Thread: Collecting

I have some pretty cool stuff. Some items from both the American Revolution and the Civil war. Fossils I smuggled out of China and some other artifacts but my main interest in collecting is playing cards. I have very rare and expensive decks. I searched for two years to obtain my most treasured deck. I do magic, that's what got me into my cards but I am starting to wonder about my card collection. I hunt down and get a deck, I'm happy to get it and I put it in a box along with the rest of my valuable cards and put it back under my bed. If I open any of these decks the lose value. I can't have people over and show them my card collection, I've done that and I can tell they are bored after seeing the first deck. Does anybody else collect things and wonder why they are doing it.

I'm a garage sale junkie/second hand store guy. I really like old stuff. I tend to buy things put them in a box and not look at them again although lots of my stuff make up my furniture. Old bankers lamps. Old tripod Kodak studio lamps. Old school roll down maps as window blinds. A barbers chair for my computer chair. Circa 1950 teak end table. Massive hockey card collection but I stopped collecting years ago. A fair bit of boxing stuff. 35 mm camera lenses mostly Pentax. Major stamp collection buried in a few boxes. Probably own about 200 knives. Mainly just pocket flip type, couple of switch blades. I could go on lol.

Cards. I have never collected them but funny enough I picked up a strange deck at a church sale this past fall. Called the Crooked Deck made by A.Freed Novelty Inc. NYC. 1969 is the date they were made.

Originally Posted by IamInuit

I'm a garage sale junkie/second hand store guy. I really like old stuff. I tend to buy things put them in a box and not look at them again although lots of my stuff make up my furniture. Old bankers lamps. Old tripod Kodak studio lamps. Old school roll down maps as window blinds. A barbers chair for my computer chair. Circa 1950 teak end table. Massive hockey card collection but I stopped collecting years ago. A fair bit of boxing stuff. 35 mm camera lenses mostly Pentax. Major stamp collection buried in a few boxes. Probably own about 200 knives. Mainly just pocket flip type, couple of switch blades. I could go on lol.

Cards. I have never collected them but funny enough I picked up a strange deck at a church sale this past fall. Called the Crooked Deck made by A.Freed Novelty Inc. NYC. 1969 is the date they were made.

I think those old barber chairs can be valuable. I'm not familiar with that deck you mentioned if I find anything out about it I'll let you know.

https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&s...32.l6fRtzusYeQ

Originally Posted by IamInuit

https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&s...32.l6fRtzusYeQ

That is like the end of a long night of poker before it even starts

Thoose cards are kinda tripy!

When i was younger i collected guitars! still do but had to sell because financial reasons.
But i made money on it, they are valued more now and when i bought them! so that's a fair deal!
Also got a lot of world war 2 stuff from my grandpa but haven't had time to look things thru yet.

Trading cards. Baseball, basketball and football. Baseball is first

I have the worlds largest collecton of sea shells. I have a few nice ones here at home but I keep most of them out on beaches,you've probably seen some of them.

Originally Posted by Andre

I have the worlds largest collecton of sea shells. I have a few nice ones here at home but I keep most of them out on beaches,you've probably seen some of them.

Oh snap, I think I stole from you.

I collect old Marvel comics which date back to 1960's.

When I was a kid I remember my nanny (grandmother) kept buttons in two tea tins. She had stringed sets together and countless singles of all shapes, sizes and materials. When she passed on I grabbed them both and still have them. I could probably get a pretty penny for them if I put in the time although I have no idea how much antique buttons are worth.