AvvaRae Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Do you collect anything aside marbles? Let's see 🤓 Maybe: ex Cars, Cards, Coins, Bottles, Books etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 I have a few thousand more books than I know what to do with. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 I also have amassed quite a lot of old wood, much in the form of advertising boxes. I'm trying to find something creative and useful to do with it or else it will go out the door. I covet less these days. Some collections which I let grow but then downsized significantly were Cracker Jack toys, sewing buttons, and textile bobbins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 10 hours ago, Steph said: I have a few thousand more books than I know what to do with. I love Vintage and Antique books as well hehe (I'm only in the 100s roughly hehe) my oldest book as a little over 200 years old hbu? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 About 150 years for the oldest ones I can think of. Those would be math textbooks or something more literary. It's possible though that I have German books which are older. Would need to see. I lost some of my best math books in a basement water incident. That loss helped me become more prepared to part with more. What is your 200-year-old title? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 I also collect glassware, mostly uranium/vaseline glass and vintage/trade beads. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 36 minutes ago, Steph said: About 150 years for the oldest ones I can think of. Those would be math textbooks or something more literary. It's possible though that I have German books which are older. Would need to see. I lost some of my best math books in a basement water incident. That loss helped me become more prepared to part with more. What is your 200-year-old title? I wish I had that strength to part with things... I'm definitely not a hoarder but I do collect a lot of things. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 25 minutes ago, Melissa said: I also collect glassware, mostly uranium/vaseline glass and vintage/trade beads. That's awesome do you have a favorite piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 4 hours ago, AvvaRae said: That's awesome do you have a favorite piece? Here are a few of my favorites. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 These are so very gorgeous. I absolutely love the bowls and dishes, and that mortar and pestle is sooooo unique!!!!!! i have a local antique shop with some beautiful depression pieces, I can just never bring myself to splurge with littles (I'd be so scared they break it lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 8/3/2023 at 9:16 PM, Steph said: I have a few thousand more books than I know what to do with. I have about 100 classic Sci Fi Paperbacks--un-used. If you know of a buyer--PM me. Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Old Schwinn Cruiser Bikes. I used to fix, restore, resell, and build my own Schwinn 10-speeds in my teens. However, back then I would have junked or trashed what I began collecting years ago. About 30 bikes currently. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 4 hours ago, akroorka said: I have about 100 classic Sci Fi Paperbacks--un-used. If you know of a buyer--PM me. Marble--On!! Send me a pm (I'd love to see what they are exactly:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Jeff54 said: Old Schwinn Cruiser Bikes. I used to fix, restore, resell, and build my own Schwinn 10-speeds in my teens. However, back then I would have junked or trashed what I began collecting years ago. About 30 bikes currently. Lovethe middle lime green one, that must have been super fun!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Wall pockets--yes---- those are Lego flowers--- Marble--On!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 44 minutes ago, akroorka said: Wall pockets--yes---- those are Lego flowers--- Marble--On!! That is way cool!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvvaRae Posted August 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 I also collect coins 🙃 First photo were given to me by my grandfather they are my great grandfather's from WWII (I love military collectibles) Second are walking liberties And third are all foreign coins from all over 🤓 I find them interesting and it's like holding history and the path it's walked in your hands hehe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 8/3/2023 at 7:16 PM, Steph said: I have a few thousand more books than I know what to do with. What about cats?🙃🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 12:30 PM, Jeff54 said: Old Schwinn Cruiser Bikes. I used to fix, restore, resell, and build my own Schwinn 10-speeds in my teens. However, back then I would have junked or trashed what I began collecting years ago. About 30 bikes currently. American picker!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 Too many collections here, can’t walk in an antique store without finding something. Blenko, antique canes, knives, Czech crystal perfume bottles, SW pottery and jewelry, “butthead clay sculptures, political tokens, civil war and hard times tokens. and dogs… (the nutcrackers belong to the wife.) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 OMG, those giant nutcrackers ... . 36 minutes ago, schmoozer said: What about cats?🙃🙃 Only two ... at this time. His and hers tabbies. The little one is mine. She is a little bigger now, but happily she's still lapsize instead of quarterback size. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 18 minutes ago, Steph said: OMG, those giant nutcrackers ... . Only two ... at this time. His and hers tabbies. The little one is mine. She is a little bigger now, but happily she's still lapsize instead of quarterback size. The big nutcrackers were Nordstrom display pieces, found in a local antique store. They weigh around 60lbs each, all wood. 6 feet tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 21 minutes ago, Steph said: OMG, those giant nutcrackers ... . Only two ... at this time. His and hers tabbies. The little one is mine. She is a little bigger now, but happily she's still lapsize instead of quarterback size. Our biggest dog is around 10lbs, thinking “his” is bigger? We had a 20lb tabby who got tired of the dogs and moved to a neighbors house. Everyone was happy. we once had 4 cats, “gifted” to us from teenage daughters shortly after they moved out, after 6 months. one, named Ozzie, was a hunter. You never walked thru the house in the dark for fear of stepping on rat parts. He left a rats head in the dog food bowl one morning. He got torn up on a regular basis, $400 per vet visit. Had to nurse him back locked in my office, with the cone of shame. He finally didn’t come home, figured he outlived his nine lives. We were in the yard maybe 6 months later when he jumped over the fence to say hello. He was wearing a new purple collar. Sat with us for a few minutes then went back over the fence. All 4 found new homes on their own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Gail Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 8/3/2023 at 8:22 PM, AvvaRae said: Do you collect anything aside marbles? Let's see 🤓 Maybe: ex Cars, Cards, Coins, Bottles, Books etc Charlie and I collect cars, coins, Dr pepper bottles, triple L Ball Jars, uranium glass, we've even added home interior. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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