[Closed] What do you collect as a hobby?

Collecting things always struck me as a weird hobby. Then I realised I had a collection of old drinks cans and was unable to bin them.

I think thats how collections do start: one day we lined up all the mini-figures he had already which was well into double figures and then thought 'right, who's missing...why haven't we got C3P0?' and it kind of grew from there

as a kid shotgun cartridges and also bottles. The former I'd find in fields and woods, the bottles my parents helped me with.

I have developed a problem with the model cars from the Disney Cars film. I started buying them for my 3 year old and now there are some that are mine and some that are his. He and his little bro play with them all so there is no worry about the treatment, but I just get a kick out of finding the unusual ones.
Saddo
Now off to find a fabulous Hudson Hornet...

debt

Munros

My son has just started building Airfix kits - that takes me back....

Funnily enough even though I used to build and collect airplane kits as a kid, it wasn't me that got him into it - he saw a Spitfire display from the grandparents house over the summer and was hooked

I remember collecting shotgun cartridges as a kid but am now wondering why! We used to go to a rifle range that belonged to a public school where you could unearth (literally) hundreds of spent cartridges but why were they being buried. Surely whoever did this would know that they would take years to bio-degrade!

debt

As yes, been collecting those myself 😥

As yes, been collecting those myself 😥

A debt collector with a heart ? How touching 🙂

camera bits

used bike parts that are no good to anyone and will never be used again

I used to collect smurfs as a kid, free from petrol stations.

Anyone remember them?

I can still remember my Dad collecting green shield stamps (yes I am old!) for years, he wanted a colour TV, which was 300+ books! He never managed to collect enough books in the end the scheme finished and the boxes of stamps he had collected were binned without him knowing, he was gutted for weeks once he found out!

bike routes & scars & 1000 photos a week

Maybe people don't collect as much as they did before...I'm sure my Dad use to collect stamps. I was expecting some things like watches, classic cars and even, dare I say it, bikes!

I can remember collecting Smurfs.

I can also remember collecting Gollywogs from Robertson's Jam. Although obviously we no longer talk about that.

Did anyone collect the original Star Wars figures (not the mini Lego ones)?

Nowadays I mostly collect mechanical watches and bikes.

I found my old stamp collection when I cleared out my dads house. Convinced I was now a millionaire I happily marched down to the local stamp collection shop and awaited his gasps of breath as he saw the only snedbetter stamp made in Kentucky.

After a quick flick through the books, not even pasuing to glance at the first editions, he pronounced my collecton worth about 40 quid. 🙁

I sort of collect watches, however, finances are dicating that this is something of a slow process at the moment.
Last purchase was about 10 months ago and somehow it seems to have fulfilled all of my needs for the time being despite being reasonably cheap.
Turns out that a £2000 Omega doesn't make you any happier after all 🙄

After a quick flick through the books, not even pasuing to glance at the first editions, he pronounced my collecton worth about 40 quid.

even had you a mint penny black his reaction might have been the same...

Talking of value.

Is stamp collecting the biggest collecting con ever?

Do collections in anything actually increase significantly in value over time?

I guess art and maybe particular car collections might be the only things that can increase in value?

50's US E.C. Comics, quite a modest amount at the moment! Damn expensive!

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I'm loathe to admit this but I used to have a collection of leather bookmarks when I was a kid, the ones you get at castles, museums etc. It sat nicely next to my collection of keyrings.....

Boxing. Started in the mid 80s when I first got a VHS. Couldn't bring myself to delete the classic fights (Hagler-Hearns etc), so I kept them.
Still keep some on DVD now. No idea why as I will never get the chance to watch them!

Bad weather?

Roadie and mtb magazine health articles.

Science journals on ageing.

I'm trying to de-hoard.

I had every issue of Evo magazine, which travelled with me through two house moves. Mrs North used to nag me for ages to get rid of them, and I always resisted. And then, one day, a switch flicked and I chucked all but the first three in the bin.

I have all but the first issue of Rouleur. That's less of a magazine, though, as it's only issued quarterly, so that isn't growing too fast.

I am resisting pens, and so far have resticted myself to the Cross I was given on graduation (not expensive, but sentimental), a Japanese edition Spalding Bros branded pen, and a very nice Dunhill Sidecar Chassis (ltd edition).

I am a natural hoarder, so I do have to fight the urge to collect and hold onto stuff for the sake of it.

In fact, I could do with a decent de-clutter. Might see if I can engage Mrs North on this soon.

>bike routes & scars & 1000 photos a week<

like that - everything else is just stuff...

I keep many of the books and records I buy, but I'm not comfortable with describing that as "collecting books for a hobby". Other than that, not really.

Stamp collections [i]can[/i] be very valuable, but the overwhelming majority are not.

Wine.

Unfortunately, much like Philately, once you move from starter hobbyist through keen amateur, to annoying bighead, it gets more and more expensive 😉

Not politically correct, but I've got a collection of Robertson's Gollys. Been collecting since I was a lad and New Labour's inclusivity hadn't been invented.

cycling badges and pins - got some rather nice pins from the cold war era , far too many cycling proficiency badges (but if you've got one you don't want contact me please )
not sure how many or how much they are worth , but like a lot of collectors your collection is worth nowt 'cos you won't sell it.

if anyone is wanting to start collecting cycling badges drop me an email i've got some 'spares' that'll get you kick started

Books mostly.

But, I also collect safety cards from aeroplanes. If you ever get on a flight and there's no card in the seat in front of you, ahem.......

NHL ice hockey pucks, but I don't just buy them online, that would be too easy. I ask people who are going to the US or Canada to get me them from whichever team's nearest to where theyr'e going. I'm having trouble getting a Florida Panthers one though!

Turns out that a £2000 Omega doesn't make you any happier after all

I carry the same affliction and £2k Omega, but can confirm that 'a £7k JLC doesn't make you any happier either'

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What was i thinking... or perhaps i wasn't... 😀

I used to collect stamps as a kid, but since no-one writes letters these days I guess they are worthless now;

And bike frames, redundant bike bits, must have a real clearout soon to keep MrsM happy.

[i]I used to collect stamps as a kid, but since no-one writes letters[/i]

Thats true...I guess there will be the modern collectibles: a friend at a previous job started collecting Nokia mobile phones back in the late 90s...2110, 5110, 7110, 9110 etc etc all in their original boxes. Think I still have a 7110 and 9110 in the loft

Dust and bike parts, just in case....

I reluctantly collect yogurt pots. My local recycling collection decided to stop collecting them and I couldn't throw them away. So for the last eight months I have been building a yogurt pot tower, only about 30cm till it hits the ceiling. Once the tower is complete, then the local schools are getting them for the kids to use for paint pots, etc.

Talking of collecting, what do people do with their old issues of Singletrack?

I seem to collect handy pieces of wood that I might use again sometime in the future....

Actually seeing that a £7k watch doesn't make you happier, I am a little relieved that I saved myself £5k by finding that out with my Omega.

I think I'll give it to me son when he is 18 or 21 or graduates or something which means that I will have to buy another one for the other son and then something nice for myself as well. At least I have a 15+ years to find something and some money for it.

CD's books and wine really. I derive enormous pleasure from all of them so can't complain.

Sidney I thought I was the only one!

Can't believe no-one has said bikes 😯

My collection is clearly just at it's fledgeling stage, as I only have 4, but I have grand plans 🙂

Cheers, Rich

I collect stones. For a while more specifically stones from the greater 'Axis of evil' countries (i've got Iraq, Iran, N Korea and the US)

For a while more specifically stones from the greater 'Axis of evil' countries

let's just hope they never decide they want them back or you're deed 🙁

Avdave2 - me too!

I don't feel so sad now.

I collect memorabilia from the film Amelie, I have the DVD from about 8 different countries, books and printed matter from its release ( i can't even read french) I just find the hunting down and finding an item you didn't know existed the best part....
Sad i know. I haven't found anything recently so if anyone has anything ???

Stamps - I have my Grandad's collection; like many he'd collected as a kid then in the 80s saw a chance to see his hobby as an investment. The value of stamps rocketed then crashed. I should probably see what its worth sometime as I have no interest in it so would like whatever cash I can get I suppose.

Coins - I also have my Grandmother's coin collection which she bought as an investment following some rather dubious advice. She kinda made my take it to Spinks for a valuation - they weren't very impressed....

I've just inherited my Fathers camera collection, I've counted 120 So far, with some of them seeming to cost an awful lot of money!!

My Mother never realised how many he had, and she'd always thought he only had one or two!!

As for myself I seem to be collecting bicycles, in our family of Four there are 11 bikes in the garage, which does seem to be rather excessive.

Scotch Whiskey and ex-wives......

Rubbers / Erasers

Think I had over 200 different shaped ones. I think they are in the loft somewhere!

scars and memories... I dont think five bikes constitues a collection... now then, what is the collective noun for a few bikes? a gaggle? a faff? a heap? ;o) I like a 'faff' of bikes!

I have a rather large collection of Vampirella comics and merchandise, and I have an equally large J M Linsner art collection.
I've been looking to offload the Vampi stuff for ages, but I haven't found anyone willing to give anything close to it's last valuation.

I also have a modest collection of Warhammer 40,000 Space Marines in Lamenters livery, something which I started at school and seemed to carry on. Only downside is that Games Workshop are extortionists to say the least, so there isn't much expansiongoing on of late, although I do have a few Marines left to paint over this winter.

I started with model soldiers, 1st editions of magazines, records, toy cars which then snowballed to real versions [minis]

Now I have started collecting hip flasks, go look on ebay 🙂

i collect wives and kids and if i ever come to my senses which hopefully will be soon i will end my collection asap!

Dust

Worn out cycle bits that my mates don't want and I don't need! More seriously Nevil Shute hardbacks and old climbing books eg Tilman

STD, but then there isn't an awfull lot of them... 😉

Bile and abuse from the STW massive. That, and pubic hair from former victims, I mean girlfriends.

Random tat.

I used to collect Billy Bragg stuff, CD's, vinyl, t-shirts, badges, books etc. Lost all my vinyl in a move, but still have the rest lurking in a box somewhere.
As a child I collected badges and had a couple of t-shirts on a coathanger covered in them, they were like suits of armour. Don't know what happened to them.

Presently gathering ladybirds and stuff with ladybirds on. I have ornaments, teapots, shoes, skirts, hats, all sorts of things. If anyone has an umbrella with red ladybirds on that they don't want, I'd be very interested! 🙂

Do books count? Especially if they are science fiction? Mainly golden age stuff ( 50s / 60s)

I have a full set of EE doc smith, several Kuttner, full set of Gibson and Hamilton of the recent stuff. Maybe 1000 books in total

I collect Adidas trainer , got to be pre-90's , old school terrace one mainly 🙂 forest hill’s ,jeans, trim trams, any cites series, etc

also collect music , got a couple of thousand cd , but mainly just mp3's now 😀