30 years and then I suddenly got the urge to finish that set.

So, no, I don't think what you are doing is unusual at all. As mrwisker says, if you've got collector in the blood (I do for sure - I get the same looks from my wife), you just gots to go with it!

Every so often, I check and see what some of my old vinyl LP records are retailing for nowadays....

I collected Baseball cards back in 94 then the strike and then the bottom dropped out of the market.
I do however have all the A Rod rookies. Other than the occasional pack here and there, no more baseball cards
The new Baseball Card market is squirrely at best.
Really old or Graded cards are still your best bet.
I recovered from packitis ripatosis years ago..just to be bit by the rollis searchous bug

packitis ripatosis-that urge to by as many packs of anything, just to see whats in them.

WpgLwr If you have a better list of what you are looking for...send it off to me..I can help look

Let me guess, a neo-Indian?

Belleek, Belleek, and more Belleek. First Day Covers and First Flight Covers. Vinyl records? I am getting near to 10,000, all in genre and alphabetical order. Coins, too. Some currency. Tokens. Elongated pennies.....

We started as hunters and gatherers, and, as mrwisker indicated, it is fun to collect or amass collections or hobbies.

And, Bryan1315, have you seen the book on proper over-spray patterns for the 'factory' look? It goes way beyond matching numbers and putting the decals on right. Beware a dyslexic mechanic with OCD! They are absolutely the worse perfectionists in the world!