What do you collect?

[Mary Ann]

Does anyone know if Gord collects lapel buttons?
The reason I ask is, in several of early Gord pictures he's wearing a lapel button (or pin if you prefer) and they weren't always the same ones. I couldn't make out what they were. I used to collect lapel pins and buttons for many years. Now I collect coffee cups. Do any of you have a favorite collectible, excluding any memorabilia of Gord? Dinner plates? Spoons? Shot glasses? Baseball cards?
Tell us what your treasures are . . .

Mary Ann

[charlene]

I collect, postcards and stamps, photo/picture frames are a passion of mine, photographs, plates, sea shell oriented things, porcelain angels and shells from a co. called Margaret Furlong, comicstrips and books of cartoons that pertain to my kids - i.e. - Calvin & Hobbes, ALF stuff (remember the TV show?), my daughter collects Disney snowglobes and figurines and "treasure boxes".I also have a lot of lapel pins.
I love antiques and odd little collectables I might find at a flea market etc.
Char

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[sandyo]

Elephants...all shapes, sizes, materials. 247 to date, (not counting jewelry & clothing)But I think I'd trade them all in for a big ol' hug from Gord!

[Sheila Ann]

Anything with an iris in it, on it or near it!, decorator eggs, porcelain flowers, and matchbooks

[Florian]

Hi,

I collect figurines of wild boars.

-Florian

[charlene]

Florian - I know a wild bore! He lives down the street..and he can go on and on and on about the most mundane and trivial things for hours..what's that? It's BOAR! not BORE! oh, okay, never mind!
LOL
Char
(thanks to Gilda Radner/Roseanna Roseannadanna)
Florian wins for most unusual collection!

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[Florian]

Hi charlene,

lol

Just to give you an idea, here is an item I have just bought:

Wild Boar

Nice, isn't it?

-Florian

[charlene]

Now Florian,
you know what is next! - another question!
WHY do you collect wild boars!?
We all have reasons for our collecting what we do and I am super curious as to your answer!
Char
Is that a ceramic or porcelain figure?
Mold or carving?
Very ferocious looking!

[Rose]

I collect anything that has to do with Gord, imagine that, LOL, also I collect indian pictures, anything that has to do with indians, I guess you would say native American.

Rose

[Mary Ann]

Hi Florian!
That was a beaut! But what are they saying about it? (LOL)

Everyone,
Those are some interesting collections. How long have you been gathering your little treasures? I started my pin collection while in high school and my cups shortly thereafter. I guess I could also add books. I have paperbacks stacked in every nook and cranny in my room and once a year I have to thin them out and make room for others. The clerk at the secondhand book store knows me by name, I'm there so much!

Mary Ann

[sundownbuff]

I also have several collections. I collect doll, not because of their monetary value but because of the expression on their faces. I also collect cup and saucers along with bells.

[Silver Heels]

models of country cottages - thatched, cob, Cornish,whatever. And anything relating to
Cornwall... AND books and then books!

[Silver Heels]

Geez I forgot about POSTCARDS!

[theotterjudy]

Three guesses......the first two don't count.
(See under Discussion forum, Small Talk, waaaayyy down "A Question for theotterjudy".

But also black and white cats!

I'm swamped at work, but I will come back and comment on the San Diego experience, if there's anything left to add after Janice and Betty and others pretty much said it all, and eloquently, I might add.

BTW, Frank, you're a riot. Keep 'em coming.

Until I can find a wee minute....

theotterjudy

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"the mornin' after blues, from my head down to my shoes..."
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"Laughing eyes and smiling face..."

[knottypine]

You beat me to it on that wild bore one...good for you! You guys are nuts..which is why I guess I feel at home here!

I've been collecting matchbooks and boxes for...oh Lord, it's a very long time...and I have some real real old ones...it's fun to look at them because I only collect ones from places that I've been to so they have
some meaning to me and can call up memories. Recently I had started collecting frogs, starting with one I bought in a shop in Munich where my daughter lived for three years, but then all of a sudden EVERYONE was collecting frogs and they started to get really tacky so I kind of stopped.

I also like cranberry glass, the real thing..
oh, and all things Gord..
Barbara

[Janice]

There are some pretty interesting collections listed here.

I collect music in all formats. I still have the first 45 I ever got (Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline) as well as my first album. I have held on to the music from every phase of my younger years right through to today's taste (oddly enough, it hasn't changed much). Plus I acquired my father's 45's and albums from the 50's, 60's, and 70's when he went "CD". When I bought my new stereo a few years back, the requirement was that it had to have a turntable as well as cassette and CD players because I still listen to my vinyl stuff. I have over 300 cassettes, Goodness only knows how many 45's and albums, several reel-to-reels (mostly of friends in the local music business where I used to live)and a couple of hundred CDs. And I'm still collecting. I had a friend once who said I had "everything from ABBA to ZZ top" (in keeping with the a to z concept). As far as types of music - I have a little of everything and a lot of some things.

I also collect hobo clowns, Emmett Kelly, Jr being my favorite.

Janice

[Silver Heels]

quote:Originally posted by midnightmisty:
What a fun topic, Mary Ann! Thank you!

I collect Queen Victoria related items !

midnightmisty

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Misty, a friend has 6 volumns of Queen Victoria's Journals. Might you be interested?