Subcomandante Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 Curious what some of you collect. I collect signed baseballs mostly from my team the Los Angeles Dodgers. I also collect bobbleheads from the team as well. I used to be a season ticket holder and got the stadium giveaways. Then started purchasing and trading for ones from previous seasons and branching out into other cool ones. Probably have over a hundred. My fiancé has a lot too. So she doesn’t complain when I come back with new ones. My most expensive one is a Dodger Dog bobblehead and a Clayton Kershaw bobblehead from when he was in the minor leagues in Florida. Both around 300$. I would get a few random baseballs signed at events. Then it became a few more. Then I started collecting baseballs. It’s not too bad because they don’t take up too much space. I have about 100 baseballs. My most valuable ball would probably be a Vin Scully signed baseball maybe 500-700$. I’ll also collect other baseball memorabilia or art that I like. 1
Bram Smoker Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 I like it! I used to collect autographed balls when I was younger. My brother and I would find out what hotel the visitors were staying at and go wait for them. Still have all the balls but haven't added a new one in over 20 years. Now, I have kids, so I collect less and less money every month. 2
99call Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 Books and artefacts about Polar exploration, old cigar cabinets, 3
Ritch Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 Old canal memorabilia. Water cans. Books. Tillers. Buckets. And my ex working boat. But it's probably time to sell the boat... 3
Wailbait Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, Subcomandante said: Curious what some of you collect. I collect signed baseballs mostly from my team the Los Angeles Dodgers. I also collect bobbleheads from the team as well. I used to be a season ticket holder and got the stadium giveaways. Then started purchasing and trading for ones from previous seasons and branching out into other cool ones. Probably have over a hundred. My fiancé has a lot too. So she doesn’t complain when I come back with new ones. My most expensive one is a Dodger Dog bobblehead and a Clayton Kershaw bobblehead from when he was in the minor leagues in Florida. Both around 300$. I would get a few random baseballs signed at events. Then it became a few more. Then I started collecting baseballs. It’s not too bad because they don’t take up too much space. I have about 100 baseballs. My most valuable ball would probably be a Vin Scully signed baseball maybe 500-700$. I’ll also collect other baseball memorabilia or art that I like. If you enjoy the Dodgers and burritos (who doesn’t) check out Cofax. Lots of bobble heads! 1
Hollywood Ninja Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 Drums, microphones, watches, car detailing crap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
Puros Y Vino Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 Before cigars and related paraphernalia, it used to be comic books, hockey and baseball cards. To a small degree liquor and wine, but they're for consumption only. A few guitars too but I suck so I stopped that. ? 2
Subcomandante Posted October 19, 2019 Author Posted October 19, 2019 36 minutes ago, Wailbait said: If you enjoy the Dodgers and burritos (who doesn’t) check out Cofax. Lots of bobble heads! I just looked it up. Added to bookmarks in yelp. Thanks! 1
Cayman17 Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 As a kid I collected Punisher comics (the original series). My wife and I have a modest collection of original oil paintings and sculpture, mostly Pennsylvania artists but some others. And a few old vintage movie posters. Personally, I have a few 1980s-era semi auto pistols (Italian-made Berettas and early Glocks with Austrian proof marks) and some custom pocket knives. I’m not into cars or sports memorabilia. 1
Popular Post Wookie Posted October 19, 2019 Popular Post Posted October 19, 2019 Any woodworkers out there?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 7
Cairo Posted October 19, 2019 Posted October 19, 2019 Books--more than the local library in my small town--collected over many years. Most of them are science fiction books from the fifties to the present day, also UFO and conspiracy stuff. Many of them are long out of print or hard to find in any form. 2
prodigy Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 I was into straight razors and natural sharpening stones pretty hard core. Havent been at it for a few years and sold most of my stuff to buy cigars haha. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk 3
HarveyBoulevard Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Cigars and cigar accoutrements, bourbon/whiskey, projectile throwers and projectiles, flight gear, motorcycle gear, Tim Dorsey books. When a recent wildfire threatened our home, that’s what I packed...and some pajamas for the kids ? 3
captain Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Wookie said: Any woodworkers out there? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Worker no...but I carve Santa’s and gnomes for gifts and toys 1
GinFizzLove Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Mid century modern furniture and decor. I like scouring antique stores and craigslist and have found a few killer deals over the years. Although , it’s a functional collection so more focused on aesthetics vs. value/collectibility. 4
Habana Mike Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 I really don't collect much.... Cuba and Habanos/cigar related books. Have a shelf full. Cuban cigars and a dozen or more jars. Have way to many Travel memorabilia, Boxes of cards, publications, tickets, receipts, matchbooks, whatever detritus I come cross that comes home with me. Electronics. High end audio equipment. Still have a Nakamichi cassette player from the mid 80's and a Teac reel to reel from the early 70's. Pioneer turntable, Polk Audio studio monitors. Harmon Kardon, Denon, Jenson amps/tuners. Infinity and Bose surround sound systems. Portable computers. Earliest at hand are the Zenith ZFL-171-42 286 and the Compaq 386 - sewing machines! Close to a dozen of these at hand up to recent Thinkpads and Macbook Pros. Paint cans apparently. Dozens and dozens in the garage from 25 years on. Televisions, still have a Mitsubishi CS-31305. One of the largest CRT screens available in the mid 90's. Slew of flat screens still around as well. Suits, shirts, slacks, shoes and socks - some over 30 years old. Herbs and spices. Overrunning the pantry. Can't seem to get rid of anything...... 4
Connoisseur Kim Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Habana Mike said: I really don't collect much.... Cuba and Habanos/cigar related books. Have a shelf full. Cuban cigars and a dozen or more jars. Have way to many Travel memorabilia, Boxes of cards, publications, tickets, receipts, matchbooks, whatever detritus I come cross that comes home with me. Electronics. High end audio equipment. Still have a Nakamichi cassette player from the mid 80's and a Teac reel to reel from the early 70's. Pioneer turntable, Polk Audio studio monitors. Harmon Kardon, Denon, Jenson amps/tuners. Infinity and Bose surround sound systems. Portable computers. Earliest at hand are the Zenith ZFL-171-42 286 and the Compaq 386 - sewing machines! Close to a dozen of these at hand. Paint cans apparently. Dozens and dozens in the garage from 25 years on. Televisions, still have a Mitsubishi CS-31305. One of the largest CRT screens available in the mid 90's. Slew of flat screens still around as well. Suits, shirts, slacks, shoes and socks - some over 30 years old. Herbs and spices. Overrunning the pantry. Can't seem to get rid of anything...... I also collect CC and CC related books exclusively! Will collect Scotch Single Malt Whiskies (especially Sherry Oak ones), Cognac as well in near future. 1
Islandboy Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Cigars are certainly my current focus as building a collection goes. But I was really into RC aircraft 20 or so years back, focusing mainly on the craftsmanship of building them from scratch or from a high quality balsa kit, and powering them with equally high quality miniature internal combustion engines which can be mechanical works of art. I’ve got 6 or 7 kits, all of which have long been discontinued, all with a matching engines and other cool components like pneumatic retractable landing gear. I’ve held on to everything thinking I’ll get back into it as one of my less strenuous retirement activities. I know I love building them, especially the scale models of WWII aircraft, just not sure how flying them will go after all these years? 3
IanMcLean68 Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 OK, Cuban cigars obviously. But apart from this, I admit I have the collectors bug. My now extensive collections include the elements, vintage computers, twisty puzzles & burr puzzles. I also have a growing collection of rifles, mostly centre-fire bolt action. By far my most valuable collection, my element collection has taken 12 years so far, and I have enough to make a large museum quality display with over 400 samples to date. I have several samples of every stable element (and a few not so stable as well). My criteria for element samples is a minimum of 99% purity in the most beautiful display samples possible. I also collect beautiful and valuable mineral samples as representative samples for my element collection and have a growing collection of these as well. I am a software developer and electronics is one of my hobbies. I enjoy collecting and restoring vintage 8 and 16 bit computers I used in my youth, and replaying some of those early computer games as well. This is becoming quite a popular hobby around the world. I always liked the Rubik's cube, and have built a collection of several hundred of the many variations of twisty style puzzle available now and in the past. These puzzles have shown a huge resurgence in interest in recent years. Competitions are still run and records are still being broken in competitive cubing. The best quality puzzles now come out of China with new and innovative challenging designs coming out every year. As for burr puzzles, I collect the high level ones and have amongst my growing collection (several dozen), the current and previous world record holders for 18 piece burrs. "Supernova" needs 166 unique moves just to remove the first piece from the puzzle, and "Tiros" requires 150 moves. These puzzles are precision CNC made by an artesan woodworker/puzzle maker in Paris, and also by another one here in Australia. Made in limited numbers in beautiful African, American, and Australian hardwoods, they are highly collectable items as well as some of the most challenging puzzles ever made. 3
Meklown Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Scotch. Though I dislike investors and flippers. All my collection will be drunk one day! 2
irratebass Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Before cigars there was music. I had a vast music collection of over 3,000 physical cd's. I still have them, just not on display anymore, and now I have an 8tb external HD just for my music. Before anyone asks, yes I did have vinyl as well, but that collection got destroyed by the dogs killing my cat in my music room......sad, can't talk about it.....someone else post their collection quick before I start to tear up. 3
TNT009 Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Scotty Cameron putter related stuff, Tommy Bahama shirts and bourbons and rums! 1
PigFish Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Toenail lint... Wonderful bouquet, add it to Christmas cookies... -the Pig
PigFish Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 21 hours ago, Subcomandante said: Curious what some of you collect. I collect signed baseballs mostly from my team the Los Angeles Dodgers. I also collect bobbleheads from the team as well. I used to be a season ticket holder and got the stadium giveaways. Then started purchasing and trading for ones from previous seasons and branching out into other cool ones. Probably have over a hundred. My fiancé has a lot too. So she doesn’t complain when I come back with new ones. My most expensive one is a Dodger Dog bobblehead and a Clayton Kershaw bobblehead from when he was in the minor leagues in Florida. Both around 300$. I would get a few random baseballs signed at events. Then it became a few more. Then I started collecting baseballs. It’s not too bad because they don’t take up too much space. I have about 100 baseballs. My most valuable ball would probably be a Vin Scully signed baseball maybe 500-700$. I’ll also collect other baseball memorabilia or art that I like. ...and I thought these were all GW Bush! Better get to the eye doctor! -tP
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