Do you collect anything?

I collect my belly button lint.

I have a collection of architectural stadium cover sheets ....

i also collect horse brass ...

My son has decent collection of souvenir signed footballs and baseballs.   

Bengals football with Carson Palmer and Jon Kitna

OSU football with Braxton, Zeke, Zach Boren, and Michael Thomas. 

Baseball with George Foster

Baseball with Pete Rose

Laugh all you want but I used to collect Beanie Babies (ex-girlfriend got in into it). Those lil bastards were worth some $$$$$.

I collect transformers and have 85. They are all the original G1 collection. Most still have original boxes and eight have been unopened with the original seal still intact. 

I also have a collection of guns I inherited from my grandfather, although I do not really collect them just have them all in safes. I do not go out looking to buy them since I have way to many now. I know, you can never have to many. Trust me I have to many. 

I collect old tools. I like the craftmenship in the old hand tools.  I have them all hanging on my wall in my shop. Most of them are rusty and dirty looking but that is the look I like. 

Yup, a few build-it-yourself Gundam kits.

posted by Automatik

Started a record collection last year. I'm only at around 20 or so. I only want stuff that's somewhat rare, limited press, or not availabily on digital. Also tracks that I would DJ in the future if I ever learn to mix vinyl, which is hard as hell. 

I have several hundred records, most from decades ago (some beyond that) ................... a few may become rather valuable at some point, I hope. 

posted by superman

My son has decent collection of souvenir signed footballs and baseballs.   

Bengals football with Carson Palmer and Jon Kitna

OSU football with Braxton, Zeke, Zach Boren, and Michael Thomas. 

Baseball with George Foster

Baseball with Pete Rose

I'd say the best part of my overall Reds collection is my collection of individual autographed balls from the entire Great 8. I still need to add a Sparky ball before I consider that particular collection complete. Finding a decent ball of his isn't easy, unfortunately. I haven't looked in a while, but it does look like their value has dropped considerably in the last few years.

posted by justincredible

I'd say the best part of my overall Reds collection is my collection of individual autographed balls from the entire Great 8. I still need to add a Sparky ball before I consider that particular collection complete. Finding a decent ball of his isn't easy, unfortunately. I haven't looked in a while, but it does look like their value has dropped considerably in the last few years.

Everything my son has came from a personal meeting.   I think that is the best part of his. 

I currently have about 100 bottles of beer that I am trying to drink down. I also have a huge collection of beer glasses. And about a year ago I started keeping all my bottle caps to do something with one day. 

posted by superman

Everything my son has came from a personal meeting.   I think that is the best part of his. 

That's cool. Only a few of my Great 8's are in person, but I have met most of them at one point or another through various events. I think Perez and Griffey are the only two I haven't met in person. George Foster is by far the best of the bunch. 

posted by Iliketurtles

I currently have about 100 bottles of beer that I am trying to drink down. I also have a huge collection of beer glasses. And about a year ago I started keeping all my bottle caps to do something with one day. 

Do you have any carpentry skills?  Google "beer cap table"

Pretty cool, what you can do with a simple piece of wood and some clear epoxy.  

posted by QuakerOats

I have several hundred records, most from decades ago (some beyond that) ................... a few may become rather valuable at some point, I hope. 

Browse Discogs.com for some pricing ideas. HUGE money in used records these days. I'm regularly looking for rare 2-3 track EPs that go for $40+

posted by salto

Do you have any carpentry skills?  Google "beer cap table"

 

Pretty cool, what you can do with a simple piece of wood and some clear epoxy.  

I don't but this was one of the things I thought about doing. I've also thought about getting one of those bottle cap holders in the shape of a state or the USA. 

posted by Automatik

 

Browse Discogs.com for some pricing ideas. HUGE money in used records these days. I'm regularly looking for rare 2-3 track EPs that go for $40+

Thanks ....will do! 

A cursory look indicates I have a lot of potential value in vinyl.  :) 

posted by BR1986FB

Laugh all you want but I used to collect Beanie Babies (ex-girlfriend got in into it). Those lil bastards were worth some $$$$$.

How much? I have in bag new 40 or 50 glad to get rid of them... Want pics ?

posted by Belly35

How much? I have in bag new 40 or 50 glad to get rid of them... Want pics ?

I think the key word was were.

I have about 15 years of consecutive Sports Illustrated covers. Also have the full articles and pictures of anything that was Cleveland or Kentucky related during that time. At some point I might start trying to go backwards, only because it's not all that hard to do anymore.

STD's.....giggity giggity

/sleeper'd

posted by salto

Do you have any carpentry skills?  Google "beer cap table"

 

Pretty cool, what you can do with a simple piece of wood and some clear epoxy.  

I used to collect cigar wrappers.  I was going to do something like this.  We moved, and I think I lost them.