toke
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posted on February 27, 2001 06:58:13 PM new
Bwahahahahaha! G'nite....
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zilvy
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posted on February 27, 2001 07:01:15 PM new
Hi Mcjane me too, rainbows round the
room. I use them to decorate my Christmas
tree and the windows in each pane with red
silk ribbons. I love Verlys decorative
glass from the 30's & 50's. Hubby collects photographica, primarily Stereoviews
from the 1880's thru the early 1900's and Stereoviewers (cabinet type)plus some Kodakery.
Southwestern Pottery...some really neat pieces. Here are just a few!
 
I also have some lifelike porcelain kingfishers and egrets. Here are my three favorites.
  
Wow, femme 50 Carat Amethyst and I
thought I had a large pigeon egg mine is
oval in a filigree setting and is only 25.3
carats. When I bought the stone in St.
Thomas the gentlemen waiting on me said,
"Oh, madam is going to have a marvelous
brooch" and I said, No, madam is going to
have a most outrageous ring.
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december3
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posted on February 27, 2001 07:10:48 PM new
cat door stops, mostly black. I didn't mean to, I just bought one I really liked and couldn't stop.
black amethyst glass, started with a vintage piece my mother gave me.
Titanic, not the movie junk, the ship. I've been collecting it the longest.
Vintage jewelry, most of it with blue zircon, my birthstone. It has to be gold, I can't wear costume.
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nettak
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posted on February 27, 2001 07:32:30 PM new
Gold, Gold, and more Gold. 
Old china, mostly English China. But any old china will do. I love it all.
The biggest thing that I seem to collect, and believe me I don't try to collect this one. Teenage kids', they just seem to fill my house, especially at meal times. I have tried many times to evict these not so vintage collectables', but they just keep coming back. 
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gjsi
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posted on February 27, 2001 07:33:23 PM new
Currently,
Cufflinks
Crystals (as in mineral specimens)
trading pins (great vacation souviners, because they are small.)
Greg
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hardoutfit
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posted on February 27, 2001 07:36:07 PM new
Kölsch glasses, which are beer glasses from Cologne, Germany.
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njrazd
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posted on February 27, 2001 08:05:26 PM new
femme...ooooohhh, that amethyst sounds just luscious! As much as I love diamonds, I am partial to the colored gems and purple is my favorite.
But I really want a Benitoite. They are only mined in the San Benito Mountains in California and are rare beyond compare. You can hardly even find a stone above 1 carat and they are super expensive. I'm holding out hope that I come across one somewhere and the owner doesn't realize what they have. Yeah, I know, dreaming can be wonderful.
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bearmom
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posted on February 27, 2001 08:12:45 PM new
Way too much, as we decided when we had to move it all!
Teddy bears-500 or more, now
cobalt glass-since a teenager
Wylie coyotes for hubby-a whole bedroom done in Wylie
thimbles
blue and yellow pyrex
antique toys-another room full
unpaid bills
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xardon
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posted on February 27, 2001 08:24:34 PM new
Things that I collect that everyone else seems to collect also:
Russel Wright American Modern (coral & grey)
Heywood-Wakefield Modern/Streamline furniture
Harris Strong abstract tiles
Elvgren, Armstrong, Pressler, Bron, Vargas art.
Things I collect that hardly anyone else seems to be collecting at the moment:
Like I'm gonna say.
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ballsandstrikes
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posted on February 27, 2001 09:43:56 PM new
Sportscards, stamps, coins, comics, Atari and commodore 64 items as well as anything I can get my hands on till some woman crazy enough to marry me comes along and makes me grow up lol.
http://ballsandstrikescollectibles.beckett.com/
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kraftdinner
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posted on February 27, 2001 10:01:40 PM new
bearmom....you collect unpaid bills????...that's fantastic!!!!!! I have a stack of them I'll let you have for FREE....I'll even include shipping...
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thedewey
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posted on February 28, 2001 12:15:06 AM new
Star Trek stuff (my office is wall-to-wall Trek)
Coins
Dogs (I've got 4!)
Video Games (hubby - he's probably got 200+ games and 4 or 5 systems)
Gemstones (the bigger the better!)
Movies / VCR Tapes
Books (sci fi / medical thrillers / astronomy / etc.)
And lately I seem to be collecting non-paying bidders! 
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marathonjs
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posted on February 28, 2001 02:51:03 AM new
1. Experiences
2. Stray cats (down to 2)
3. Old records: Psychedelic 60's, Jazz, Folk, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab recordings, out of print and import CD titles of all music styles.
4. Vintage Civil War books
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gravid
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posted on February 28, 2001 04:48:17 AM new
I collect key return tabs that say If found return to so and so or drop in any mail box - but NOT the hotel or motel ones that are too common.
I did not mean to but it seems I have started collecting chauffeurs badges. I can't bring myself to sell any.
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grandmarosie
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posted on February 28, 2001 04:55:06 AM new
Hi! I just started visiting the message boards here.....I collect Donkeys....I have over 200....And old coffe pots, just started those, only have about 15.........Rosie
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femme
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posted on February 28, 2001 05:34:30 AM new
Greetings, grandmarosie. Welcome to AW and The Round Table.
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xardon...If we promise not to tell another soul, or step on your toes...?
BandS...But, being a kid is so much more fun. Don't let anyone make you grow up.
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We're an eclectic bunch, aren't we?
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december3
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posted on February 28, 2001 05:53:06 AM new
ballsandstrikes-I know what you mean. I used to collect Men but I got married and my husband made me quit.
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zilvy
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posted on February 28, 2001 06:33:33 AM new
BallsandstrikesDon't ever grow up
that is boring, boring, boring. The woman you
find should appreciate your hobbies.
December3 Boy is your husband a spoil
sport or what????
grandmarosie Are we talking enameled
coffee pots?? Fifteen sounds like a good
beginning....time for more shelves!!!
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wisegirl
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posted on February 28, 2001 06:47:37 AM new
Until about 15 years ago, when I decided the whole thing was too Freudian, I collected eggs and boxes (inlaid, carved, Florentine, etc.). I still have them all but just haven't added to them.
Now, thanks to eBay, I collect Victorian jewelry as well as older jewelry from the Middle East (mostly from Lebanon, where I lived as a child, and Jerusalem).
However, some say that my best collection is of piles of magazines with slips of paper sticking out of them to mark articles I want to keep.
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zilvy
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posted on February 28, 2001 07:59:53 AM new
Hey Kraftdinner What do you collect??
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mybiddness
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posted on February 28, 2001 08:23:13 AM new
Toke I can't wait to see your quit smoking post!
I love collecting antique houseware pieces. But, anything from the early 1900's intrigues me. My favorite thing to look for is cdv's or photographs of Victorian era children. Here's one of my favorite little darlins!
Not paranoid anywhere else but here!
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kraftdinner
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posted on February 28, 2001 10:15:17 AM new
I'm really enjoying all of your posts!!!!! I can't believe what good taste you all have....seriously!
zilvy....your pictures are wonderful! I just love the pottery you collect! I hate to even tell you what I collect...it seems too "common".........
-tropical barkcloth
-chenille bath robes
-chenille bedspreads
-paper mache animal masks
-paper mache deco doll heads
-paper lampshades
Please don't laugh!!!!!!
grandmarosie....welcome to "our world"!!
"Work at what you love and you'll never work a day in your life"
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zilvy
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posted on February 28, 2001 10:35:18 AM new
kraftdinner Not common at all...
tropical bark cloth (ie. Tapa made from the
Mulberry bark?)Love it. And it just so happens at the recent Antique show I was sorely tempted to purchase a chenille bedspread (reminded me of my mother's) but I
have run out of storage space for that type of item.
We also have an interesting collection of Oriental bronze (magic) mirrors in many different sizes and designs.
Oh yes, and I musn't forget the massive collection of Victorian Photographic Albums. Some have the typical velvet or leather covers, or celluloid, gutta percha, Mother of Pearl but my favorites are the ones with wonderful Music boxes incorporated in them. The sound is wonderful...and it is a real surprise to the uninitiated.
As a matter of fact we have way toooooo much stuff!! Watch out ebaY buyers!
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xellil
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posted on February 28, 2001 10:35:18 AM new
I collect McCoy pastel vases from the 30s and 40s. Since they are fairly common on ebay and I like the "hunt" almost more than the piece, I only buy them at local auctions and garage sales.
I also buy old Victorian-type prints -- this is one of my favorites:
nc
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Kaffro
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posted on February 28, 2001 10:40:48 AM new
wow, some neato collections here! Love the pics gang!
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brighid868
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posted on February 28, 2001 12:28:27 PM new
i collect....
...20s French Postcards....
and...
kimono, especially the brilliant cotton yukata pictured here (the colors are dimmed in the picture---the left is actually an intense turquiose blue, and the right is an almost neon purple.)
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saabsister
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posted on February 28, 2001 01:17:00 PM new
I collect plastic costume jewelry and plastic politicians (puppets and dolls). These guys started it all.
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kiheicat
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posted on February 28, 2001 01:46:59 PM new
Coffee cups and tropical fish.
brighid, I've had several Yukata kimonos listed on eBay from time to time...if I remember I'll let you know if I come across another.
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Kimbonovich
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posted on February 28, 2001 04:32:31 PM new
Ok, now I don't collect anything that comes to mind...
However, I once knew a man who saved all his kids' little chunks of umilical cord that had been knotted and eventually fell off (making the belly button). He had 6 kids...I hope he doesn't still have those things. EWWWWW!
Just here to provide your gross-out for the day
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femme
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posted on February 28, 2001 04:43:23 PM new
You succeeded, Kim.
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