Why did you start a collection?
By marguicha
@marguicha (223874)
Chile
June 12, 2011 10:07am CST
Do you still have it? Did you outgrew it?
I asked myself all these questions when I was answering a post here.
I have collected several things in my life, mainly when I was little. I started with stamps and had a very nice collection as I had many friends from all over the world and those were the days of stamps and envelopes. Then, later on, I gave them to my younger brother and started a paper napking collection. That was short lived, because I started it in my teeens and got married very young. But my last collection had to do with my marriage. I married a a pro soccer player and he went to many countries in the world to play soccer. He always brought be a doll dressed with the national dress of the place he went. Two years ago, I gave my doll collection to my eldest daughter as a very much coveted Christmas present.
I only kept a man doll from the south of Chile as I had a very pregnant doll from the same place. I decided that she was in need of a BF to help her.
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
12 Jun 11
Hi marguicha 
I have a full collection of Winnie The Pooh. They are not dolls but porcelains. Many were expensive and many of the people who knew me, and my liking with it always gifted me a lot of them.
I cannot part with them as they all bring so many memories from the times I scoured to find most of them and or the people who gifted me some.
Too funny about your partnering dolls.
I have a full collection of Winnie The Pooh. They are not dolls but porcelains. Many were expensive and many of the people who knew me, and my liking with it always gifted me a lot of them.
I cannot part with them as they all bring so many memories from the times I scoured to find most of them and or the people who gifted me some.
Too funny about your partnering dolls. @marguicha (223874)
• Chile
12 Jun 11
The poor doll needed someone to nag and poor BFs are the best. Take a picture of your collection and let us share it
. Take a picture of your collection and let us share it@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
12 Jun 11
Too cute, and I will upload two I just took with my cell phone, so I have to do them individually.
Here is one of my three 9 foot showcases.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
12 Jun 11
Here are three separate ones and each one is well over $200
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
12 Jun 11
I collect movies, specifically horror movies from all parts of the world. I always browse ebay most days and get some real bargains. Also I have a big interest in movie memorabilia and have a lot of stuff, posters, busts and figures and such. Some I collect and display but there is a lot that I buy to resell, some stuff if you know what to look out for can bring you in a nice profit.
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
13 Jun 11
Hi marguicha are you sure you were not replying to one of the horror movie discussions I have been in ? lol
Yes I have a lot of freaky looking figures and dolls in my collection, I must throw some pics up when I get the chance.
Vertigo is a great movie, Hitchcock at his finest
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
So, for you, dolls, mean voodoo dolls
. There are lots of awesome psychological horror movies that were made about 50 years ago. I just saw Vertigo on TV and was amazed at how new it looked.
. There are lots of awesome psychological horror movies that were made about 50 years ago. I just saw Vertigo on TV and was amazed at how new it looked.
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
13 Jun 11
I collected Breyer horses as a child and am still known to pick up a model when I see one I like... http://www.breyerhorses.com/products/
I also collect things giraffe and cats.
I have to date only collected living cats, no living horses or giraffes...
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
16 Jun 11
My american friend collected horses whe we were little. She gacve me her stamp coolection and I was the envy of my brother because she had older stamps from the US. Her horses were mostly glass and ceramic.
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
13 Jun 11
I have never collected anything. I like cats, so my friends all get me something with a cat on it for presents. I have run out of room and don't want to get rid of anything, because everything has memories. I have never seen a pregnant doll and I didn't know there was such a thing.
When my mother graduated from High School, they gave her a 1943 Looney Tunes comic. It has never been read, but it is in an envelope, not wrapped in plastic.
She gave it to me and thought it may be worth something. I thought about starting a discussion about it, but didn't know what to say. I know a lot of people collect comic books but I don't know how to contact them.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
Hi cerebellum,
I´m enclosing a picture of my doll so you can see it. As for collections, you should start a post here about selling collections and I bet you will find interesting answers.
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
14 Jun 11
Your doll looks so cute! Yes, I should start a discussion about it. I am sure it will help.
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
14 Jun 11
I jus remembered I kind of collect Stephen King books! He is one of my favorite authors and I get at least one book of his a year for Christmas. It is not a formal collection,I am sure there are a lot I don't have, but I guess it counts.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
13 Jun 11
Hi marguicha~
I have books. Collection of books. There are still some which I never read at all and there are some I have read more than I could remember. I don't know why but I just like to collect books. Any kind and genres. That is why I feel a little awkward when they are e-books online because I like the traditional way, the smell and the scent of the paper. Still buy books adn read them when I have time~I also like to collect other things like bags,key chains, posters, drawings etc and I have them because I love the designs very much~
I also like to collect other things like bags,key chains, posters, drawings etc and I have them because I love the designs very much~@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
15 Jun 11
I have my house full of books but I wouldn´t say I collect them. They come to me to be read. And if friendds and family didn´t borrow many and never bring them back, I would not have a place to dwell anymore
And if friendds and family didn´t borrow many and never bring them back, I would not have a place to dwell anymore@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
16 Jun 11
I´m thinking about doing some cleanup at home and donationg some of my books to the community library.
@amitgune (877)
• India
13 Jun 11
I remember I had collected a lot of stamps as a kid. Stamp collection, I believe is called philately. I however gave up on that with the advent of the courier system in India. Nowadays, almost no one uses the postal system in India. However I still have a collection of the oldest coins in India. I guess my mother used to collect them and I just continued the tradition by adding to her collection.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
Did you also inherit her interest for coins or do you look at them as an investment? As for stamps, I can see that a lot of children around the world passed through a stamp collecting stage
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
24 Jun 11
You had a pregnant doll and you kept a man doll to be that pregnant doll's boyfriend??? That's really amusing and maybe sweet of you.
I have a sticker and card collection of my favorite anime (Japanese equivalent of cartoon) and other stuffs of that anime. I also have a few stuffs of other anime that I loved when I was younger. I started my collection during my teenage years. Although I don't collect anymore, I haven't threw away my collection and I don't have any plans of giving it to anyone. I also have a small collection of stamps which I haven't been updated for a long time but I still correspond with my pen pals from different countries. @marguicha (223874)
• Chile
24 Jun 11
Many of the collections we have are so dear to us that we would not give them away even if we don´t collect them anymore. I gave away most of my doll collection to my eldest daughter only because she was my very own child. She is a middle aged woman now, but she looks at those dolls as she looked at them whhen she was little.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Jun 11
My first collection was little plastic animals from the local ice cream parlor. My brother took them and gave them to a friend. Since then I've had all sorts of collections. I collected pelicans for a while, then some broke in the Northridge earthquake, and I yard saled most of the remainder. Wish I'd kept one of the ones I sold. I also have a lot of books, Star Trek autographs, and a lot of other things that probably nobody would be interested in other than me.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
24 Jun 11
Hi Dawn, I think that collections are mainly for the happiness of the collector. Even when we keep a couple of items that for everyone else is junk, we do it because it is meaningful for us.
I have lots of books, but I wouldn´t call it a collection as I never got them for any reason than reading them. Truem there are some authors that I "collect" in the sense that I want all the books they wrote so that I can reread them.
@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
15 Jun 11
I have always loved troll doll. I had some as a kid and years later bought some for my daughter and myself as well. When my daughter thought she was too old for dolls she tried to get rid of her trolls ina garage sale. I pulled them out of the sale and kept them. Sometimes i make crochet clothes for them. My grandchildred has played with them too. When i got the internet i looked at ebay and thats when my troll collection grew now including 4-5 houses, troll dolls of all sizes, colors and makes. I choose for my collection one of each color and size and make the extras im making clothes and will be selling on ebay and/or given to grandchildren.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
16 Jun 11
Please download for us some of your dolls! It has been wonderful to see the collections some friiends have. Just scroll up for some awesome pictures.
@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
18 Jun 11
My sorority's "mascot" is a ladybug (hence my name, one of our colors is crimson...) so we all get and give ladybugs for every occasion. Somewhere along the way, my mom and some of my other friends jumped on the bug bandwagon and started giving them to me for various things as well. I have ten stuffed bugs, a pen with a bug on the end of it, a brass coat hook, garden "stones" (they're actually plastic and I used to have them hung on the wall), a silver bug pendant with a piece of amber in it's body, two watches....heh
I also collect ticket stubs from concerts and buttons/pins from the bands I've seen. They are all pinned to a cork board with pictures I'd taken at the shows.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
24 Jun 11
I love ladybugs! One of my first bugs was about a daring ladybug who went to see the world. The colours are so beautiful and they are harmless.
The colours are so beautiful and they are harmless.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
13 Jun 11
One of my aunts also into collection of dolls from around the world. But she collected the miniature dolls which is hard to come by nowadays. As for myself, i am into collecting used stamps from around the world. Besides that, i am also into collecting used phone cards, which now is not popular anymore since with the available of the cell phone. Now, i just keep them in my cabinet and will take it out whenever my sister wants to trade some used stamps or phone card with me.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
14 Jun 11
Yes, you are right. Whenever i visited my that aunt's house, i always like to looked at her collection of those miniature dolls.
Yes, you have a great point about phone cards. Especially, with some of the beautiful scenery and commemorative moments being captured and put on the phone cards. Makes them becoming special cards.
@visavis (5934)
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
Yeah we are all different like in our life like you there are many things you collected and your happy.. Actually I like collection TV series hits like I have prison break season 1-4, smallville season 1-10, hero season 1-4, lost season 1-5. Then now I have lots of collections of ebooks from various kinds, some of them are published in the web for selling which I earn little amount.. this collection as of now are continuing might be because I'm earning here..
Last but not the list now collecting and writing some articles... see you around
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
Collections, from what you tell me , are determined by age too. When I was a kid we did not have TV in my country and the web is also new. I have lots of normal paper books at home as I have loved to read all my life. Just one month ago, I bought my youngest granddaughter her first book. It is one of those chewable books you can place in the tub.
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@stary1 (6612)
• United States
12 Jun 11
LoL I love your story about the man doll from Chile.
I have never been a collector. I decided when I was first married, I 'should' collect something because everyone else was collecting something. I decided to collect shot glasses from everywhere we went including local attractions, local restaurants etc..
Pretty soon EVERYONE I knew was bringing me shot glasses from palces they had been. Well, while it was considerate of them, I only wanted glasses from places I had been. So I gave them all away to my daughter.. eventually she started her own collection and gave away many of mine.
I have never been a collector. I decided when I was first married, I 'should' collect something because everyone else was collecting something. I decided to collect shot glasses from everywhere we went including local attractions, local restaurants etc..
Pretty soon EVERYONE I knew was bringing me shot glasses from palces they had been. Well, while it was considerate of them, I only wanted glasses from places I had been. So I gave them all away to my daughter.. eventually she started her own collection and gave away many of mine.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
This is the doll BF. Although he won´t be able to do much with his hands in his pockets!
@tommyINDONESIA (69)
• Indonesia
12 Jun 11
Hello Marguicha, iam Indonesian & i was 17th years old. Since childhood, i was collect Soekarno pictures & more image about the famous persons. Soekarno is the father of my country Indonesia. I plan to make masterpece art from much of my photo collection to be Mozaic Soekarno face's. But it's too hard, it's so expensive from me, cause me still student LOL :D
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
12 Jun 11
Meanwhile you can add to your collection so that you have all you need when you have the money to do it
Welcome to mylot!
Welcome to mylot!@tommyINDONESIA (69)
• Indonesia
12 Jun 11
Yeah its nice suggest, my bro. Until now, iam still hunt my collection. May be if i was some money i'll make that my masterpiece, and proudly show to others :D
@gtdonna (1738)
•
17 Jun 11
Does collecitng books count I had started to collect first names of people from all over the world and then abonded that idea after names started ot get weird. At the moment I am not collecting anything, but your discussion tells me I shoudl get started once agin...maybe I should start by collecting money - any donors? 
I had started to collect first names of people from all over the world and then abonded that idea after names started ot get weird. At the moment I am not collecting anything, but your discussion tells me I shoudl get started once agin...maybe I should start by collecting money - any donors? @marguicha (223874)
• Chile
18 Jun 11
If you find money donors, please hand over names here. I´m sure they will be welcomed.
. I´m sure they will be welcomed.
@shibham (16977)
• India
14 Jun 11
Hi marguicha...
I had a hobby of collecting matchboxes of several brands when i was a teenager. Thus i collected thousands of boxes and kept them in a suitcase but oneday i found my collection demolished by mice... i frustrated and gave up that hobby for ever. Now i have a collection of books and photos... most photos are about wildlives and fun.
Have a nice day.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
15 Jun 11
I knew a friend who collected matchboxes. He still had his collection when he was an adult so we brought him matchboxes from the places we went.
@jak2010 (1550)
• Papua New Guinea
13 Jun 11
I started to collect coins and stamps, but sold stamps and now gave up. I am think to collect teaspoons from all the countries in the world. I have not started one yet. What motivation is there to do such collecting, can you teach me a bit?
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
I had my stamp collection when I was a child because everyone had one and it was a matter of pride to get better stamps than the rest. Then my dolls began as a collection because my husband started bringing them to me as gifts when he travelled. But I´m not the kind of person that collects things really. I am more interested in my garden and in learning new dishes to eat and I write a bit each day.
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
18 Jun 11
Sister Margarita
When i was a little girl, my mom used to make dolls for me from used clothes, they had hands, legs etc, the eyes, nose were painted, when i married Professor, i brought them here in 1966, here i made dolls for my daughter and grandaughtes, some i gave them some i kept, you may not believe i have so many dolls of different kind, the 'little Kalyani' in me still plys with them..
Hubby watches and smiles..
Thanks for sharing about your collection, nice that you gave to your daughter.
God bless you, have a nice day ahead.
Kalyani ‘Namastey’. .
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
18 Jun 11
I know what you mean, sister, when you say you play with them. Maybe it is a different way of playing, but it is still the little girl you have within you. Maybe that´s the reason why I could not part with all my dolls. And my daughter wanted my doos but she is over 45 years old. I pity the people who have forgotten completly how to be children.
Many times, the stories I write are grounded in the fairytales I read when I was little only I twist them to become tales for grownups. I do think there´s much to learn from them and that there are many hidden meanings in them.
Margarita
Margarita @wealthybhavik (198)
• United States
13 Jun 11
i do not have any kind of hobby of collecting things.but i see shows on the television which shows the collection of different things.like one person had the collection of signatures of famous persons,one have the collection of currencies of different countries,one have collection of postal stamps and lots more.
i think it feel nice to see but very difficult to do.congratulations to you for doing such a brilliant job.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
I don´t have that hobby anymore. Dolls just came to my life and now they went to my eldest daughter´s home. I only kept one doll because I had bought myself the woollen doll from Chiloé and it desperatly needed a BF.
I´m afraid that what I mostly collect now is junk
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I´m afraid that what I mostly collect now is junk @macayadann (1235)
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
That is an interesting hobby of yours. You see collections of items can even bring you money by putting them in display as in art gallery but that is if you have collected so much to be viewed by many. You see it can be passed on to the next generation of yours and so its number keeps on increasing and who knows your great,great, great grandchildren will be having one man show for art collection only.
@marguicha (223874)
• Chile
13 Jun 11
My dolls were never meant as a way of having money but as tokens of love. My then BF, who was a pro soccer player, brought me the first ones when he went to play to Europe with his team. He continued to bring me dolls, among other gifts, until he retired.
My daughter wanted the dolls as part of her childhood, but I don´t think she will add new dolls to the collection.
