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Lenore Plassman @sallypup (69176) • Centralia, Washington 13 May 23

What is a hobby? A collector versus a hoarder? I love lights and stained glass and sparkles. Love sparkles! One of my sisters visited me a couple of months ago, spotted the three cut glass globes that dangle from my dining...

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Does anyone collect Wade figurines?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382107) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Oct 21

Does anyone have any Wade figurines or have anything to share about them? I have found but how I ended up with two squirrels I have no idea. They are collectible but not particularly valuable so I was thinking I might put them up...

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Metal Toys & Automata.

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 19 May 20

I have always been interested in old things , and funnily enough, as I get older I seem to have developed and interest in old toys. This book gives the reader information on old and antique metal toys like cars, boats trains etc....

toys

collectables

antiques

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How to recreate your own antique bears and dolls

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 18 May 20

This lovely book certainly does as it says in the title, it really does show the reader how to recreate antique style bears and dolls. It provides patterns , instructions and lists of materials that you will need to make your own...

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Boot fair secrets.

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 17 May 20

All through the winter I was looking forward to the spring so that I could start going to car boot sales. But as we all know, that sort of event has now been closed for the foreseeable future. So now I have to cheer myself up by...

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collectables

bootsales

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Pot Lids

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 4 May 20

Before everything we brought was stored and sold in plastic , many products would have been sold in ceramic jars. These ceramic jars often had lovely pictures and advertising images on their lids. Now these lids have become very...

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Collecting antique Meerschaum pipes.

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 3 May 20

Although smoking is not as popular today as it was in the past, and very few smokers smoke pipes these days, there is a field of collecting that has started around the subject. There are people who like to collect old pipes and...

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books

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Look what I found.

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 31 Oct 19

Some time ago I brought a large box of second hand books in a sale. There were so may of them that I just put them to one side because I knew it would take ages to sort them all out. Most of them have now been read and taken to...

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The Prop Store

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 9 Oct 19

I found out about The Prop Store by accident when a friend loaned me a copy of one of their auction catalogues. Of course I had never really been into collecting film and movie memorabilia, so after I read through the catalogue I...

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Old coins question and What the heck is Shaymin? SB

bonnie @bunnybon7 (50970) • Holiday, Florida 12 Jul 16

Twice yesterday I went to make a post asking if anyone knew the answer to if we are able to clean old vintage coins without them losing their value? daughter said no but you can barely see info on some I have. anyway got...

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anyone know how people sell on FB?

bonnie @bunnybon7 (50970) • Holiday, Florida 23 Jun 16

I have seen people sell and advertise on face book but have no idea how they do it or set it up. anyone here know? ebay is so confusing these days. anyone know about etsy? is it just new things? try to upload my paper doll...

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do you collect stuffs from fastfood chains? Toys and memorabilia...

chiyochan @chiyosan (30186) • Philippines 5 Apr 11

Do you collect stuffs that can be considered collector's item feom fastfood chains? I do!!! Hehe im a big fan of mcdonald's toys from their happymeals... I collected the 100dalmatians... I collected the other cute toys from...

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Hobbies/ collections.

Memnon @Memnon (2170) 4 Jul 10

I would be interested to know what people here do in their spare time as a hobby. I know that, for example, many people might consider the gym a hobby: but for many it is a means to keep fit. If you were to divorce, keeping fit/...

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Niamh The Faerie Princess

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 25 Feb 10

I have listed Niamh on my etsy site yesterday. I then connected her to facebook. Some of you may know why she has the name she does. You can see more pics of her on etsy.com under Raydene Have you made anything new...

collectables

crafts

sell ur stuff

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Do you make rather then buy?

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 10 Feb 10

Do you make things that might sell? Go to craft fairs? I sell my jewelry and vintage items on etsy.com . You can have a free shop... Cost $.20 to list for 3 months... They charge 3.5% commision of sale price.....

collectables

crafts

sell ur stuff

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***Are you an obsessed collector?***

tabsnlos @tabsnlos (587) • United States 13 May 09

My sister in law is obsessed with Betty Boop, Brother in law with action figures and comic books, mother in law with Coca Cola. Me, I really haven't found something that I like as much as they have. Does anyone else have an...

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collector

obsessed

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Do you collect Christmas ornaments?

moneymommy @moneymommy (3418) • United States 4 Feb 09

I have a large collection of vintage Christmas collectibles. I have old German glass figurals,Glass balls,felts and other neat collectibles. They really do make the tree look nice each Christmas. I keep building up my collection...

christmas ornaments

collectables

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Hurray, I am ranked number one!

cyberfluf @cyberfluf (4996) • Netherlands 4 Feb 09

In the section of my little pony topics, yay! I love to collect them and even though it's only 1 out of 11 I am still thrilled to be number one on the list in at least the one section I love most . Are you a...

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Baby #2 Rose

sweetdesign @sweetdesign (5142) • United States 19 Jan 09

I just finished her and listed her tonight. Let me know what you think please. Any doll collecters out there?

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Collecting Jim Shore Heartwood Creek pieces

sweetdesign @sweetdesign (5142) • United States 25 Aug 08

Does anyone collect these? I just love his pieces! I love watching his shows when they come on QVC. I have one of his pieces but I want more. They are so beautifully done. True masterpieces each one. I have a rooster.

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