Collections, what to do with them?
By Krisss
@Krisss (1231)
Australia
July 5, 2007 6:54am CST
I have a massive stamp collection, I started collecting them when I was 6. I have not opened them now for over 20 years and I am sick of them just gathering dust. When does a collection become a burden. Would you sell it if you were me?
What do you collect? Would you ever get rid of it?
4 responses
@sardar2007 (78)
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8 Jul 07
H Krisss,
I have been collecting now for over 22 years, with over 80,000 stamps plus hundreds of envelops and other things related to stamp collecting, I have never been bored with it or have thought of it as a burden.
But if u feel that u r not anymore interested than it is better to sell it.
As far as my personal feeling is concerned I would never give up collecting because it relaxs me to a great extent, and what enormous amount of knowledge one gets from stamps, so it is also a learning process too.
@sardar2007 (78)
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14 Jul 07
Hi Kriss,
I would suggest that u should change the topics of your collection. Start arranging your collection by topic/theme like animals, sports, birds, cars, etc. This way your interest will not die out and u will continue to b one of us.
Believe me this craze of stamp clooecting doesn't go away very easily.
@annabanana85 (193)
• Singapore
13 Jul 07
It was a trend for everyone to have at least a collection of anything.
i used to collect stamps, stickers, phonecards, and alot of nonsense. however, i got bored of it and i threw them all.
@pramodthakur (2365)
• India
5 Jul 07
Seems you have been just collecting tickets and not arranging them in proper way thats it seems you burden this time. I think, as you have wasted lot of time during 20 years of time, I suggest to spare some more time for arranging yearwise or price wise. After few days of spending time, you can arrange the tickets in proper way. Then you will feel better. Do not waste your collection saying it is a burden. You need to arrange them in proper way. In the market there are many supporing things are available which prevents moisture etc, buy them and start arranging tickets.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
5 Jul 07
well if you are no longer happy with it, you could consider breaking it up into pieces ie divide by countries or the rarer ones and try to sell them on ebay...
i have a few collections but have stopped collecting anything because i have run out of room. i have a yearly garage sale to get rid of the stuff that i dont want (to make room for new stuff??!!!! lol)
