There are watch collectors.... toy train collectors.... car collectors... stamp collectors...

I was watching a documentary and learned of a guy who had collected thousands of Chinese take-out menus.

What's the weirdest thing you've seen collected?

 

used brake rotors (the collector had no intent on selling for salvage $)

 

Invictas

 

I've seen on tv sometime ago this guy that is trying to collect every single copy of the movie speed
http://www.vice.com/read/this-guy-is-trying-to-collect-every-single-copy-of-the-movie-speed-on-vhs

 

A friend collects vintage macabre pictures

 

enemies

 

Belly Button Lint

http://gawker.com/5672240/this-is-o...-collection-of-belly-button-lint-in-the-world

 

Two unusual collectibles, actually. Ran into a guy in England who collected tower clocks! Twelve in his living room, and six scattered about the house. Another odd collectible? Cider presses, including a ten ton one which was too big for the house! Tower clocks and cider presses both collected by the same guy! Would the word be eclectic or (to coin a word) ecollectic tastes? Violins? (me!)

 

We've discussed barbed wire before. I was seriously tempted to buy a sampler pack just to have an example of the strangest collectable I had heard of. That is until this thread.

http://antiquebarbedwiresociety.com

 

I once read of a guy who collected string! He tied the bits of string together amassing a gigantic ball of string! I tried to Google "string collection" and struck out! But it was interesting to peruse what showed up instead of pictures of a gigantic ball of string! (Ahem!)

 

Ha nice work! I was fearing the worst, pleasantly surprised!

 

Not to be deterred, I went back to Google Images and typed in "big ball of string". Try that for a look at an unusual collectible!

 

Nah definitely prefer the first attempt...

 

you beat me to the clock ;c)

 

Stacey (misses) has made a good living collecting these



Would love to hear what @CanberraOmega used to collect before watches again