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Post by LongHunter on Jun 13, 2011 17:06:04 GMT -5
So besides all the hunting and fishing that you folks do and other assorted outdoor activities that you partake of, do any of you collect Comic Books or for that matter do you collect anything at all ?
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Post by 76chevy on Jun 13, 2011 19:06:11 GMT -5
I collect baseball cards
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Post by Ahawkeye on Jun 13, 2011 19:26:50 GMT -5
I buy baseball cards from time to time I have a very large collection of them but have not added much in the last 20 years. I like old American coins and old arrow heads but have never found one, always looking but never found one hahaha!
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Post by featherduster on Jun 13, 2011 19:30:23 GMT -5
Old hunting hunting stuff and mouse traps.
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Post by kevin1 on Jun 15, 2011 10:59:32 GMT -5
I mostly collect dust, but to blow it off of me occasionally I fly one of these:  That's my latest one, I now own four, the other three are all about 1/5th the size of this one. For reference the Ozone has a 13" rotorhead, is the length of your forearm, and weighs nearly a half pound. |
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Post by HighCotton on Jun 15, 2011 20:27:10 GMT -5
First, let me say I still cringe at the 10's of thousands of baseball/football cards my mom threw out for "not keeping my room clean". But alas, I still have most of my soda can collection from the 60's and 70's. I used to have almost a thousand cans and that is now down to 752 at last count. My buddy collected beer cans. Since my parents would not allow this, I started collecting soda cans. Through the years, I garnered a pretty decent collection of mostly steel cans and a few cone tops. For years, my wife nagged me about having to clank those boxes around every time we moved. I kept telling her, "You just wait and see - They'll be worth some money someday." And lo and behold, they became valuable. I've sold some of the better cans through the years to buy guns, ammo, and probably my favorite - all the material to build my best fly rod - a 3 wt, 9 ft R.L. Winston with an Abel reel! Strangely enough, with the onset of the internet and auctions like eBay, the value of many cans has gone down due to accessibility, knowledge, exposure, etc. For instance, I have 2 complete sets of the Bicentennial cans which stacked in a pyramid will form an image of Uncle Sam as shown here: www.usasoda.com/SevenUp1970.htm I once was offered $300 for one set. I turned it down, thinking the value would continue to rise. Big mistake. I've seen complete sets sell for $20 recently! |
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 15, 2011 21:21:28 GMT -5
My wife is the "collector" in my household..
She even collected Beanie Babies..
I'll bet we had 75 pounds of Beanie Babies...they all ended up going to an orphange in Africa..
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Post by windingwinds on Jun 15, 2011 21:39:08 GMT -5
Not much of a collector......used to have football cards, I think I have a John Elway somewhere. And I found a pink arrowhead when I was younger I still have, I look when I walk our property but haven't found anymore. If I found more I guess that'd be my collection.
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Post by drs on Jun 16, 2011 5:33:56 GMT -5
I collect rifle & pistol cartridges both Old & New. Got several very rare cartridges in my collection. Been collecting them since my High School Days.  |
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Post by whiteoak on Jun 16, 2011 14:14:46 GMT -5
I started buying , restoring and collecting Coleman lanterns. It's a very interesting hobby. All Coleman lanterns are dated on the bottom of the tank. My oldest is a 1941 model 242c. The ones that have not ever been fired up and still have the original boxes are most desired. Value wise condition is every thing.....Usually. I also have a thing for chainsaws.
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Post by parrothead on Jun 19, 2011 17:26:48 GMT -5
I have complete sets of baseball cards from 1965 to present. My mom still gets them for me for Christmas every year. I would say the last 20 years set still have the plastic on them from not being opened.
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