My CollectionDo you have display cabinets full of stuff? With it all neatly labelled, cross-referenced and entered into a database. Have you been to a convention? Do other collectors look up to you in awe?
I thought I was above this one. I'm not that autistically geeky that I have a Collection with a capital C. But no, I remembered I'm hoarding away every version of "Inside Macintosh" ever published.
What do you collect? And why? I mean, what makes you do it?
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chthonic, Thu 11 Jan 2007, 16:52)
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Soviet and other communist memorabiliaIncluding medals, flags, books, DVDs, posters, watches, badges etc- basically anything quirky from Soviet era Russia, though I have a couple of non Russian communist items as well. Ideally I like to get original pieces, however I'm happy with reproduction pieces if they are clearly sold as such and cost substantially less than the original item. As a result I now also have a collection of books on collecting Soviet memorabilia. I would like to expand the collection and buy a few more expensive but nicer pieces, maybe a few more Red Army items (a T-34 perhaps?) and more from the early days of the USSR- though they tend to be prohibitively expensive.
Why do it? Because I find the history and politics of the Soviet USSR to be fascinating and remember both its portrayal as the major threat to human survival and also the events surrounding its subsequent demise. When I started collecting back in 1992 it was quite easy to get good items cheaply, so it took off from there.
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Lord Gnome, Sat 13 Jan 2007, 12:21,
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