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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:20 am
I collect coffee cups. I am especially fond of cups from places that I have visited or that someone else has visited.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:42 am
I collect giraffes. Not real ones, of course (but if I could, I would!). Figurines, candles, plates, jewelry, picture frames, etc. I really need to stop though. I am running out of room. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 10:50 am
I collect things from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I have globes, dolls, figurines, plates, teapots, etc. I also am an avid reader and have a ton of books. Does that count as a collection?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 11:15 am
Barbies!!! and Disney stuff.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 11:16 am
I collect Anne Rice books, first addition, hard back. Absolutely books count as a collection Mamie! I also collection "Mother and Child" figurines.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 12:16 pm
I collect old books and first edition books. =)
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 12:19 pm
Kicks Pamy square in the heinie. And not because of the Barbies.\i Colossus collects clocks - mostly wall clocks. And leatherbound classic books. And orchids. He hoards lightbulbs, toilet paper, paper towels and batteries. And cans of basil tomatoes. I collect non-fiction books. I hoard cans of tuna.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 12:35 pm
Department 56, Dickens village, Halloween village.
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 12:36 pm
I collect frogs. I know, shocker!!! I have too many to count and right now most of them are in boxes and have been since we've moved into our house almost 2 years ago. I'm waiting until I find a proper way to display them, shelves maybe? One figurine I do display was a gift from Eggie. I should take a pic and post it one day...
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:08 pm
I have a collection of giraffes. I started collecting them back in the early 80's. I don't seek them out anymore. I don't have anyplace to put them, nor the money to put out. I also like boxes - decorative ones, that is, and have been acquiring them since the mid 70's.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:17 pm
I collect Eeyore giant mugs. No one is allowed to use them except me. It was a rule when I lived with my roomie: "These generic mugs are for guests, these Eeyore mugs are for ME." I also collect Eeyore keychains, and I like keychains from places that people have been. For example, when my bf played in the rugby junior world cup in France, he bought me an Eiffel Towel keychain. Small, but the BEST gift. So.....are all of you "collectors" as addicted to eBay as I am??
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:18 pm
Why is GAL kicking me? owwwwwww!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:19 pm
I collect Puffin art. I have a whole wall of framed pix. Love them puffins.

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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:49 pm
I collect old school music books and "Magic the Gathering" cards. I have a ton of piano and organ music, and music education books, but that just goes with the job.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:50 pm
i collect belly button lint. ROFL!!!! i couldn't resist!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:56 pm
I collect enemies. . . . . (not really) . . Actually, I don't have much of a collector personality -- if anything, I'm always wanting to pare down and get rid of stuff. My dh, on the other hand, is an obsessive collector. Let me put it this way ... we have a big, glass, lighted display case IN OUR LIVING ROOM that is filled with models of Mini cars. Big, small, old, new, collectors items. I made a deal with him that he could carry on his collection AS LONG AS what he buys fits in the case. Not on top of the case, not underneath the case ... IN the case. Of course the case is now overflowing, and I'm living with it because I sure do love him, but man it goes against my personality to have a display case in my living room of toy cars. I must really love him... LOL
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 2:03 pm
i collect everything - which doesnt help my storage rates lol i do get on spurts at times and then go a few years in between collecting (ie ebaying every day) but its been everything from stamps to disney mugs to coins to baseball cards to rabbits to a keychain from every place i ever visit since age 14 to first edition john grishman books to sports bios to sports illustrated to newspapers every time tiger, unc, notre dame, orioles or redskins have a great victory to historical documents to RFK stuff to calvin and hobbes, to movies to tickets to every movie, concert and event i ever go to, to...... you get the idea
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 2:25 pm
I am big into dolphins. After growing up (i.e. got married 10 years ago), I graduated from cheap little dolphin trinkets to more collectable items. And, yes, many of my art pieces are Wylands:
is my most recent acquisition
are part of my plan that everything will have two dolphins (they represent my hubby & myself). Our first item was an original watercolor commission of two dolphins on a quarter-sheet. It holds a very special place on our wall. A year after we received it, I brought it back to the local Wyland gallery and he dedicated it to my hubby & myself (something I was told he rarely does when re-autographing his artwork). We have other original dolphin artwork around the house. But I don't have any pictures. One stipulation we have is that all the pieces are either original (most of those would be way too expensive) or at least Artist Proofs (signed & numbered). Now I have seen a new acrylic wave with dolphins that may cause me to break my "two dolphin" rule. 'squeek'
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 2:43 pm
I used to collect moose. Had a ton of them in all different kinds of things from stuffed animals to figurines. I went on a cleaning frenzy last July and threw all of them out! 16 bags went to the garbage. I collect a specific Disneyland ashtray, but buy those only occasionally. I have some Sussex stuff around the house, but collecting it is very difficult. Last July when I cleaned out the house, I decided that 'anything' brought into the house has to fit a criteria...it has be something we will use, wear or consume. Sure cuts down on impulse buying, too! 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 3:43 pm
Pamy, GAL had a rather bad experience with Disney and therefore the kick to your hiney/heinie. I collect wristwatches, miniclocks and small clocks, and coffee mugs.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 3:52 pm
Oh yeah, totally forgot about that! That was the best rant ever!
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 3:54 pm
Used to collect rocking horses. I kept a few of my favorites. Now I collect apples (not the real variety). That started after a stay at the Apple Farm Inn in San Luis Obispo. My kitchen is decorated in an apple theme and they have now taken over part of the family room.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 4:15 pm
okay, being serious here, chuck collects cook books, i have a porcelain cup collection, along with about 30 barbies. holly used to be a huge beanie babie collector, but now only has all the cats (and still collects those!)
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Springer
Member
03-12-2004
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 5:19 pm
I collect turtles and now have about 85 of them from all over the world. My latest one is made of wood and is from Kenya. A friend of mine at work went back there to visit his family and I gave him some money to get a little turtle for my collection. I think that my most unusual turtle is the black and white one that is molded from the volcano dust of Mt St. Helens. All my turtles are in one beautiful curio cabinet.....I don't want them all over the house and collecting dust. I also collect little stained glass butterflys....the kind that stick on my window glass by little suction cups. I only have them on the windows of my sun porch. They are beautiful there and catch all the sunlight and cast beautiful rainbows from the sun. I have about 20 of them so far. I get a couple every year when we go to the state fair. I keep my collections contained to these two areas so they don't overpower my house. I can't stand clutter.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 7:20 pm
This is fun hearing about everyone's collections. Froggiegirl, my partner spent alot of years hearing about my trials and tribulations in dating, which I summed up once in a exasperated moment with "how many frogs does a girl have to kiss?" She now has two daughters and collected some porcelein frogs along the way - she turned one of her bathrooms into an homage to my dating experiences with the frogs. Around the top of the bathroom is handpainted border that says "how many frogs does a girl have to kiss?" Scattered across the lower walls are red kiss marks. And her porcelein frog collection is perched all over the bathroom. It is darling. (Just an idea LOL).
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