Collectors, Collecting, Collection - Do You?

[pete-r]

Watches, performance cars and music are my only material vices.

[Halitosis]

Interesting reading and I worry that I'm missing out in some way as I don't collect anything. Perhaps I'll need to find a passion when I retire, but our domestic routine appears to be my wife's every growing collection of coats/jackets, and my efforts to sell or dispose of anything not nailed down. I'm something of a minimalist, so perhaps I can claim to collect 'space'

[Sweepinghand]

Lego is my thing - I collect/invest and have had some great success - it’s a buzz chasing down items you want - guessing the market and scalping the prices. Buy a lot? Buy a few?
A few people mocked me two of three years ago - now two of gem are investing them selves and I’m proud to say have more than doubled their money on a set I tipped them just under 18 months ago!
The beauty of collecting it all is you still get the Star Wars links, the links and backstory of what you are buying into - eg; I research some of the Technics stuff etc

I also collect some comics, I’m no expert, and am always drawn to corgi stuff relating to tv shows such as minder, the saint etc

All of what I collect can be liquidised quickly if needed - but I love buying snd selling along the way so why not?


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[kevkojak]

In the last few years I've started collecting those Funko Pop figures but only signed ones. Star Wars is my thing so I have some crackers, but also have a rare Tony Hawk one (bit of a hero of mine since I was a teenager). Met some of the SW actors and it's always nicer having them signed in person.

I managed to acquire Dave Prowse and Jeremy Bulloch ones in the last year and had more Boba Fett ones for Jeremy to sign until he sadly passed away recently.

Bugger, I've just sold a signed Pop - aquaman (Jason momoa). Never thought there would be collectors on here.
I've just unearthed a box of the very early Walking Dead ones and I'm astonished at what some of them bring. I've focused my collection to Marvel stuff so those will most definitely be hitting ebay.

[Mick P]

I get interested in lots of things but I find it dead easy to resist the collecting urge. I do have a 88 fountain pens and a couple of hundred cufflinks but they don't take up any space so it's no big deal.

I only have 8 watches and that probably puts me in the bottom 5% here.

[Harry Smith]

Guns, love them, can never have too many

[monogroover]

Watches and guitars, but in truth I accumulate them, I don't collect them. Oh yes and hard drives. And bikes.

[RustyBin5]

Just Lego and watches. Too many of one and too much of the other.

[Lammylee]

Paintings, mainly what’s commercially termed ‘Northern Art’ from North West artists, I have around 40 and have been collecting for 20 years.

[Cornholio]

Pocket knives, mostly French.

[gmt 16750]

Not a collector (I don't think anyways) but I always seem to accumulate numerous of the same item & then end up using only a select few
i.e:
Torches
Puma Hunting knives
Watches (of course)
Golf clubs
Shotguns
Motorbikes
Mountain bikes
Trainers
Taxidermy (well kind of - think huge antlers on the skull mounted on a shield kinda thing)
Motorcycle gear (helmets, leathers, boots, gloves etc) - this one is pretty bad tbh...
1:18 model cars & 1:12 bikes
& the list goes ever on.
Oh yeah - decent snooker/pool cues as well.

[al1991]

Other than watches, houseplants.

[Halitosis]

Empty wine bottles count?

[100thmonkey]

I collect Pay and Display car park tickets


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