I collect books on Africa in the period of about 1850 through 1963 when the continent shrugged off colonialism. Most of my titles are long, long out of print. I also have added books on the Rhodesian Bush War, a subject a member here started my interest in when he generously loaned me his copy of The Elite.

Postcards, own way to many.

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Originally posted by stiab:
Antique fishing tackle, been doing it for 30 years. Am member of National Fishing Lure Collectors Club and Carolina Antique Tackle Collectors. Go to a few shows each year to see the stuff and visit friends in the hobby.

I love that stuff, and I used to fish freshwater when I was young, fantastic memories.

Fishing with some of the pieces would be icing on the cake.

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Originally posted by p220cop:
I have collected glass telegraph and telephone line insulators. Most are from the late 1800's. I have several that date to the Civil War. When I tell folks what I collect, I frequently get the sideways eye. Then I flick on the light in the backlit case and jaws hit the floor.

(Please spare me the heartache of the stories of, "I used to shoot those off the cross arms with a .22 when I was a kid" stories....

I have to say this is probably the winner so far in terms of rare, interesting, and special, considering how hard those are probably increasingly hard to come by.

Not to mention the presentation, very cool.

I have a nice collection of classic hunting, adventure explorers, African Hunting literature of contemporary and previous century professional hunters, classic heavy rifles for African and Alaskan large game, mostly hardcover books, all non-fiction. I tried selling one of them on Ebay to test the market but the current generation doesn't seem to be interested but I'm not sure. It might be a book thing, since most young people no longer read physical books. It looks great on the bookshelf but I'm in the downsizing phase.

My wife would say that I collect an eclectic variety of junk. Some of it comes from my sister and I being the sole heirs to several previous generations of small families, so we get "stuff" when someone passes away.

I have an amateur collection of currency, both US and foreign.

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Originally posted by wrightd:
I have a nice collection of classic hunting, adventure explorers, African Hunting literature of contemporary and previous century professional hunters, classic heavy rifles for African and Alaskan large game, mostly hardcover books, all non-fiction.

If you want to send me a list of your African stuff, I'd be interested in seeing if you have things I'd be interested in adding to the collection. Email in my profile.

Aside from the more common interest items I have several old jacks of all sorts and a few dozen car dealership license plates.

Lego.

Usually buy two and forget about the second for a while. It usually pays for itself.

It’s relaxing to work with material that doesn’t require any processing after fabricating at work.

P220cop:
A few years ago we forced my sister to have a garage sale; her old friends helped out a lot. The items on sale included a couple of flats of old glass insulators. They may have sold for something like $1500; far more than all the rest of the stuff put together. So there ya go.

As a cigar smoker I have collected a few stand up vintage ashtrays. Usually anything vintage cigar related draws my attention at local vintage flea markets.

I am a retired deputy sheriff.
So deputy sheriff badges from all 58 counties in
California. And all of my counties badges rank,
from deputy up to sheriff.

Aviation autographs. Bleriot through Apollo, everybody who was anybody.

P220cop,

That’s awesome. I’ve come back to your photo more than once. Would you say the examples I’m seeing on eBay for 15-20$ are fake? Seems like there would be a premium because of age and fragility.

I though about picking up some to make a display for my wife, even though her first impression was that some look like miniature sex toys .

The insulators are cool.

I know of a place that has one sitting where I can get to it.

Interestingly enough, it has about twenty feet of open wire on both sides.

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Originally posted by Fly-Sig:
Aviation autographs. Bleriot through Apollo, everybody who was anybody.

I got Greg "Pappy" Boyington's autograph on his book "Baa Baa Black Sheep" when I met him at Oshkosh in the late 1970's. I don't collect autographs, just that one.

Not aviation, but I missed a chance to get Carroll Shelby's autograph when I met him because I hadn't expected to run into him, and left my copy of "The Cobra Story" at home.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
P220cop,

That’s awesome. I’ve come back to your photo more than once. Would you say the examples I’m seeing on eBay for 15-20$ are fake? Seems like there would be a premium because of age and fragility.

I though about picking up some to make a display for my wife, even though her first impression was that some look like miniature sex toys .

It is far too complex to explain here, but I will point you towards this reference site. It has a ton of info on the hobby.

https://www.insulators.info/general/faq.htm

Found a couple H.G. CO (21s I think) cleaning out my mom's place. Probably brought back when she cleaned out her mom's place in Indiana, not far from Muncie ( home of Hemingray). My insulator collection is complete

Dodger signed baseballs. And Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics and figures.