Post: #1

I haven't seen anybody on this forum talk about having a collection.

You know, like a wine collection, coin collection, WWII memorabilia collection, rare book collection.

Now, I travel full time with everything that I own and generally don't like having stuff, but I still think there is something to be said about having a collection of some kind.

When it comes down to it you collect things not to accumulate things, but for the stories that they represent. A rare coin from the 4th century is valuable because there are so few physical reminders of that era.

Having a collection can make your travels more interesting. You might have to travel to places that nobody else would visit in order to find a piece for your collection. You'll share something important in common with the people that you meet on your quest. Generally people who collect things tend to be wealthier, so this can be a way to get plugged in to the elite of a new city.

Anybody here a collector? Has it lead to more interesting travel stories?

Post: #2

I collect modern first edition/first printing books. Some are valuable, some aren't, but they're all usually books I've read or will read (except for The Notebook, Sophie's Choice, and a few others that are just rare); most are adventure fiction. Girls always comment on the collection when they see it (300 or so right now) because they normally see guys places filled with video games, not books. Thanks to the manosphere, I'm starting to add philosophical texts to it. Though, I'm not sure how chicks will react when they see copies of Sperm Wars, and other ev. psych books when I add them eventually

Post: #3

I collect knives but they have to be useful and practical for me. I have a few flip-knives with wood handles that I got when I was 18 and I love them. One of 'em was my steak knife for five years.

I remember my dad telling me that the minimum blade length to go straight into the heart is four inches so mine are four-and-a-half. Again, they're based on utility. Will I ever need them for that purpose? Probably not, but I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Post: #4

I collect obscure NBA jerseys. The term for this is "Hoopsters".

http://www.baconsports.com/lollapalooza-...hoopsters/

Post: #5

Watches and cars

Watch collection:
1958 IWC Ingenieur
1988 Omega Speedmaster
2005 Tag Heuer Grand Carrera

Car collection:
- BMW 3 Series E46 Convertible, M-Series, in original condition
- Porsche Cayman S, 2006
- Audi R8, 2008
- Ferrari F458, 2011

I also collect paintings I buy from random street vendors when I'm travelling. They're hanging all over my place and are a great excuse to talk about my travels to girls.

Post: #6

Writing utensils, I guess. Mostly fountain pens but I have a bunch of nice drafting pencils too. That's really the only group of items I own that counts as a collection. I only have a handful of specific pens and pencils left that I want to buy, but I'll buy vintage pens if the price is right at a flea market or similar.

Actually, I have a large collection of fountain pen ink as well. It's more ink than I will use in the rest of my life unless I start writing novels longhand, but there you are.

Nothing else I own really counts as a collection, though to an outsider it might seem that I collect any number of things.

Post: #7

Flags

Srsly though, I do collect a miniature flag and a refrigerator magnet of each country I go to...my parents also bring them when they go on trips.

Post: #8

(09-07-2014 07:36 PM)trainwreck Wrote:  Car collection:
- BMW 3 Series E46 Convertible, M-Series, in original condition
- Porsche Cayman S, 2006
- Audi R8, 2008
- Ferrari F458, 2011

I also collect paintings I buy from random street vendors when I'm travelling. They're hanging all over my place and are a great excuse to talk about my travels to girls.

Ya? That's quite a collection...









That's about $300-400k of a car collection.

Mind saying how you have that sort of money to throw around?
That collection would depreciate quite a bit every year Id imagine.

One of my favourite documentaries is about Magnus Walker and his Porsche collection

Post: #9

(09-07-2014 07:36 PM)trainwreck Wrote:  Watches and cars

Watch collection:
1958 IWC Ingenieur
1988 Omega Speedmaster
2005 Tag Heuer Grand Carrera

Car collection:
- BMW 3 Series E46 Convertible, M-Series, in original condition
- Porsche Cayman S, 2006
- Audi R8, 2008
- Ferrari F458, 2011

I also collect paintings I buy from random street vendors when I'm travelling. They're hanging all over my place and are a great excuse to talk about my travels to girls.

Those random street vendors often sell mass produced paintings from China.

Literally thousands of people in a warehouse that specialize in one or two paintings and belt out 20 per day.

I know this because I had a small business where I would send guys out on the street with these paintings that I bought for a very marked up price of 45 dollars and turn around and sell them for 200.

They often look great but they are bullshit. Still superior to any print.

Post: #10

Only thing I still collect anymore are casino chips and golf balls

I like to keep a $1 chip as an inexpensive souvenir of casinos I've visited. Been doing it since my first trip to Atlantic City when I was 21.

As for golf balls, if I find a logo ball from the course while I'm playing I'll pocket it. I'm not keen on spending $3-5 on a single golf ball that I'll never actually put in play.

Post: #11

(09-07-2014 11:47 PM)Atlantic Wrote:  That's about $300-400k of a car collection.

Mind saying how you have that sort of money to throw around?
That collection would depreciate quite a bit every year Id imagine.

I guess I just don't care. I don't buy cars as investments, or hoping to make the money back. As soon as it's spent, it's out of my mind. I've made quite a bit of money (had an online business since I was 16) and I'm still 26 and love cars. I have no intention of selling them (except for the R8, which is for sale since the 458 is a superior car in any way, except for the winter).

BTW: Supercars depreciate with way less % than a normal car. When I compare the current listing price of my R8 vs the price I paid for it, it only depreciated 15% within a year, and I had a shitload of great memories.

(09-08-2014 01:07 AM)Fisto Wrote:  Those random street vendors often sell mass produced paintings from China.

I know. I don't care, not like I'm not haggling them down to $20. It makes for a great story, and they look good

Post: #12

STDs.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

Post: #13

Joking aside, I think a collection is cool if you're a stationary person - for me it's next too impossible, unless I want to mail myself souveniers for a collection later in life.

I had a thing about collections as a kid, going through various phases. Rock collection. Collected old and foreign coins for a while. Knives. Comic books. Old books. Unique bottles.

A wine collection would be cool.

An idea that I do think would be cool for travelers is mailing yourself postcards from all over the world, maybe with a message for yourself about what's going on in your head. I did this a few times, but I've been slack about it.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

Post: #14

(09-08-2014 04:37 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  STDs.

Royal Straight Flush?

Five at the same time of highest value.

Post: #15

(09-08-2014 04:42 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  An idea that I do think would be cool for travelers is mailing yourself postcards from all over the world, maybe with a message for yourself about what's going on in your head. I did this a few times, but I've been slack about it.

This is a very very fucking cool idea.
I wish I had thought about that on my previous trips.

Would be a very cool memoar of yourself. But in not sure how to use it or what to write. Show it like a collection to people visiting your home or keeping it to yourself.

Maybe better to keep it not visible for other people. Could write about this in your testament, hand it over to some grandchildren if you have any. They could read about all crazy stuff after you are dead.

Post: #16

I used to like having collections but right now I'm trying to simplify my life and live a bit more minimalistic, have less clutter and be able to pickup and go quickly and easily so trying to do away with stuff as opposed to collecting, also it's an unnecessary drain on my finances.

I used to collect baseball cards, shotglasses, americana/tobacco type memorbilia. These days I collect a bit of silver but thats about it.

Post: #17

I'm currently travelling around the UK and picking up a postcard from each city I visit. My ambition is to visit every city in the country and every card gets stuck on my wall like some ungodly trophy rack.

I'm also collecting classic rock albums - not on vinyl, CD preferably - as I'm into little-known 70s heavy bands. The best tend to be bands so obscure that the members have never even heard of their own fucking band.

Post: #18

I collect pornographic videos and pictures of the hot, young girls that I fuck.

I also collect assets.

I also collect knowledge and information that is valuable to me.

As a kid, I collected baseball cards.

Post: #19

I dont collect material goods.

Right now, knowledge and information like Gio says. Also, now that he mentions it, I may want to a collection of porn of the women I sleep with

Post: #20

I don't collect anything at present, I've become minimalistic

Post: #21

I collect vinyl records. Have about 3,000. A few of my favorites:

- Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" 1st pressing NM (Near Mint)
- Led Zeppelin II (UK Plum label) 1st pressing VG+ (Very Good)
- The Who "Who's Next" (UK Track pressing) 1st pressing Headhunters jacket NM
- Yes "Fragile" (UK Plumb label) 1st pressing NM

Post: #22

(09-09-2014 05:46 AM)Onto Wrote:  I collect vinyl records. Have about 3,000. A few of my favorites:

...
- The Who "Who's Next" (UK Track pressing) 1st pressing Headhunters jacket NM
- Yes "Fragile" (UK Plumb label) 1st pressing NM

These are two records my parents had in their collections that I used to listen to all the time when I was teenager. Who's Next sounds great on vinyl. The song is over, onto.

Kind Of Blue is also a great record - one of the best of all time, not bad ambiance music for a cook-and-bang evening either.

Post: #23

I collect 45s and LPs

Post: #24

Everywhere interesting I go I bring back two things:
-a non-specific item to decorate/display at home
-a coffee mug of that country or city

Other than stacks of books, those are my only "collections". I actively try and get rid of most other things.

Post: #25

(09-08-2014 01:32 PM)Giovonny Wrote:  I collect pornographic videos and pictures of the hot, young girls that I fuck.

This. Future you will be very happy with present you.

I used to collect comic books.

I have a whole slew of them.....some place....