I Don't Like To Talk About What Else I Collect

[deadballfreaK]

I will be on "Hoarders" one of these days. I've dabbled in collected everything. Baseball, football, hockey, a few non sport cards, autographs, comics, etc. UGH!
I sometimes dabble in cars. Restored a 64 1/2 Mustang and sold it. There's a 55 Chevy 2 door coupe in my garage that is partly finished. I recently bought a 1990 Buick Reatta which I'm driving and hope to work on this summer.

[Tao_Moko]

I collect fossils and hope to someday do a little discovering with my son when he get's older. Particularly interested in Hominin fossils but limited to replicas for obvious reasons. I also have a lifelong love for early tattoo memorabilia and Marine Corps rarities. I spent most of my adult life in the Marines so I collected some of my favorite vintage pieces on the flesh. Both arms , chest and stomach are all vintage Marine images like you'd see on a WWII vet.

I do not participate in any other forums.

By the way - are we all geeks?

[Jlighter]

I collect President Reagan Action Figures and related collectibles.

If there is a forum for this I would love to see it.

[Matthew H]

I've been collecting vinyl since I was 11 years old.... I probably started a bit too young. Moving my collection to all the various places I lived in my life as a young adult has been insane. I eventually put them in climate controlled storage. Most of my collection is still in there, except for what Ive added in the last several years, which is quite a bit I've never been on any forum of that kind, ever...

I've also collected vintage BB cards off and on growing up. It all started when my dad took me to the national in 1991. I bought a couple of Cracker Jacks and Goudeys, before then, dover reprints. I sold off my collection in my early twenties when I discovered ebay. I repurchased some of what I sold due to the regret. I didn't know of any baseball card forums until 2010. I attribute/blame net54 for the addiction that's taken over. (It's a good thing) I wish I was more serious before.

BTW, you guys all collect really cool stuff. You all have incredible taste!

-Matt

[djrhanover]

Those strange little things, 1960's nodders (bobbleheads) with a focus on college football.

[39special]

I collect old car parts,mainly speed equipment from the '40's to '60's.I also have drag racing programs,posters,and magazines from the same era.I used to have a bunch of pre '70's cars,but I'm down to 3.A '39 Buick street rod,'55 Oldsmobile,and a '70 Nova that I used to drag race.

[SmokyBurgess]

Still have several model car kits I had as a kid...never assembled. If any Net54'er collects these drop me an email.

Interested in trading them for cards (old baseball, certain non-sports). Will sell to someone who will truly give them a good home...not flip them on ebay.

I use a library computer, so may take a few days to get back in touch.

[Ease]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

I collect fossils and hope to someday do a little discovering with my son when he get's older. Particularly interested in Hominin fossils but limited to replicas for obvious reasons. I also have a lifelong love for early tattoo memorabilia and Marine Corps rarities. I spent most of my adult life in the Marines so I collected some of my favorite vintage pieces on the flesh. Both arms , chest and stomach are all vintage Marine images like you'd see on a WWII vet.

I do not participate in any other forums.

By the way - are we all geeks?

Tattoos are fun, I guess I collect them also. I have 9 so far, haven't gotten any lately, they're just too expensive anymore. By old tattoo memorabilia, do you mean old guns, artwork, needles even? And yeah, I think we're all geeks

[Theo_450]

I have a pretty good skull collection. Deer, coyote, box turtle, squirrel, wild pig, armadillo, bobcat just to name a few. I know that is weird, but my wife is a biologist, so I can even get away with displaying them in the house! What can I say? I have a propensity for finding dead things.

[Runscott]

Ted, when I was in junior high, one of my friends created a skull collection for his science project. I also lived in the 'dirty south', so locating critters was no problem. We all thought his project was so cool, that we all started collecting skulls. My favorite was a nutria rat skull.

[blackandgold]

I'm not actively searching too much anymore, but I have a large collection of hard rock/metal vinyl, cd's and other music related stuff (tour books, guitar picks, etc.). I still spring into action if I stumble across something cool, especially NWOBHM items.

[68Hawk]

I collect pins/badges, with particular focus to sports and motorcylces.....boy I really dig those
I've hunted the web and it seems pin collecting is a disprate interest, very focused in certain areas, with no real organization or forums of real note.
That's always surprised me, especially for those with a sports focus, and mostly what you find are just random web pages displaying individual collections and the reasons for their interest.
It's made putting together my collection a very slow process .

[Theo_450]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Ted, when I was in junior high, one of my friends created a skull collection for his science project. I also lived in the 'dirty south', so locating critters was no problem. We all thought his project was so cool, that we all started collecting skulls. My favorite was a nutria rat skull.

Wow, it is nice to be understood!

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Ease

Tattoos are fun, I guess I collect them also. I have 9 so far, haven't gotten any lately, they're just too expensive anymore. By old tattoo memorabilia, do you mean old guns, artwork, needles even? And yeah, I think we're all geeks

Mostly flash and machines but both are harder to find then the true rarities in pre-war cards due to the fact that they are handmade, original art. Proud geek here.

[Paul S]

I just got it! All this time I thought you two were talking about Topps lick-on inserts. Duh.

[E93]

Old Tibetan texts. They don't fit on my scanner. This is about half of a page.
JimB

[steve B]

Originally Posted by E93

Old Tibetan texts. They don't fit on my scanner. This is about half of a page.
JimB

Those have always impressed me with the calligraphy. Can you read them?

One thing I like about stuff like that is the feeling that if someone made the effort to write that much that nicely it must have been important in some way.

Steve B

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Paul S

I just got it! All this time I thought you two were talking about Topps lick-on inserts. Duh.

Ha. I've had a few of those too.