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09-07-2014, 04:20 AM
I haven't seen anybody on this forum talk about having a collection.
You know, like a wine collection, coin collection, WWII memorabilia collection, rare book collection.
Now, I travel full time with everything that I own and generally don't like having stuff, but I still think there is something to be said about having a collection of some kind.
When it comes down to it you collect things not to accumulate things, but for the stories that they represent. A rare coin from the 4th century is valuable because there are so few physical reminders of that era.
Having a collection can make your travels more interesting. You might have to travel to places that nobody else would visit in order to find a piece for your collection. You'll share something important in common with the people that you meet on your quest. Generally people who collect things tend to be wealthier, so this can be a way to get plugged in to the elite of a new city.
Anybody here a collector? Has it lead to more interesting travel stories?
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09-07-2014, 05:27 PM
I collect modern first edition/first printing books. Some are valuable, some aren't, but they're all usually books I've read or will read (except for The Notebook, Sophie's Choice, and a few others that are just rare); most are adventure fiction. Girls always comment on the collection when they see it (300 or so right now) because they normally see guys places filled with video games, not books. Thanks to the manosphere, I'm starting to add philosophical texts to it. Though, I'm not sure how chicks will react when they see copies of Sperm Wars, and other ev. psych books when I add them eventually
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09-07-2014, 05:58 PM
I collect knives but they have to be useful and practical for me. I have a few flip-knives with wood handles that I got when I was 18 and I love them. One of 'em was my steak knife for five years.
I remember my dad telling me that the minimum blade length to go straight into the heart is four inches so mine are four-and-a-half. Again, they're based on utility. Will I ever need them for that purpose? Probably not, but I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
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09-07-2014, 07:36 PM
Watches and cars
Watch collection:
1958 IWC Ingenieur
1988 Omega Speedmaster
2005 Tag Heuer Grand Carrera
Car collection:
- BMW 3 Series E46 Convertible, M-Series, in original condition
- Porsche Cayman S, 2006
- Audi R8, 2008
- Ferrari F458, 2011
I also collect paintings I buy from random street vendors when I'm travelling. They're hanging all over my place and are a great excuse to talk about my travels to girls.
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09-07-2014, 08:23 PM
Writing utensils, I guess. Mostly fountain pens but I have a bunch of nice drafting pencils too. That's really the only group of items I own that counts as a collection. I only have a handful of specific pens and pencils left that I want to buy, but I'll buy vintage pens if the price is right at a flea market or similar.
Actually, I have a large collection of fountain pen ink as well. It's more ink than I will use in the rest of my life unless I start writing novels longhand, but there you are.
Nothing else I own really counts as a collection, though to an outsider it might seem that I collect any number of things.
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09-08-2014, 01:38 AM
Only thing I still collect anymore are casino chips and golf balls
I like to keep a $1 chip as an inexpensive souvenir of casinos I've visited. Been doing it since my first trip to Atlantic City when I was 21.
As for golf balls, if I find a logo ball from the course while I'm playing I'll pocket it. I'm not keen on spending $3-5 on a single golf ball that I'll never actually put in play.
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09-08-2014, 04:42 AM
Joking aside, I think a collection is cool if you're a stationary person - for me it's next too impossible, unless I want to mail myself souveniers for a collection later in life.
I had a thing about collections as a kid, going through various phases. Rock collection. Collected old and foreign coins for a while. Knives. Comic books. Old books. Unique bottles.
A wine collection would be cool.
An idea that I do think would be cool for travelers is mailing yourself postcards from all over the world, maybe with a message for yourself about what's going on in your head. I did this a few times, but I've been slack about it.
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09-08-2014, 08:24 AM
I used to like having collections but right now I'm trying to simplify my life and live a bit more minimalistic, have less clutter and be able to pickup and go quickly and easily so trying to do away with stuff as opposed to collecting, also it's an unnecessary drain on my finances.
I used to collect baseball cards, shotglasses, americana/tobacco type memorbilia. These days I collect a bit of silver but thats about it.
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09-08-2014, 12:23 PM
I'm currently travelling around the UK and picking up a postcard from each city I visit. My ambition is to visit every city in the country and every card gets stuck on my wall like some ungodly trophy rack.
I'm also collecting classic rock albums - not on vinyl, CD preferably - as I'm into little-known 70s heavy bands. The best tend to be bands so obscure that the members have never even heard of their own fucking band.
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09-08-2014, 01:32 PM
I collect pornographic videos and pictures of the hot, young girls that I fuck.
I also collect assets.
I also collect knowledge and information that is valuable to me.
As a kid, I collected baseball cards.
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09-09-2014, 04:14 AM
I don't collect anything at present, I've become minimalistic
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09-09-2014, 05:46 AM
I collect vinyl records. Have about 3,000. A few of my favorites:
- Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" 1st pressing NM (Near Mint)
- Led Zeppelin II (UK Plum label) 1st pressing VG+ (Very Good)
- The Who "Who's Next" (UK Track pressing) 1st pressing Headhunters jacket NM
- Yes "Fragile" (UK Plumb label) 1st pressing NM
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09-09-2014, 12:09 PM
Everywhere interesting I go I bring back two things:
-a non-specific item to decorate/display at home
-a coffee mug of that country or city
Other than stacks of books, those are my only "collections". I actively try and get rid of most other things.