Name something you collect as a kid or an adult? I used to collect baseball cards as a kid

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[bif]

1. Coins, stamps, baseball cards.

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4. Thank you very much, blf

[indigoth]

2. Coffee cups

Tho, I’ve thinned the herd somewhat. There was a time when I had over three hundred.

I’m currently down to around a manageable fifty.

[Permanut]

3. I'm bettin' you have a favorite ten.

[debm55]

5. Wow indigoth. Where did you keep 300 coffee cups. You really thinned the herd.

[Permanut]

6. Pennies!

I came out of a poor family, Dad was a city bus driver. Think a thin version of Ralph Kramden.

But pennies were a good fit for my budget, plus my best friend Dave down the street would trade with me for the ones missing from our folders.

Still have some of them.

[debm55]

24. Thank you very much Permanut. That sounds great.

[Raven123]

7. Buttons

Have jar full of buttons from old clothes. Started by my late great mother. Just add to it!

[debm55]

25. Thank you very much Raven123. I have glass jars with buttons in friends home. Very decorative.

[True Dough]

8. Mostly bills

I didn't invite the collection, but they keep piling up!

[LoisB]

14. Right there with you on that.

[debm55]

26. HAHAHAHHAHAHHA. Thank you True Dough. That's funny.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Rocks

I thought Micah flecks were gold when I was six.

[debm55]

27. Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. I used to buy fool's gold. Think it was real gold.

[The Madcap]

10. Pounds...

Not the money type.

[debm55]

28. Thank you The Madcap. Me too.

[Sneederbunk]

11. Lint

[Archae]

12. Small figurines

My Little Pony

Spyro

A few other assorted figurines

[debm55]

29. Very sweet, Archae. Thank you for sharing your collection with us.

[boonecreek]

13. Also baseball cards.

Managed to collect the whole '65 Cubs team.

[debm55]

31. Thank you boonecreek. I had the Pirates team from 1965

[boonecreek]

48. Boy, do I remember that team.

Bob Veale, Vern Law, Willie Stargell, etc. and of course Roberto Clemente.

[debm55]

49. I had a score book for each game also. Wrote up the statistic while watching each game. Back then you could not watch

home games on television. I would watch on a cloudy screen on the Johnstown station because they were further away. Yes, I am old

[LoisB]

15. As a child, comic books and baseball cards; as an adult: books, baskets, rocks.

[debm55]

32. Great collections LoisB, Thank you very much for sharing with us.

[k_buddy762]

16. Neat thread

As a kid: Garbage Pail Kids, Muscles (little rubber toy figures), rocks, Hot Wheels cars

As an adult: WWI and WWII era bolt-action rifles, books (the older the better)

[debm55]

33. Thank you very much k_buddy762, You have quite a collection. Thank you for sharing.

[justaprogressive]

17. Started collecting

recordings in 1958 with "Beep Beep" and "The Ballad of Thunder Road"

The latter started my lifelong journey with guitars and I have never stopped...

[debm55]

34. Thank you very much, justaprogressive. I wasn't aware of the the song. thank you for sharing with us.

[flvegan]

18. The souls of my enemies.

Kidding. I had a nice baseball collection when I was much younger, too.

[debm55]

35. HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you very much, fivegan.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. howdi

child: matchbox cars. hot weeels cars. soda pop lids . toy and model trains.

adult: toy and model trains . some comic books . some magic the gathering cards( second generation) stamp. collecting. cloth patches . note none for investment pourpeses but personal enjoyment.

[debm55]

36. Wow , what a collection. Thank you for sharing all your collections.AllaN01Bear, I agree with you , collections are best

to enjoy, not as an investment.

[Morbius]

54. I played Magic: the Gathering for 8 years.

From 1996 to 2004, give or take. I gave away most of the cards years ago; kept some in decks. I was short of money at the end of last year, so I went through those decks. I sold a ton of dual lands in January, along with a few Demonic Tutors (they go for $30 a pop!). I wound up getting about $4000. Made me sorry I gave away the other cards.

I have every Terry Pratchett Discworld book, but they aren't worth much.

I never collected anything as a kid. My family was large and chronically short on funds.

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much. Morbius. That is quit a sum of money. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Wuddles440]

20. Vintage toys and advertising.

[debm55]

38. What a wonderful collection, Wuddles440. I used to collect vintage banks. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Mad_Dem_X]

21. BARBIES!

I must have close to 200 Barbies right now. I'm running out of room for them!

[debm55]

41. Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X. I thought I was the only one. I had my first Barbie in grade school. The original, blond

ponytail, black and white bathing suit. i used my Christmas money to buy outfits for her. I bought Simplicity patterns to make outfits for her. They even had tiny zippers.She never wore shoes because they would fall off. I had the house, car, and Ken. but he stayed mostly in the black vinyl carry case with the outfits. I played with her up until 6th grade. I let her sleep with me. Since I came from an abusive family , my parents said I was too old to be kissed good night and told I was loved. So Barbie did. In six or 7th grade , I came home and all my Barbie stuff was gone. It was trash day and she told me that she threw it away. I cried. Fast forward. I go to WalMart and they have the new Christmas Barbie the Mattel had recently started. I bought it. I was hooked. I had everyone. I watched QVC and HSN and every week I would treat myself to one. I had all the theme Barbies. Somehow I got mail about a the Barbie club where exclusives were sold. I then got into the Bob Mackie designer Barbies. The thing is I never took them out of the box. I had no plans of selling. I just wanted to keep them in good condition. They were all over the place. And cost me a good deal of money, I talked to my therapist about it and we agreed it went back to the abuse I suffered as a child. I took the Barbies to school and gave them to the teachers for their children and grandchildren and gave them to my students who wanted them. I kept 10==the remake of the original The Wizard of Oz series and the Makies. Sorry to share this with you. I have them in the attic. I haven't looked at them in years. If you have room keep them. My collection was because of the abuse.I suffered. I am very sorry for being a bummer. Enjoy them, Take them out and display them . Love, Debbie.

[bif]

22. I forgot to mention fossils. And I got a bunch of arrowheads from my brother.

I have boxes of them in our basement.

[debm55]

42. Thank you very much bif. OMG. You have boxes of them? Take some out and display them. They are as unique as you

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Baseball Cards, Types Of Rocks,...

...the liquor miniatures [no, I didn't drink them ], & matchbooks.
My parents were big on taking me on vacations all over the country, so my rocks & matchbooks were from places I actually went to.

[debm55]

43. Thank you ProfessorGAC, When Rich traveled, I would a small bottle and fill it with dirt. He would do it for me when I

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couldn't go.. PS do you still have the liquor miniatures?????: .

[ProfessorGAC]

53. Actuallly, Yyes!

I don't display them anymore, though.
They're in a box in the store room with my musical gear. Don't know why I don't pitch them.
I don't drink enough to go through them.

[debm55]

62. Thank you ProfessorGAC. You can pour over lamb or ice cream. Or leave whear it is at.

[BOSSHOG]

30. Summer of 1966. I was 12 years old. We moved to another state

I had a shoebox full of baseball cards, all in excellent condition. My Dad said we weren’t taking them with us because we did not have room to bring them.

[debm55]

44. Oh, BOSSHOG, I have been there. My cards were kept by teams with a rubber band around each team. When we move, they got

'lost" I collected them for years. You know a shoe box would not have taken that much room. You could have held it on your lap. I fee; for you. The collections become part of us. Love, Debbie.

[WVGal1963]

37. Old baby/childhood photos of my friends....

Oh I LOVE this discussion! So at some point in my 20’s which was during the 80’s, I got the BIG IDEA to gather baby photos of my friends. (I KNOW I am dating myself here…, but, well, ya know the old baby photos….)

I contacted loads of my friends MOMS and they got RIGHT INTO IT! And they sent them to me or brought them to me. Some were really small, some a little larger, but ALL were appreciated and HILARIOUS! PICTURE the proverbial “baby” pictures from back then.

I framed them and “tucked” them around my then apartment - - beside a plant, on a mantle next to a grouping of candles, hanging on a bathroom wall with other pics. Like….not TOO obvious, but there.

And then LET THE FUN BEGIN! As gatherings would happen, the “inevitable” would happen. You can kinda imagine.

“Wait. Wait. That’s ME!! That’s ME! Where in the hell did you get that?” Etc.

OMG - - it was truly SO MUCH FUN and all of my friends MOMS in particular LOVED it!!

Pure magic. Thanks so MUCH for this discussion - - great flashback for me!

[debm55]

45. Oh wow, WVGal1963. That is so unique and creative. I love what you did. It sounds like everyone enjoyed it. Thank you

for sharing with us. PS, I live in SW PA. Where in WV are you from???

[JMCKUSICK]

39. Pages and pages of sentences I would have to write

in the group homes and foster homes I was in when I'd get in trouble.

[debm55]

46. Thank you John.for sharing. You are a terrific writer as shown on your posts

[Aristus]

40. I collect autographed first editions.

Most of them are books by author Harlan Ellison, whom I met and got to have dinner with! One of the top five experiences of my life.

I have a first edition of the book “Lost Moon”, which inspired the film “Apollo 13”. And its signed by Fred Haise.

[debm55]

47. Great collections, and experiences. Thank you Aristus for sharing with us.

[Wolf Frankula]

50. MAD Magazine issues.

My parents threw away when I moved out without telling me. I wonder how much money they threw away.

Wolf

[debm55]

55. Thank you Wolf Frankula. I was a MAD Magazine too. That is sad they threw it away without asking

[lapfog_1]

51. glass telephone poll insulators

[debm55]

56. Oh those are so colorful and neat. What a unique collection, Thank you lap_fog1 for sharing with us.

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[generalbetrayus]

52. Comic books and Mad Magazines as a teenager. Also pennies.

I started collecting comic books again a few years ago. A few years ago, I sold my 500+ comic book collection from my teen years (1965-1971, mostly, 12 and 15 cent an issue, mostly) for almost 3400 dollars. Best investment I ever made, although I didn't buy them as an investment.

[debm55]

58. Wow, I would trade with friends that bought different ones. Yes, I remember the 12 cent ones. You made a nice slice of

money on that. Thank you for sharing with us, generalbetrayus.

[Emile]

59. Right now I'm searching for this years new female

quarters to fill up the coin album.

When I was a kid I collected coins, stamps, and baseball cards.

[debm55]

61. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Emile. I hope you find them.

[yellowdogintexas]

60. mine have changed over the years but one is constant: books!!!!!

E-book or paper it does not matter .

I have collections I no longer add to:
pottery although I could be tempted by something in this category.
dishes and glassware
coffee cups
demitasse coffee cups
Christmas ornaments
cookbooks
If 4 is a collection, then Kentucky Derby glasses
Refrigerator magnets although now I only add the ones sold at National Parks of the USGS site markers. Always on the lookout for those.

[debm55]

63. OH Wow, what collections you have. Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. Thank you for sharing all of your collections.

[LogDog75]

64. David Winter Cottages

I was stationed in England in the mid-80s and fell in love with David Winter Cottages and I kept collecting them over the next 15 years. I have about 50 cottages of various sizes sitting on top of my entertainment system with a couple of them signed by David Winter himself. My prized piece is the 2000 Millennium at Horseshoe Bay, below, of which only 2,000 were made and was signed by David Winter when he visited Sacramento in the late 90s.

[debm55]

66. Thank you for sharing your collection, LogDog75. They sound beautiful.The picture of the cottage doesn;t show up on my

computer

[electric_blue68]

65. Various. As a kid baseball cards, shells. Tween - onward rocks, and minerals. Mid teens into adulthood - beads for....

various jewelry making. Mid adulthood onward -Yarn. 🧶

Then there's a joke amongst yarn crafters (crochet, knitting) about "collecting yarn" but never actually knitting, or crocheting.

I actually do crochet and knit but I'm slowish. And art making comes first often, then jewelry making.

So I guess you could say I also "collect" art supplies! 🎨 😄

[debm55]

67. OMG, me too. But I go through stages---Painting, Polymer clay Jewelry. crochet lap blankets for the VA..Collage work of

vintage art work. Making Teddy Bears in lace dresses. now back to polymer clay. I have a BS in Art Ed from PennState, so my interests have a very varied background. I also fit in batik fabric and weaving in there. HAHAHAHAH. I should open a craft store. I have thought of going to the Senior center and holding classes, Thank you for sharing and allowing me to share my interests too. I have gone to the craft forums but it hadn't any posts in a long time.

[electric_blue68]

68. YW. Batik fabric, weaving and polymer clay! Nice!...

I'm going to try a very modest form of weaving at some point. Make a frame out of stretchers ? 10" x 14" inches or so. Cut shallow grooves for the ?weft. Basically to do a few wall decorations. Get some plain, fancy yarns, and ribbons. My sis did a class small piece about the dimensions I'm thinking of, and I got inspired.

I love polymer clay. Played around w it a bit, but had no way to bake it. Made some simple cane. I've seen incredibly complicated pieces (little bowls) with gorgeous abstract, or flowers, landscapes cane, etc.

I think I'll you tube up some vids. Haven't watched that stuff in a long time.

My yarn craft is too slow to ever make, donate items. Also doing something that repetitive like even a lap blanket would drive me batty with boredom!

I tend to stick with these three: drawing (mostly digital the past 2+ yrs must get back to physical mediums), jewelry making, land yarn craft. And some painting again. I do what I really like, and also try new things within these 3 creative outlets.
I have a BFA.

[debm55]

69. It's been great :talk to" Go on youtube. The best is clayboytique ---absolutely the best and Jessama Tutorials. TikTok

justs shows shorts and full videos. You may also want to start your waving on a heavy cardboard loom to see if you would like it, then then you can move up to canvas stretchers, I finally moved to a sit down version , It was was hard to prep. i sold it and went back to the stretchers Good Luck on you new hobby

[electric_blue68]

71. I will look at those vids. 👍 Ah, heavy cardboard....

Not a bad idea. I'm in no rush. I can get some I forgot ....it is cardboard...but has a particular name. Well, besides "book binding board", which is more expensive.

[debm55]

72. Foam board works well too

[B.See]

70. Comic books...

.. started in the 60's. DC, Marvel, Classics Illustrated, etc. Still have some of em.

[debm55]

73. Thank you very much B.See. Mine got lost when we moved.