What do you collect (beyond watches and cars)?

[MrGoat]

I have been collecting pre Vietnam American military related items for 30 yrs. However my new favorite thing is fossil hunting. I have quite a few job sites that produce fossils. Everything from sharks teeth to a whale from just behind the head and the 11 vertebrae behind it.


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[scarlet knight]

I collect watches, camera equipment and wine. With a bit of scotch and bourbon thrown in.

[Burlington]

Wow ! What an amazing collection of fossils.

Are these found in FL ?

For myself I don’t really collect too much, but I do like to keep little mementos from life’s special moments.

[Generation]

I have a small collection of fountain pens -- primarily Montblanc and Pelikan. My pen collection actually predates my watch collection. Are there any other pen collectors?

[Boothroyd]

Originally Posted by Generation

I have a small collection of fountain pens -- primarily Montblanc and Pelikan. My pen collection actually predates my watch collection. Are there any other pen collectors?

There is a "Pens" subforum near the bottom of the main page.

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by Burlington

Wow ! What an amazing collection of fossils.

Are these found in FL ?

For myself I don’t really collect too much, but I do like to keep little mementos from life’s special moments.

Yep. All were found freshly excavated in Florida on private lands ranging in depth from 5’ to 30’ +.


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[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by Doug5551

Motorcycles:
2000 Honda VFR800
2006 Yamaha FJR1300
2012 Suzuki Hayabusa

Then various guns, knives and flashlights.

Now I have a Tudor Black Bay. Will see where it leads.

Yes, I am single and have never been married....

Nice bike collection. I’ve got a Honda CBR 1000rr fireblade that’s a garage queen now because it’s so deadly around here to actually ride it.


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[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by Generation

I have a small collection of fountain pens -- primarily Montblanc and Pelikan. My pen collection actually predates my watch collection. Are there any other pen collectors?

I have a few fountain pens but nothing special. I think they’re all shaefers (sic). I do have a collection of cross pens and pencils. I love going to garage and estate sales and buy anything that strikes my curiosity or I can make money on.


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[Doug5551]

Originally Posted by MrGoat

Nice bike collection. I’ve got a Honda CBR 1000rr fireblade that’s a garage queen now because it’s so deadly around here to actually ride it.


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Thank you.

Ride safe.

Hope you get to take it to the Dragon someday....

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by Doug5551

Thank you.

Ride safe.

Hope you get to take it to the Dragon someday....

The only place I’m allowed to ride (had to make a compromise with my old lady) is the Isle of Man. We are planning on going in the next few years. I’m not going to enter the race but I’m certainly going to have a few spirited laps around during practice. The question is do I ship my bike over there or do I just rent one?


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[gnuyork]

Cameras (mostly old film cameras and some 8 and 16mm movie camera) and typewriters.

[White Collar Boy]

1960s Fender guitar amplifiers.

[visualplane]

Sports cards, comic books and video games.

[MILGAUSS88]

Zippo and Dunhill lighters, fountain pens and lady legs corkscrews.

[sickened1]

Keyboards & sneakers.

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88

Zippo and Dunhill lighters, fountain pens and lady legs corkscrews.

Wth is a lady leg corkscrew?


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[GB-man]

Bourbon I guess. I spend way too much buying that for whatever reason.

[singe89]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Bourbon I guess. I spend way too much buying that for whatever reason.

That’s a great way to spend money. Hard to say I collect it though because the supply tends to get pretty low very quickly.

[fusionstorm]

Longtime wine collector. Just divested myself of 700 bottles, and I still have over 1500 remaining.

Bourbon is a more recent hobby, though I wish I’d started at the same time as wine.

Stopped collecting sneakers many moons ago, but too lazy to try and sell off my collection.

[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by fusionstorm

Longtime wine collector. Just divested myself of 700 bottles, and I still have over 1500 remaining.

Bourbon is a more recent hobby, though I wish I’d started at the same time as wine.

Stopped collecting sneakers many moons ago, but too lazy to try and sell off my collection.

My wife try to collect bottles of wine. Key word there is try’s. We have a white wine fridge and a red wine fridge. And both are empty until she gets her monthly shipment.


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[GB-man]

Originally Posted by singe89

That’s a great way to spend money. Hard to say I collect it though because the supply tends to get pretty low very quickly.

For some reason I buy faster than I can drink. For me, bourbon is a cheaper hobby than watches so I get some enjoyment chasing bottles. Just something to pass the time.

[MILGAUSS88]

Originally Posted by MrGoat

Wth is a lady leg corkscrew?


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Hahaha.
I was waiting for that response.
German made corkscrews, made between 1890-1920.
Celluloid handles.
They do make some recent reproductions if you become interested in them.

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[MrGoat]

Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88

Hahaha.
I was waiting for that response.
German made corkscrews, made between 1890-1920.
Celluloid handles.
They do make some recent reproductions if you become interested in them.

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They’re cool but I’m more than happy with all the corkscrews I’ve accumulated that’s don’t even get used lol. Thanks for the lesson though.


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[MILGAUSS88]

I forgot Cabat Feelie vases and the occasional piece of baseball memorabilia.

[MrGoat]

I’m pretty sure I have a super early corkscrew that maybe you’d know something about.


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[fusionstorm]

Originally Posted by MrGoat

My wife try to collect bottles of wine. Key word there is try’s. We have a white wine fridge and a red wine fridge. And both are empty until she gets her monthly shipment.

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My wife drinks wine more frequently than I do. While she likes to have a glass or two on a daily basis, I can go days or occasionally weeks without the desire to consume any. But typically when I do drink, I consume more volume than she does.

She has zero desire to go into our cellars, and I took her to my offsite storage cellar only recently (in case anything should ever happen to me). There’s a 200+ bottle wine fridge in our kitchen that she and her friends can drink whatever they’d like from, and another 100 or so bottles in the pantry. She always makes sure to ask me if bottles are for collecting or drinking when I bring any home.

When she saw the wire transfer amount for the bottles I sold, she realized I wasn’t lying to her when I said they were part of our investment portfolio........

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by MILGAUSS88

Hahaha.
I was waiting for that response.
German made corkscrews, made between 1890-1920.
Celluloid handles.
They do make some recent reproductions if you become interested in them.

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Now I’ve seen it all

[Rebel]

Vintage writing instruments, Ray-Ban Wayfarers, briefcases......

[wesdaniel]

Quite a lot (unfortunately)....

Elephant figurines/carvings/paintings from around the world

Nativity sets from around the world

Christmas ornaments from everywhere I visit

Shoes

[Jona]

Morgan dollars, other coins. I have less than zero interest in cars and firmly believe that all traffic laws should be followed.