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50 People Share Their Unique Collections

Some of us are into bowling, others love traveling, nature, or rock hunting. Does that mean you collect all the bowling balls to make a giant pyramid, or gather every single mosquito you’ve ever killed, or arrange the keys of every hotel and motel you’ve ever been to? Well, for these people, it does indeed.

Meet the collectors of the most random items out there, who prove that nothing is off-limits when it comes to human curiosity.

From a shark tooth collection to a collection of every insect found at home in Australia, Bored Panda has compiled a list full of the most bizarre, wonderful, and entertaining assemblages. Scroll down, upvote your favorites, and let us know what you adore collecting in the comment section below!

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This Is One Of Several Alphabets Assembled By Belgian Type Designer Clotilde Olyff From Stones Collected At The Beach

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A Year Ago, I Started Staying In And Peircing State Quarters, Instead Of Going Out And Getting In Trouble. Here Is My Collection So Far

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I Started Feeding Bar Nuts To These Crows That Are Regular To The Patio Of A Bar I Work At. My Collection Of Gifts Finally Started After 3 Months

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It turns out, humans have always been drawn to collecting things. In the 19th century, aristocratic collectors would amass books, zoological and biological specimens, art and decorations that were all considered a status symbol.

The Victorian era gave birth to the cabinet of curiosities, which referred to space specially designed to arrange, display, and store one’s collectibles. Many of these cabinets have become the first museums that exhibited curated collections.

But the urge to collect things starts as early as our childhood. Most of us had our own little collections of keychains, stamps, or Legos. However, only a few people devote their time and effort to their collected items as they reach adulthood.

My Doctor Has A Kept All The Pictures Kids Have Drawn Of Him

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My Grandfather's Pencil Sharpener Collection I Inherited

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Perfectly Round Rocks I Found On The Beach. Bonus: Egg, Dorito, And Watermelon Rock

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For many, it offers the thrill of the hunt, which draws them in. Most collectors develop an emotional attachment to their objects where each one carries a story. Ask a record collector about their display, and they will happily tell you a two-hour-long story about the first vinyl they got their hands onto.

Nostalgia may also be the driving force of collecting, and it’s usually visible in the historical collections that require a great deal of knowledge and context.

This Is My Periodic Table Of Elements With Actual Elements

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This Man's Collection Of Lost Apples Varieties

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Over The Past 15 Years My Dad Collected 1,785 Bowling Balls And Built A Giant Bowling Ball Pyramid

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Collection Of Reference Seeds Found In My Grandad’s Attic

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My Grandma With Her Birdhouse Collection

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The Product Of 15 Years Collecting Shedded Antlers From The Woods

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Since The Late 80s, My Office Has Been Collecting Used Staples That Were Removed From Documents That Needed To Be Microfilmed/Scanned. Here Is That Collection

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Our Tire Sticker Ball Turned 6 Today

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Some Of My Favorite Arrowheads. Amazing Little Pieces Of History Collected On Our Private Property In Southern Arizona

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2 Years Of Collecting Sea Glass

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I'm 14 And Here Is A Picture Of Me And My Chess Medals

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My Four-Leaf-Clover Collection (Plus A Couple Five-Leafers In The Middle)

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My Girlfriend Cleaning Her Monopoly Collection

She has about 600. There are some duplicates and most are sealed. The oldest one is from the 1940’s I think. My favorite is the Harley Davidson one which weighs about 20 pounds

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My Shark Tooth Collection

I found them all on the beach

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My Sand And Dirt Collection From Every Place I Visited

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The Airbnb That I’m Staying In Has A Collection Of Rubber Ducks In The Bathroom Wall

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I Helped My Dad Alphabetize His Vinyl Collection

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My 100% Complete Collection Of Every LEGO Shield Ever Made

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My History Teacher's Presidential PEZ Collection

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This Collection Of Objects Swallowed By Children

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Marble Collection From The 1800s. All Made From Polished Semi-Precious Stones

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Weapons Collection From The Royal Armouries In Leeds, UK

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This Is My Gameboy Mosaic Made Out Of Gameboy Games. Note: No Games Were Harmed And All Are Removable And Playable

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My (87-Years-Old) Father's "Ugly" Golf Ball Collection

My old man, who is now pushing 90 and can't get out to play anymore, was always the guy who would hit his shot, then poke around in the woods and ponds looking for golf balls. He saved buckets of good golf balls, but his real pride and joy is his collection of "ugly golf balls". He was overjoyed any time he'd find a rotten old ball that had been hit by a mower and left to decay. The guy got a hole-in-one once, complete with a big plaque. He promptly lost that golf ball. But he invites strangers into his home to show them his ugly golf ball collection. It's the little things!

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Local Pharmacy Has A Display Of Antique Medicines

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I Collect Rocks That Look Like Eggs

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Friend's Mom In Australia Has A Collection Of What She Found In Her Home

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My Granddad's Tool Collection In His Shed

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I Collect Food Shaped Erasers

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My Aunt Has A Spoon Collection That Has A Tiny Spoon Collection Right Above It

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My Dad's Little Metal Detecting Museum

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My Entire Bow Tie Collection, Minus The One I'm Wearing Now

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My Mom Collects Sand From Beaches All Over The World

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A Small Part Of My Vintage Camera Collection

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My Game Collection Is Finally Out Of Storage! Wife Surprised Me By Building Shelves As An Anniversary Gift Today

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An Array Of Cake Pans Collected In The Lifetime Of My Late Grandmother Taken From A Roof Top

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My Dice Collection

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My Grandfather Used All Of His Hotel/Motel Keys He Received From His Job As A Travelling Salesman And Made Them Into A Map Of The US

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Someone Had All The Failed Presidential Candidates Bumper Stickers On Their Car

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RavenClaw 4 years ago

I don't see trump.

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Mike Crow 4 years ago

Conveniently Ran out of room.

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David Retsler 4 years ago

You will.

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Hooked 4 years ago

I thought he won !? That's what he keeps telling everybody...

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les 4 years ago

it says presidential, not whatever the opposite of that is

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Wolfowl 4 years ago

The 'ol Trumpster Fire

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CLEMSONFAN 4 years ago

yeah he should definitely be on there

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Mallowmelt Tardis 4 years ago

I wouldn't want anything with his name on it within 500 feet of me.

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Sharon Ingram 4 years ago

Because it’s Biden.

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Hugh Walter 4 years ago

Give it time!

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MAKtheknife 4 years ago

Just wait.

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John Haines 4 years ago

it's dark in your bunghole, isn't it?

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Joyce Deering 4 years ago

I would actually tear one off to make room for Trump's! Right in the MIDDLE! Where even HE could see it.

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Shirley Heyn 4 years ago

. . . aren't they still recounting the votes?

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Brett 4 years ago

Weird flex but okay

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Piet Puk 4 years ago

Remember when we thought it couldn't get any worse than Palin?

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Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago

Before Palin, remember when we thought it couldn't get any worse than Bush jr? There is a trend with that party and it's not the good kind.

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BusLady 4 years ago

One of my neighbors proudly displayed a large Trump banner. I noticed they've now taken it down in shame.

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Tacitus86 4 years ago

Or maybe because the election is over and they gracefully took it down after?

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RoseTheMad 4 years ago

I hope he finds room for Trump 2020

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Gareth Graham 4 years ago

There's one missing from the end

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Storm Anne 4 years ago

now they just need Orange Doofus (aka trump)

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Ana Vaquer Perez 4 years ago

Ummm they just gave us a random persons license plate, am i the only person who noticed that?

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SirPatTheCat 4 years ago (edited)

And what are you going to do with it? You know the license plate and...now what?

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Esmeralda Djali 4 years ago

That is going to be hard to sell.

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Chuck 4 years ago

I don't see Perot/Stockdale

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kjorn 4 years ago

i remember a joke from Chris Rock when he says he was happy it was trump. because he says Bush give us Obama... now lets imagine what we would got after Trump!

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Troux 4 years ago

I have to appreciate that they are in order.

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Jane W. 4 years ago

Oh my god. I'd forgotten about Palin. What a joke.

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Vicki Perizzolo 4 years ago

you're missing a BIG one

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Mike Carter 4 years ago

Dominion...you won't forget.

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Parmeisan 4 years ago

Orrr maybe it's a collection of everyone they ever voted for. If so, get them to pick your next lotto numbers and then go with anything but those.

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June Dominguez 4 years ago

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Navy Blue Bandana 4 years ago

Saturn Argentavis What the hell did I just read

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Sue Wolfsong 4 years ago

Didn't Carter win?

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Bill Taylor 4 years ago

Not against Reagan/Bush Sr. in 1980.

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Peter Weir 4 years ago

wonder why you get rear ended so much lol

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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago

A psychiatrist could come up with sooooo many different reasons why a person would do this. Personally, I think it shows that even wealthy, successful people don't always win.

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Lil~Griffin 4 years ago

Man forgot trump !!!

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Molly Block 4 years ago

How they can add TRUMP-PENCE! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

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Kisses4Katie 4 years ago

How do you go from Dukakis to Bush??

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Tabitha L 4 years ago

I don't think this person was a supporter of all of these candidates. I'm guessing it is just a fun collection. Especially since the car is certainly not from Nixon's first presidential bid.

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Ashley Wright 4 years ago

Biden-Harris should be on there #2020electionsteal #2020voterfraud

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Pansy Parkinson 4 years ago (edited)

I don't see Kanye's, even though I was hoping he'd win, or did Kanye not have a presidential sticker?

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Aria Whitaker 4 years ago

The pic was most likely taken before November of this year....

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My Dad's Lifelong Collection Of Matchbooks

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The Only Remaining Picture Of My Childhood Star Wars Collection

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My Copy Editor Father's Collection Of Worn Down Pencils

He started using them on the recommendation of one of my teachers back when I was in high school. He's got a whole box full of them. I'm not sure about the exact make, but the brand is Palomino if anyone is interested.

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A Collection Of Things My Local Shop Has Pulled Out Of Flat Tires

Fun fact: the white circle in the top left is one of those security tags for clothes.

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The Amount Of Train Tickets I’ve Collected By Commuting To University For One Year

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This Pez Dispenser Collection I Found At A Restaurant

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Heart Shaped Rocks A Friend Has Collected Over Six Years

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My Dad's Friend's Collection Room

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My Bottle Cap Collection. Up To 366 Different Caps So Far

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Introducing My Bottle Opener Collection

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A Small Display Of My Stepfathers Lock Collection

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I Collect Money From Everywhere I Travel

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My Micro-Gadget Collection

I collect miniature palm/pocket/keychain gadgets. Depending on where I’m going, I’ll take a few of these items with me on a clip or in a pouch or pocket. I have items for travel, hiking/camping, nights out, shopping, etc. All of these miniature items are in my favorite color green. I have even more items in my collection that aren't pictured here.
1. Keyboard 2. Collapsing cup 3. Magnifying mirror 4. First aid kit 5. Folding readers 6. Traveling adapter/charger 7. Watercolor set 8. Office supplies 9. Luggage lock 10. Car escape tool 11. Bubble level 12. Hooded rain slicker 13. Monocular 14. Airpods/station 15. Hairbrush 16. Tactical pen 17. Umbrella 18. USB speaker 19. Nylon folding utensils 20. Phone stand 21. Pill case 22. Perfume atomizer 23. Strobing LED 24. Pepper spray 25. Taser 26. Household charger 27. Car charger 28. Power stick 29. Match safe 30. Personal alarm 31. Gerber Dime 32. Sewing kit 33. UV lamp (glue/gel) 34. Sphero 35. Tetris 36. Harmonica 37. Micro drone 38. Fidget cube 39. Charging cable 40. Fisher space pen 41. Thumb drive 42. Selfie trigger.

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My Parents Collect Magnets From Every Place They Visit And Put Them On The Fridge. It's Spreading To The Microwave Now

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Toys I Collected From My 9-Year-Old’s Pockets Over 3 Months

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I Collected Every Pair Of Shoes I Was Wearing Since 2008

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Collection Of Unique Forks And Spoons

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My Father-In-Law's Wine And Whiskey Collection

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This Has Been Decorating My House For Many Years. It's A Part Of My Processors Collection. I Want To Collect At Least One Representative From Each Generation

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This Collection Of Over 1000 Movie Tickets From The Last 30 Years

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My Deceased Grandfather Had A Collection Of Uncirculated Sequential One-Dollar Bills From 1954

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My Uncle's Peanut Butter Collection

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My Collection Of Confiscated Prison Shanks

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Girl Collects Every Mosquito She's Ever Killed

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The Insane Amount Of Hats My Grandpa Has Collected

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My Friend's Extensive Pringle Collection Wall

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My Collection Of Yo-Yos. Took A Few Years To Collect And A Few Hours To Organize

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My Collection Of Vintage Mobile Phones, Ongoing Since 2006

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My Collection Of Grateful Dead Cassettes

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"Family Photo" Of My Console Collection

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"Al's Foreign Body Collection" At The Urgent Care Near Me

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My Small Collection

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I Inherited My Dad's Collection Of Political Buttons

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My Collection Of Metal Detecting Finds Ranging From 1000 BC Up To The 1950's. All Found By Myself In The Past Years. I Need More Space

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Brother-In-Law Has Collected Produce Stickers For Years And Turned Them Into A Ball Bigger Than The Fruit They Came From

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A Dad's Collection Of Every Item He Pulled From A Flat Tire Over 30+ Years As An Auto Mechanic

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A Collection Of Several Different Tablets Of Ecstasy

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My Boombox Collection After A Few Years Of Hunting Them. In Addition To Fixing Them Up, I’ve Added Bluetooth, "Alexa", A Snes Classic And Other Weird Stuff To Some Of Them

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License Plate Forest

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My Grandmother's "Critter Collection" Of Corpses She Finds Dried Out Near The Pool

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My Friend Has Amassed A Collection Of Over 100 Copies Of Shrek On VHS

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My Bug Collection

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Local Tire Shop Has A Jar Full Of Various Things They’ve Found Inside Of Popped Tires

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My Xbox 360 Collection

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I Work At A Tire Shop And Have Been Collecting Items Found Inside Of Customers Tires For The Past Few Years

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Jar Of Teeth I Found In An Abandoned Dentist Office

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Coli Erasmus 4 years ago

When my grandmother died last year, we discovered her collection of over 100 funeral programs. At 89, she had outlived most of her friends, 2 sisters, 2 brothers, 2 of her own children and a grandchild. The oldest pamphlet we found, was handwritten and dated 1939 meaning her collection spanned 80 years. After her memorial, we placed her own pamphlet in the box with the promise that we'll keep the morbidly sweet collection going. It is now in my mother's possession, from where it one day will become mine and after me, my eldest daughter has already called debs on it.

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Sarah 4 years ago

That's sad but really sweet of you to keep her collection going.

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Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago

Funeral memorabilia with a family history... "morbidly sweet" for sure but equally touching.

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Parmeisan 4 years ago

Do... do other people throw away funeral programs? I can never bring myself to do it so I suppose I have my own "collection" of them.

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Shaista Katirena Bolatbek 4 years ago

my grandad (a retired surgeon from Afghanistan) has a collection of every bullet and shrapnel piece he's pulled out of injured patients. He has about 900 pieces and still remembers the stories behind them.

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teesside-business-show 4 years ago

Shaista Katirena Bolatbek Good response!

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DogMatic 4 years ago

A very sad collection, but an important one. Bet he has seen & been through some things I couldn't begin to imagine. Now that's a man that deserves his retirement!

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sendtodory 4 years ago

Shaista Katirena Bolatbek ?

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Mimi777 4 years ago

I have a collection of mini sample perfume bottles. Back when Peebles and Goody’s was around they always had tiny perfume samples customers could take one of and I have about 50 or so. Some are really ornate and just mini versions of the big ones that are detailed. I also like to collect old glass liquor bottles. I have about 10-15. Also money and coins from different countries, I have some from Yugoslavia and couple others countries that no longer exist. Oh and can’t forget my sticker collection from elementary school!

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Rick Seiden 4 years ago

I have over 350 individual decks of playing cards I've been collecting for 25 years. I just organized about 8 months ago or so. It took me over a month to do. I took pictures of all the unique boxes, backs and faces, and posted them on blogger for the world to see. https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5937863549485591306#allposts

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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago (edited)

My mother has a collection of doll houses... over 50 doll houses, from a small cottage and different shops (Butcher, clothing....) to a church with belltower...the houses have miniature electric lighting,

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Mimi777 4 years ago

I love doll houses! I would love to see a picture!!

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John Louis 4 years ago

I have over 5000 comic books so I am a collector, I like collectors live life with passion and something that you like for its own sake with no regard to what other people think.

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pipoca 4 years ago

John Louis Good response!

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deanna woods 4 years ago

I collect shot glasses and rubber ducks. One of my shot glasses looks like a mug and it says Queen. Another has the infamous caticorn on it.

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Blade the gallade 4 years ago

I collect golf balls because I live near a golf course, I have around 200 by now.

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Alex Hurley 4 years ago

Me and my wife collect refrigerator magnets from all the places we travel in the world. One of our home office walls have been painted with magnetic paint to hold hundreds of our magnets,

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Kate Marešová 4 years ago

as a minimalist most of these give me anxiety, haha

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Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

Don't know why u were downvoted, that's fair enough! Have an upvote :)

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Natalia 4 years ago

I used to have a large collection of wedding invitations. I still have a full collection of all banknotes and coins of drachma. Not pretty rare, i believe a lot of people have such a collection after their country had changed currency.

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Stannous Flouride 4 years ago

I have easily the world's largest collection of an enameled cookware made by a company called Vollrath with over 200 pieces. I use some of it regularly to cook with but have over 150 pieces with their original labels that have never been used. My oldest piece is an enameled cast iron teakettle from the 1890s. vol2019011...a45631.jpg

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Eve 4 years ago

Beautiful!

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Eve 4 years ago

I have a huge collection of Music-CDs. About 500. Does that count, too? ;)

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r-c-rausch 4 years ago

Eve haha

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Dana 4 years ago

I should share my troll collection

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BusLady 4 years ago

Really interesting what people collect.

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Dagnirath 4 years ago

I collect antique books, anything at least a century old. I have everything from prayer books and novels to the memoirs of a call house madam. The pride of my collection is 1. a certified rare 1st edition novel from 1871, and 2. something I'm 95% certain was published in 1714 (I can't tell for certain because it's written in German). I also collect foreign coins and am up to 52 different countries.

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Sarah 4 years ago

I collect weird rocks and state coins, also stickers from every place I've been.

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Eve 4 years ago

I used to collect stickers, too. And matches.

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Seabeast 4 years ago

I've never gotten the collecting bug. After acquiring two or three of an item, I no longer feel the urge to get any more.

2points

Shakura Kazuki 4 years ago

I have a collection of abut 300+ skyrocket nose cones. I collect them every year on New Years eve. I store them in 4 full shoe boxes. They had been very colorful when I started collecting, but nowadays they are all black. I still collect them though.

2points

Meyer Weinstock 4 years ago

I collected business cards from the age of 9. I just like their images. At the age of 21, I wrote to Guinness, and was one week and 110 cards short of the record, as a local had contacted them, and mail from California took weeks. At the age of 49, I retired and sent off my collection to historical societies in the regions from which the cards came. I sent out 149 packages, from 10 cards to 1780, depending on the location. By that time, my oldest card was from the 1930s, and from my hometown (which received the largest package). The cards came from all continents (save for Antarctica), and over 39 countries.

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DogMatic 4 years ago

Nice thing to do with the cards!

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Rainbow Panda 4 years ago

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Your Local Lizard 4 years ago (edited)

i collect shower thoughts in a notebook: here's my fav: fire would be so much scarier if it didnt give any light

1point

Fixin'Ta 4 years ago (edited)

Collecting things can be an indication the person is neurodivergent (ADHD, Autism scale, etc.) It's one of our superpowers. ^_^ I have lots of collections, but nothing on a grand scale -- cards I've made, childhood soft toys (mine and my son's), seashells and sand from various beaches around the world (and no, I didn't know it was illegal to take sand from a beach in many places -- thank goodness), books, photo books, I even "collect" birds (I don't actually have them in my possession, but I am a birdwatcher and love to catalogue the different birds I see each day and how many of each species). It's a very satisfying hobby (unless it turns into hoarding...)

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Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago

I have a lot of collections. I am a vintage reseller and run estate sales so vintage is in my blood. I collect vintage cat art and figurines from the 1950s-1960s, vintage purse collection, vintage silk scarf collection(lots of Vera Neumann, vintage printed cotton tablecloths and napkins, enamelware, cookware, vintage barware, costume brooches...

1point

Jelly the Bean 4 years ago

Impressive collections! These are great.

1point

No you didn't 4 years ago

Some of them are cool! Some just make me want to declutter.

1point

backatya 4 years ago

I still don't get why people collect things that they don't use and collect dust. That's pre-hoarding addiction.

0points

Lyone Fein 4 years ago

I love all the rock collections.

0points

Julie 4 years ago

I collect glass bottles, whistles and Ouija boards.

0points

QueenoftheSquids 4 years ago

My mom used to collect collecter's edition star wars opening night pizza boxes. I collect apple tree seeds. Also keychains. My keys are utterly ridiculous and weigh two pounds

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El Dee 4 years ago

Funeral programmes have only started to become a thing in my country recently. So no collections yet..

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lonewolf16051985 4 years ago

El Dee love

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Linda Burger 4 years ago

I started collecting superballs 36 yrs ago. Also clown figurines, all the Godzilla and gamers and large monster movies. I also collect cat figurines and items with cats on them. And I collect books.

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Lsai Aeon 4 years ago

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Coli Erasmus 4 years ago

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Sarah 4 years ago

That's sad but really sweet of you to keep her collection going.

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Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago

Funeral memorabilia with a family history... "morbidly sweet" for sure but equally touching.

2points

Parmeisan 4 years ago

Do... do other people throw away funeral programs? I can never bring myself to do it so I suppose I have my own "collection" of them.

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Shaista Katirena Bolatbek 4 years ago

19points

teesside-business-show 4 years ago

Shaista Katirena Bolatbek Good response!

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DogMatic 4 years ago

A very sad collection, but an important one. Bet he has seen & been through some things I couldn't begin to imagine. Now that's a man that deserves his retirement!

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sendtodory 4 years ago

Shaista Katirena Bolatbek ?

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Mimi777 4 years ago

10points

Rick Seiden 4 years ago

8points

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Mimi777 4 years ago

I love doll houses! I would love to see a picture!!

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John Louis 4 years ago

I have over 5000 comic books so I am a collector, I like collectors live life with passion and something that you like for its own sake with no regard to what other people think.

7points

pipoca 4 years ago

John Louis Good response!

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deanna woods 4 years ago

I collect shot glasses and rubber ducks. One of my shot glasses looks like a mug and it says Queen. Another has the infamous caticorn on it.

5points

Blade the gallade 4 years ago

I collect golf balls because I live near a golf course, I have around 200 by now.

5points

Alex Hurley 4 years ago

Me and my wife collect refrigerator magnets from all the places we travel in the world. One of our home office walls have been painted with magnetic paint to hold hundreds of our magnets,

4points

Kate Marešová 4 years ago

as a minimalist most of these give me anxiety, haha

4points

Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

Don't know why u were downvoted, that's fair enough! Have an upvote :)

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Natalia 4 years ago

4points

Stannous Flouride 4 years ago

3points

Eve 4 years ago

Beautiful!

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Eve 4 years ago

I have a huge collection of Music-CDs. About 500. Does that count, too? ;)

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r-c-rausch 4 years ago

Eve haha

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Dana 4 years ago

I should share my troll collection

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BusLady 4 years ago

Really interesting what people collect.

3points

Dagnirath 4 years ago

2points

Sarah 4 years ago

I collect weird rocks and state coins, also stickers from every place I've been.

2points

Eve 4 years ago

I used to collect stickers, too. And matches.

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Seabeast 4 years ago

I've never gotten the collecting bug. After acquiring two or three of an item, I no longer feel the urge to get any more.

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Shakura Kazuki 4 years ago

2points

Meyer Weinstock 4 years ago

1point

DogMatic 4 years ago

Nice thing to do with the cards!

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Rainbow Panda 4 years ago

1point

Your Local Lizard 4 years ago (edited)

i collect shower thoughts in a notebook: here's my fav: fire would be so much scarier if it didnt give any light

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Fixin'Ta 4 years ago (edited)

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Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago

1point

Jelly the Bean 4 years ago

Impressive collections! These are great.

1point

No you didn't 4 years ago

Some of them are cool! Some just make me want to declutter.

1point

backatya 4 years ago

I still don't get why people collect things that they don't use and collect dust. That's pre-hoarding addiction.

0points

Lyone Fein 4 years ago

I love all the rock collections.

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Julie 4 years ago

I collect glass bottles, whistles and Ouija boards.

0points

QueenoftheSquids 4 years ago

My mom used to collect collecter's edition star wars opening night pizza boxes. I collect apple tree seeds. Also keychains. My keys are utterly ridiculous and weigh two pounds

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El Dee 4 years ago

Funeral programmes have only started to become a thing in my country recently. So no collections yet..

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lonewolf16051985 4 years ago

El Dee love

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Linda Burger 4 years ago

I started collecting superballs 36 yrs ago. Also clown figurines, all the Godzilla and gamers and large monster movies. I also collect cat figurines and items with cats on them. And I collect books.

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