Any serious collectors?

[ampm0802]

If you want to know the most popular collectable items on ebay you can check the following links :


For Entertainment memorabilia

http://tulsaselect.com/ebayhotlists.aspx?Viewcat=Entertainment-memorabilia

for Antiques

http://tulsaselect.com/ebayhotlists.aspx?Viewcat=Antiques

for Toys and Hobbies
http://tulsaselect.com/ebayhotlists.aspx?Viewcat=Toys_Hobbies

for Jewelry and Watches

http://tulsaselect.com/ebayhotlists.aspx?Viewcat=Jewelry_Watches

for Sports Memorabilia

http://tulsaselect.com/ebayhotlists.aspx?Viewcat=Sports_Cards

Have fun

[mr.jaynes]

Let's see. I collect movie posters. The jewels of my collection are the original posters from 1979's The Warriors, 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the original posters for every Star Trek film.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

Let's see. I collect movie posters. The jewels of my collection are the original posters from 1979's The Warriors, 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the original posters for every Star Trek film.

I have quite a few posters. Crown jewel is my larger than life sized Angelina Jolie as tomb raider.

[mr.jaynes]

I still collect movie posters. The trick is to have a contact in every theatre I go to.

I got started in this as a kid, when I told my dad that it would be cool to get that Warriors poster, and so he instructed me to speak to the manager on duty at the theatre; the manager must have been impressed with my pluck and determination, so he gave it to me. My dad showed me how to preserve these posters, and so they all look as reasonably good as new, considering I've got a majority of them in cardboard storage tubes at my parents' house, with the best being in frames throughout my condo.

[FOTD]

The Viva poster is tempting but too many creases.....it would fit with my Help, Hard Days Night, and Rock Around The Clock full first run original lobby posters in mint condition.

Thanks for the info....

[mr.jaynes]

And at the Plaza 3 at 21st and 129th, those guys were giving me posters every time I came in. Must be due to the fact that I'd seen most of my movies there. I think I'd seen Raiders of the Lost Ark at that theatre at least 10 times!

[Steve]

I collect things only to the extent that they are usefull items to me.  I collect mid-20th century modern furnishings (Eames, Bertoia, Saarinen, Heywood Wakefield, etc.) and household items (appliances, dinnerware), to use and decorate my 1950's home.  I don't buy things strictly to collect if I cannot use them practically.  My house is sort of a living museum to 1950's Americana.  Every collectible I buy (and I have bought a few things on EBAY) is actually used by me and enjoyed today in daily life.

[cannon_fodder]

I used to collect firearms and have remnants of my pre-marital collection remaining:

- 5 WWI 8mm Mauser Rifles
- 3 Turkish 8mm Mausers
- Ak 47's (Romanian made 1999 [technically an SAR-1], Chinese made 1985, and a Russian made model ~1988) all in 7.62x39 (no 74's)
- Colt model 1911 .45
- M1 Garand
- .45 "Grease gun"
- Springfield 1903 (1980's production so likely a replica)
- Colt manufactured AR15

and some other less fun firearms.  All I have left is a 12 gauge, one AK, the Turkish Mauser's (one sans working firing pin), and a .22.  Damn women all insisting I not have an "arsenal."  What if the king of England wanted to take my house?

As an interesting side note, my only other somewhat notable collection is of art.  Both canvas and of the musical variety.  Nothing really noteworthy or valuable though...

[restored2x]

I used to collect comics. Had thousands before a nasty divorce separated me from my beloved comics (er... I mean family).

I had original Dark Knight, early Amazing Spiderman, early Daredevil, and a lot of silver age DC. Also had a NM Crime Suspenstories #25 - an EC comic. EC used to be rare and expensive, now with ebay, they have gone down in price because more are readily available to the collector.

STEVE: I'd love to see pictures of your 1950's house! Can you post?

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by restored2x

STEVE: I'd love to see pictures of your 1950's house! Can you post?

Search the archives for the discussion thread about the Tulsa neighborhood Lortondale.  There are a few photos of my home there as well as many magazine/neighborhood photos of my neighborhood.  Lortondale is next in line in Tulsa (after Ranch Acres) for being listed on the National Historic Register.

I have tried to preserve my 1954 Lortondale home as much as possible, and furnish it with period mid 20th century modern furnishings.  I eat off of 1950's Franciscan "Starburst" dinnerware.  My master bedroom suite is all 1952 Heywood Wakefield "Encore"; too bad I don't have a 1955 Chevy Bel Air in the drive, but I can dream, can't I?  I have many period pieces such as Eames chairs, Noguchi tables, Saarinen chairs & tables, all in keeping with the vision of my home's architect, Donald Honn.  It is a joy, at least to me, to live in my 1950's modern home.

Also, there is a Myspace page for Lortondale, and many photos of Lortondale on the Flickr photo sharing site.  Search both Myspace and Flickr for "Lortondale" and you will find many photos of my home (taken and posted by others) as well as many other photos, both current and vintage, of my wonderful 1950s Lortondale neighborhood.  The Myspace website also includes history research about Lortondale compiled and written by myself about the history and development of my Tulsa subdivision.

[RecycleMichael]

I go back and forth on collecting stuff. I am manic-depressive (I have mixed feelings about that too).

But I temper my desire to have a complete "set" by a deep psychological realization of an ability to be owned by your possessions. I thankfully won't delve too deep here using Sigmund Freud's theories on the anal stage of childhood development. You know...forcing our child too wait to long to poop by subconsciously instructing them to "save it up" and go at a time that is more convenient for the parents...

Too many of us spend way too much money and have way too big a house to store our stuff. We become obsessed of looking at gift catalogs or waste quality conversation time telling our friends how cool our new stuff is. We also feel the need to continually "upgrade" because of a non-utilitarian sense of fashion or coolness.

I do have a complete set of a few things. I still have one of each golf club in my bag we have two children, one of each.

Our kids don't seem too big into wanting all of something, they still want simply everything.

Some day I will go out in the garage and find the box of 3,000 matchbook covers, the political and environmental button collection or the concert t-shirts and have a good time passing them to the young-uns. It will add to my collection of memories.

[Steve]

I agree Recyclemichael, I only collect stuff as far as it is usefull and functional to me.  I love 1950s items, but only buy them if I am going to actually use them in daily life or to furnish my home.  To collect something simply to have and then pack it away to not be used seems silly and wasteful to me.

We all have way to much "stuff!"  It has always amazed me the way all my neighbors have so much junk stuffed in their houses and garages, most of which is never used.  There is only one close neighbor of mine that actually uses their garage to park a car in!  The rest have so much crap and overflow in their garage that they couldn't get a car in there if they tried for a million years.

[Conan71]

Over the years, I've gotten into stamp collecting, matchbooks, mini liquor bottles (like you get on airplanes), auto racing memorabilia, sailing memorabilia, ex-wives, etc.

I've got a decent collection of vintage Harley-Davidson memorabilia, oil cans, signs, dealer promo stuff like wall calendars, very rare obsolete factory accessories, rider apparel, original service manuals, parts catalogs, accessory catalogs, and, one of the larger collections of vintage H-D parts in the area for doing restorations.  I used to be pretty heavy into restoring the old bikes, but you do one thing long enough and it burns you out.

I'm thinking of starting a new business of making lamps out of obsolete Harley parts and covering them in old postage stamps, adorning them with little liquor bottles and matchbooks, any takers? []

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

I go back and forth on collecting stuff. I am manic-depressive (I have mixed feelings about that too).

But I temper my desire to have a complete "set" by a deep psychological realization of an ability to be owned by your possessions.

Too many of us spend way too much money and have way too big a house to store our stuff. We become obsessed of looking at gift catalogs or waste quality conversation time telling our friends how cool our new stuff is. We also feel the need to continually "upgrade" because of a non-utilitarian sense of fashion or coolness.

In other words, it's OK to have things, as long as things don't have you?

quote:Originally posted by restored2x

I used to collect comics. Had thousands before a nasty divorce separated me from my beloved comics (er... I mean family).

I had original Dark Knight, early Amazing Spiderman, early Daredevil, and a lot of silver age DC. Also had a NM Crime Suspenstories #25 - an EC comic. EC used to be rare and expensive, now with ebay, they have gone down in price because more are readily available to the collector.

My younger brother is a big comic book-science fiction fan, and wouldn't ya know it, his wife too. They hit all these regional conventions and hobnob with the stars of that genre. Out of sheer curiosity, I hit a few of them in the New Orleans area and up to a point, they're actually quite fascinating with great guests to meet and greet with fans (managed to get a few autographs, which is the other thing I collect), and the most fascinating people attending these things as spectators. Though I don't do comic books, I do find the movies based on them to be very good.

[carltonplace]

quote:Originally posted by Steve

I collect things only to the extent that they are usefull items to me.  I collect mid-20th century modern furnishings (Eames, Bertoia, Saarinen, Heywood Wakefield, etc.) and household items (appliances, dinnerware), to use and decorate my 1950's home.  I don't buy things strictly to collect if I cannot use them practically.  My house is sort of a living museum to 1950's Americana.  Every collectible I buy (and I have bought a few things on EBAY) is actually used by me and enjoyed today in daily life.

I have an early 50's Hamilton Beach stand mixer and Ice Cream shake Machine (its Aqua!) that you would love then. My mom had a full set of Starburst dinner ware (which she sold at a garage sale [:O]) but I saved a few pieces of the dinner ware and matching silverware. They don't really go with my 1909 Craftsman.