At what point does a collecting pastime becomes a hoarding problem?
When I visited Washington DC a few years back, the History Channel seemed to alternative between American Pickers, Pawn Stars and something about gold mining. I don't recall seeing a single documentary on The History Channel during that short stay.
The amount of junk that people think worth collecting is just mind-boggling. I get that some things have their place in history, but really?
But who am I to call someone else's collection junk?
I used to collect rocks and minerals, but became to heavy to cart with me when I became semi-nomadic.
Handbags and shoes are a must if you're a girl...
Anything with astronaut Snoopy on it...
Decorative sticky tape, my latest oddball collection. I use it occasionally for packaging if it's space-themed or has a galaxy print and customers love it.
The more expensive of my collection hobbies are corals, especially the aqua-cultured ones that are very colourful. I buy them for $10-30 each, propagate them, then trade them with other collectors. Some people are willing to pay $200 or more for something the size of a pea, and amount of infighting among hobbyists over the value of a little coral polyp is insane! I just stick to what looks nice rather than what's rare. Bonus points if they're called something like "Black Galaxy", "Rings of Saturn" or something space-themed.
I don't actually collect any astro gear to use myself, but I do it on behalf for one of the clubs.
) / Elvis Vinyl Records and such like....
