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Old 07-22-2016, 09:56 AM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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1. Antique clocks
2. Children
3. Cobalt Blue depression glass items and reproductions (for wifey)
4. tea pot and tea cubs (again for wifey)
5. Ceramic masks (wifey once more)
6. pets (not really intentional).
7. Antique furniture (mostly tiger oak). Not sure if that counts as a collection since we furnish our house with it.
8. Vintage cameras. This is also not intentional, people just started giving them to me.
9. Quilts - Okay so my collection consists of one, but it is a start. Quality quilts are crazy expensive.
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Old 07-22-2016, 03:51 PM
 
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2. Children
You collect children? Do your neighbors know?
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Old 05-01-2017, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Hawaii Kai
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I used to collect 16mm movies [mostly old Fleischer and Disney animation] and had a nice home theater based around it. Had a lot of really oddball stuff....I kept the Diver Dan episodes.

I've always loved old film projectors and got pretty good at fixing them.
Now I have an Epson 1080p unit and am ridiculously spoiled now.

I realized the other day that I also collect old analog electrical meters, some pics to come.

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Old 05-01-2017, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Hawaii Kai
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I've been collecting DVD movies (new & old) and I wouldn't be surprised if I have over 100 by now. I'm thinking about saving them to my computer. However, I don't wanna take any chances of my computer failing on me and lose all those movies and everything else. I
I use MakeMKV all the time, it's a really easy to use, free program.

The average DVD file size is only about 5GB, so making copies on other drives is usually no problem. I keep the discs as backup, too.
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Old 05-02-2017, 02:46 PM
 
Location: SE WI
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I collect many vintage items pertaining to skiing. Old wooden skis and poles, miniatures, books, pins, mugs, etc.
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Old 05-15-2017, 10:39 AM
 
Location: Hawaii Kai
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i realized the other day that I also collect old analog electrical meters, some pics to come.
A partial selection:
what do you collect?-meters-partial-collection.jpg

Fun to mount one of them on the breaker panel, just to see what contractors say.
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Old 05-15-2017, 03:36 PM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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A partial selection:
Attachment 184744

Fun to mount one of them on the breaker panel, just to see what contractors say.
My brother collects vintage electronic test equipment. HIs entire garage is stuffed full of thinge like your meters, but some of them are attached to some sort of box with ires coming out. the best things are oscilloscopes ( I think that is what theya re called). They are very Frankenstein/science fictiony so they are fun to use for displays, haunted houses, plays etc.
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Old 05-15-2017, 03:39 PM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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You collect children? Do your neighbors know?
Nah. We are hidden in the woods.
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Old 05-15-2017, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Western MN
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Incaware.
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Old 05-17-2017, 03:14 AM
 
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Vintage guitars. Highly popular all over the world with the exception of this forum for some reason.
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