who here collects things, what do you collect

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My ever growing digital music collection. A few months ago something happened to my collection that almost erased them off the hard drive. I've been slowly rebuilding my collection. It's heavy in the classical department, specifically, Romantic symphonies, concertos and tone poems.

I used to collect guitars but had to sell them recently to make money to pay the rent.

The past year has just been a down experience for me.

1990's grunge and other alternative rock music CD's or anything Alice in Chains/Jerry Cantrell/Layne Staley. Also tools, you can never know when those will be of use. I have cut back some on collecting though, I don't acquire much that would be considered a collectible and I try to spend very little money.

Stuffed animals/plushies, My Little Pony stuff, die cast cars and planes, buttons and pins, Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters, Where the Wild Things Are stuff, keychains, earrings, anything related to my special interests in cetacea and corvidae, plastic toys.....

I collect:
Pins (Disney pins and souvenir pins from the places I travel to)

G1 My Little Ponies

Foreign coins

Souvenirs and treasures from around the world

Feathers

Rhino related things, especially figurines

Pressed Pennies

Anything related to the desert and Southwest, Pepe le Pew, WALL-E, Heckle and Jeckle, and Quick Draw McGraw

Vintage children's books (that were printed before the mid-seventies, I especially like the ones from the forties, fifties, and sixties). I enjoy going to antique stores and purchasing vintage, colorful children's books containing endearing classic television characters, cool designs, and beautiful artwork. I only buy the ones that are in good condition, those that spark my interest, and those that aren't over $10. These include Wonder Books, Golden Books, etc. anything that's unique and cute.
What will I do with them? I'll put them in a little basket in my room, and take them out and study the character and background designs in the books. I'll also copy the illustrations with pencils because I love drawing. When I get old, I'll pass them down to my grandchildren (if I have any) so they can love and enjoy the beautiful pictures and cute, simple stories from long ago.

i collect GWR and Ripley's Believe it or Not! books, 13 of the former and 10 of the latter. I think the 2015 edition of GWR has come out already, they usually come out in August of the previous year. I've been collecting them since '06.
I also collect Calvin and Hobbes treasuries, bullet shells, and various maps.

I collect coins with special designs on them, I have a terry fox loonie, the 1999 millennium set, the war of 1812 200th anniversary set, boreal forest set, the Vancouver 2010 set, some remembrance day quarters, and so much more. I also collect old coins and foreign currency, I have some Hong Kong currency, a euro, a coin from costa rica, and a penny from the Bahamas. I also collect US state quarters, I have about 30 of them.

I collect Disney classics, rocks, key chains and rubik cubes. I've also started collecting retro video games ... I used to collect stickers, soaps, napkins and pogs

Coins (mostly UK with special designs,US and various European including one from 'Leutzebuerg' - the official name that Luxembourg
calls itself),business cards,compliment slips,bottle tops (don't always have to buy drinks,there's plenty bottle tops lying on the streets !)

I like to collect postcards

martial arts cinema
really weird cult films (art films,exploitation films,b movies, sci-fi,experimental films, etc.)
mexican wrestling paraphernalia
graphic novels/comic books
video games

aches and pains, dust and disorder.

Paintbrushes,
Pencils, graphite and charcoal
Wax, pastel, and oil crayons
Drawing journals & paper
Small metal bits and bobs I find on the sidewalk or street,
Stainless steel type keychains, fasteners, bolt hooks,
Small bouncy balls
Books
Tea

in a previous existence I must've been a bird, because my eyes are drawn to shiny little baubles.