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01-28-2014, 12:00 AM
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Bombardier
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 4,039
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Do you collect anything?
Horse racing removed from the equation. What do you collect?
I used to collect 1:18 scale diecast cars. The collection got big and took up lots of room, so I liquidated most of it...kept a few Mustangs and old pick ups.
I have always dabbled at collecting baseball cards. I used to love Kirby Puckett, but that changed when I learned how much of a scumbag he really was.
My theme in collecting baseball cards has been to collect the MVP, Cy Young, RoY and Rolaids winners in the year that they won the award.
I am thinking about a new theme in card collecting: Knuckleball pitchers.
What about you?
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01-28-2014, 10:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,336
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I collect $100 bills.
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01-28-2014, 10:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,550
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1. US quarters*
2. Old children's books - or really old books in general when I come across them. By old, I classify anything printed before 1950 as old. I have some books from 1919 and a few from 1920's. But most of these are temporary collections till I find a suitable venue to sell them. So they keep getting rotated.
3. Gemstones, especially unpolished ones. Again, mostly collected from value proposition angle.
4. Phone numbers of beautiful women/girls.
Currently I am collecting US quarters by the state, just because a friend of mine gave me a pretty velvet case with all the states and blanks. I casually look at quarters when I get them and if they are a shiny and of a US state I don't have yet, I then hold on to them till I get home, then stick it in that book.
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01-28-2014, 11:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 411
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I have a few coins, some stamps, a big collection of vinyl, CD's and concert related memorabilia and just recently started gathering some late 1800's style woodworking tools.I don't dare use any of the old ones, so I'll be making copies and using those.
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01-28-2014, 11:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Houston Tx.
Posts: 3,130
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I collect Magic the Gathering cards, sealed booster boxes and special editions.
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01-28-2014, 11:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 14,569
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceknight
4. Phone numbers of beautiful women/girls.
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That could either be very interesting, or very creepy.........
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01-28-2014, 07:07 PM
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Librocubicularist
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 10,466
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Cameras.
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01-28-2014, 09:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,550
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Quote:
Originally Posted by horses4courses
That could either be very interesting, or very creepy.........
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I ask them directly, but my roi is lower than my straight bet win % (which is very low)
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01-28-2014, 10:01 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 112,858
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Dust
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01-28-2014, 11:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 6,843
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Years ago, for the souvenir aspect of it, I used to collect losing bet tickets, but the bag got so big I didn't have the space for them any longer.....Thank God for modern day- "digital tickets"..
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01-29-2014, 08:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: WNY
Posts: 444
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I used to collect wine but kept drinking it. Then vintage portable typewriters. But I like to move every couple of years and they are a pita to move! Then on to cocktail shakers- easier to move and actually usable.
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01-29-2014, 08:54 AM
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Racing Form Detective
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita
Posts: 16,316
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I used to collect coffee mugs. The small collection was lost in a move last year. I am thinking of starting a new one.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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01-29-2014, 11:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 2,394
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I had a collection of sports trading cards ( baseball, football,hockey,basketball). Have some really cool ones, Henry Aaron playing for Milwaukee, Roberto Clemente, Whitey Ford, Roger Maris was worth the most ( it was his Cardinals card, but he is wearing his pinstripes in the pic ). I also had a couple dozen baseball coins, not sure how many here remember those. Had some comics, stamps and coins also but nothing to get excited about.
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01-29-2014, 11:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,350
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I collect lots of dust
Im old and don't move much
few spider webs too
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