Anyone into antique collectibles?

I buy and sell small antiques ( small enough to ship ) on a small scale and recently have been buying some cool soda bottles from as far back as the 1930's and into the 1950's. While I can't say that I truly collect for the sake of collecting I may keep them for decoration, but we'll see.

What do you collect?

Edit: Wish I could do this for a living, I love it! Maybe someday!!!

I collect football cards, autographs, and memorbilia. Also a little bit of Bruins stuff. Ive kinda slowed down on this recently. Still enjoy the hobby though and football though!

I also would love to collect old (and newer) signs, knives, and beer/soda cans and bottles and advertisements! I dont really have extra cash to spend on that kinda stuff right now but once im no longer a poor college student i hope to be able to collect stuff i like.

I made the same thread a little while ago so that may be why youre not getting any responses.:P
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ght=collect%3F

Just ornate carved skull figurines and actual skulls.

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all I have is an 80 year old japanese tin box a 125 year old doll and a cast iron soldier on a horse in an old war uniform that I dug up out of my yard

i kind of got into coins after i found a 1891 morgan dollar

Oh yes, I do have a decent coin collection as well as the skulls. Old coins, bizarre or foreign coins. The oldest I believe, is a penny from 1872. I have a few of those jelly jar glasses with the cartoons on them, though not really enough to call a collection.
This is probably unique to everyone here and I hope no one gets freaked out or thinks I'm weird...... but I also kind of collect snakes ;)

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I collect old porcelain signs. My dad worked for Texaco for 30 years and had a small collection of them so I started picking them up as well. I also enjoy old cars, anything 1972 and back. My garage is filled with old big blocks, heads, intakes, carburetors etc. I'm an odd 25 year old lol.


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I collect Florida licence plates. So far my oldest is from 1952. I also have one from my birth year.

I used to have a pretty expansive collection of art prints from various festivals/shows that I was pretty proud of; I had over 40 or so and could fill a whole bedroom wall full of art that -I- thought was awesome. You can usually get the artist to sign them right there too if you ask nicely. The box I kept it in got "misplaced" by my last roomie though (along with a good $1200 of stuff, and my goldfish of 3 years). Haven't decided yet whether or not I'm going to start over again, though I don't see myself not getting art if I like it, we'll see.

Other than the prints I collect feathers. Have all sorts of stuff from the local birds around here, and I'm not above using roadkill as a source for skeleton articulation/more feathers. Bones, skulls, neat minerals, shells, really anything I find that I like and is cleanable I'll take home. My shelves end up looking like a curiosity shop!

Oh, and sheds. My favorite thing with those is keeping them from hatchling to adult and comparing :D

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I also have one from my birth year.

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But i thought you said the oldest you had was from 1952? :confused:

Hahaha jk Slim. :rofl:

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But i thought you said the oldest you had was from 1952? :confused:

Hahaha jk Slim. :rofl:

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: I'm not THAT old....

I used to collect oil lamps, specifically student lamps. Hard to find them that have not been converted to electric. Totally devalues the lamp.

My wife collects salt dips.

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I used to collect oil lamps

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I love lamp...



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World War II things. Have a sweet 1942 yearbook from a Catholic university where a student is actually doing the Heil Hitler pose. Leather bound.

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I love lamp...



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Do you really love the lamp, or are you just saying it because you saw it?

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I collect football cards, autographs, and memorbilia. Also a little bit of Bruins stuff. Ive kinda slowed down on this recently. Still enjoy the hobby though and football though!

I also would love to collect old (and newer) signs, knives, and beer/soda cans and bottles and advertisements! I dont really have extra cash to spend on that kinda stuff right now but once im no longer a poor college student i hope to be able to collect stuff i like.

I made the same thread a little while ago so that may be why youre not getting any responses.:P
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ght=collect%3F

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Haha makes sense!

If you check around flea markets you can find people selling bottles, as for signs I would be weary because sometimes they are in such good shape they may or may not be replicas