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What do you collect other than Hats

shazzabanazza

Practically Family
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537
Location
New Zealand
Largely aviation and military history but I'm a history buff in general. I also collect vintage technical, how-to, and hobby books -- particularly on model airplanes.

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Your into British trolley buses! So is my father, he likes British trolleys. He has built a trolley bus layout :)

You have a very impressive collection! I wouldn't mind having a read of "The Art of the Puppet" I went to a toy collectors fair last month and had my eye on a puppet that was for sale, in the end I didnt buy him and Im regreting that decision now : (
 

p51

One Too Many
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1,119
Location
Well behind the front lines!
I collect all kinds of stuff and have way too many interests. Primarily I collect US WW2 stuff, focusing on ordnance and weapons:

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I have a VERY extensive collection of items associated with WW2 cartoonist Bill Mauldin, including a first edition of every book he ever wrote, along with a few personal items and a couple of his sketches.

Along those line, I have a very large collection of WW2 US war correspondent stuff:

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And some WW2 US military railroad stuff:

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I also collect stuff from defunct sci-fi TV shows, some of which might not be familiar to many people:

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I also am into real and scale trains, building up rolling stock for a O scale narrow gauge layout I’ll be building this year:

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As I own a WW2 Jeep and love animation, I collect anything from the character of “Sarge” from the Cars movies. This only a small part of my stuff:

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And of course, I collect a lot of Jeep stuff relating to my largest of toys:

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I also collect things associated with the American Freedom Train (goggle it for more info), which I saw as a young kid in 1976.

I also collect things from the East Tennessee & Western north Carolina RR, which was a 3-foot gauge RR in that area. I’m currently gathering models of it for my model RR layout mentioned above.

I also have a pretty large gathering of stuff for Dale Mabry Army Airfield, a WW2 fighter training base in the town I was raised in, in Florida.
 

1930artdeco

Practically Family
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673
Location
oakland
I have had to stop collecting for now as I am into building a garage for my Model A:( But, when I do collect things I tend towards antique automotive items, WW II Navy and 13th AF things for family reasons. Or if I need something for the kitchen or house I tend to buy antique items for their quality and beauty.

Mike
 

jkingrph

Practically Family
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848
Location
Jacksonville, Tx, West Monroe, La.
Some old handtools, Safety Razors and associated items, brushes, mugs, and my first love, guns, both modern and old, my oldest being a fully functioning 1873 Swiss Vetterli, converted from rimfire to centerfire which I still shoot.
 

Derek Cavin

One of the Regulars
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242
Location
Douglasville GA
Original comic art. I'm neither a doctor or a lawyer so my modest income buys pages with good storytelling or I commission artwork. I also read comic books and sell or give away ones I don't want to keep and collect the ones I do. I am currently attempting to get every Iron Man from the original series (1968).
 

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