50 People Share Their Extraordinary Collections Of Items Many Would Not Think Of Collecting (New Pics)

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My Hand-Painted Food Rocks

I Got Sober During Covid, So All Of My AA Meetings Have Been By Zoom. My Chips Are Mostly A Random Collection Of Round Objects I’ve Found On My Daily Walks. I Just Celebrated 7 Months

Dr. Andrew Dillon, who is a V.M. Daniel Regents Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, says that once humans gathered more resources than they immediately needed, they were able to break out of the continual hunting mode and start to trade.Combined with our abilities to plan and count, collecting emerges as a natural disposition that is subject to the influencing forces of economics, social structures, education, fashion, and personal history.“In treating collecting as routine, we can view the range of collecting behaviors as expressions which might vary across layers but reflect the shared basis of human motivations underlying our emotions, identity, value, and desire for connection,” Dillonexplains.

Combined with our abilities to plan and count, collecting emerges as a natural disposition that is subject to the influencing forces of economics, social structures, education, fashion, and personal history.

“In treating collecting as routine, we can view the range of collecting behaviors as expressions which might vary across layers but reflect the shared basis of human motivations underlying our emotions, identity, value, and desire for connection,” Dillonexplains.

Authentic Geological Map Of Scotland

I Spent 4 Years Trying To Grow Salt Cubes At Home. Here Are The Largest And Most Transparent Crystals I’ve Managed To Grow So Far

I’m Painting A Collection Of Memes. Here’s The Progress So Far

While collecting might be an innate tendency, Dillon believes it’s culturally and environmentally shaped. “Nomadic peoples were limited to items that were transferable or storable, but a surplus of food and materials of importance suggests that even from earliest times, people collected,” he says.“Changes in the means of production altered patterns of consumption, and the spoils of conflict and resource control exercised through power created a distinct type of collecting for desirable goods, giving us era-specific records of what was deemed important or valuable to different cultures even before the emergence of museums and galleries.”

“Changes in the means of production altered patterns of consumption, and the spoils of conflict and resource control exercised through power created a distinct type of collecting for desirable goods, giving us era-specific records of what was deemed important or valuable to different cultures even before the emergence of museums and galleries.”

This Man’s Collection Of Lost Apple Varieties

After Years Of Collecting, Problems With Arcade Bylaws, And A Pandemic, I’ve Finally Quit My Career In It And Opened A Pinball Arcade

January Sea Glass Haul. I May Have A Problem

My Father-In-Law Just Moved To A New House. His Record Collection Required Its Own Move And Two Trucks

In more recent times,the cabinet of curiositiesemerges around the discovery of the Americas and the expansion of people’s understanding of place and space, tying collecting to self-presentation of worldliness and forward-thinking.The Industrial Revolution led to the emergence of a consumer class that sought goods previously unavailable to them (and created a wealthy class that bought items to reflect their emerging status, sending their offspring on grand tours to polish their education and obtain all sorts of historical artifacts to embellish the family’s legacy).This rising middle class, in turn, engaged in this most human behavior of acquiring and keeping objects of desire to the point where phrases like “Everyone is a collector” were also born.

The Industrial Revolution led to the emergence of a consumer class that sought goods previously unavailable to them (and created a wealthy class that bought items to reflect their emerging status, sending their offspring on grand tours to polish their education and obtain all sorts of historical artifacts to embellish the family’s legacy).

This rising middle class, in turn, engaged in this most human behavior of acquiring and keeping objects of desire to the point where phrases like “Everyone is a collector” were also born.

My Coleus Collection

Helped My Mom Unpack Her Uranium Glass Collection And Install UV Lights

My Collection Of LEGO Pokémon I’ve Built

Tools Of My Trade (Hand Embroidery) Turned Into A Small Collection

“Individual case studies or small sample surveys provide some insights, but most of the research is suggestive and leans to inference from market activity,” he explains.

My Wall Mounted Rotary Phone Collection

My 9-Year-Old Nephew Has Found Over 1500 “Lucky” Four-Leaf Clovers And Keeps Them In A Big Binder

A Collection Of Little Monster Toys I’ve Made

“What We Find In Your Tires”

There is, of course, a monetary consideration in major purchasing decisions, but financial returns might be a primary motivation for only a minority or niche group of collectors.Depending on which study you look at, there’s some evidence that the share of collectors who are in for an investment or possible profit can belower than 10%.

There is, of course, a monetary consideration in major purchasing decisions, but financial returns might be a primary motivation for only a minority or niche group of collectors.

Depending on which study you look at, there’s some evidence that the share of collectors who are in for an investment or possible profit can belower than 10%.

Rooftop Next To A Schoolyard

What An Impressive Tie Collection He Must Have Had

My Grandpa’s Vintage Prank Toy Collection

Years Ago I Told My Mom That I Liked To Collect Coins. Unfortunately, She Passed Recently, And Upon Cleaning Her House, I Found This

My Multilingual Calvin & Hobbes Collection

I worked in a rubbish dump for 15 years.

Over The Years, I’ve Collected Other People’s Collections That Have Been Thrown Away. Anything People Collect Will Be In These Boxes, Including The Boxes And Drawers

My Grandpa Kept Almost All Of The Rabies Tags From His Dogs

My Collection Showing The Evolution Of Portable Data Storage Over The Past 45 Years

My Dad’s Banjo Collection

Some People Collect Stamps, Others Collect Fancy Cars. I Collect Thrift Store Ski Jackets. Here Are Some Of My Favorite Finds

Abandoned Collection Of Over 175 Classic Cars In North London

Anyone Here Collects Vintage Monster Masks? Here Is A Small Bit Of My Collection

Clearly, there is a strong relationship between human psychology and the desire to collect, one that mediates personal identity, a sense of place in the world, and a desire to form networks and build community.To explore these ties further, fire up our older publications50 People Share Their Unique Collectionsand50 Of The Most Interesting And Unusual Collections People Have.

To explore these ties further, fire up our older publications50 People Share Their Unique Collectionsand50 Of The Most Interesting And Unusual Collections People Have.

This Car Is Full Of Bumper Stickers That Say Bumper Sticker

My Dad Passed Away Last Year, And I Was Finally Able To Gather All Of This And Make This Tribute To His 37-Year Career At Kmart

This Collection Of Rubber Ducks

My Wife Has Diligently Kept A Journal Everyday Since 2000

My Collection So Far

Fake IDs Confiscated In A College Town

These Tiny Shells, Each Labeled With Type, Date Collected And Where. Part Of A Massive Multigenerational Shell Collection I’m Sorting Through

My Local Pharmacy Has This Huge Container Of Random Pills

Yes, You Can Collect Antique Traffic Signals. My Oldest Dates Back To The Mid-1920s

In The Year 2000, Aged 13, I Was Immensely Proud Of My Simpsons Collection

These Layers Are The Seeds I Collected Last Year. They Show A Timeline Of When Different Flowers Grow In My Garden

My Entire Plant Pin Collection To Date

All The Whiskers That I’ve Collected Over The Years From My Two Cats That Either Broke Off Or Naturally Fell Out

56 Mirrors And Counting. About 2 Years Worth Of Thrifting

My Collection Of Old Snake Bite Kits

My Collection Of (Mostly) Vintage Uranium Glass

This Collection Of Glass Eyeballs At The Deutsches Museum, Munich

All These Hair Ties Underneath A Rollercoaster

It Just Makes Me Happy To See Things That Are Kind Of “Proof” That I Have Lived, Even If It’s Something As Silly And Seemingly Insignificant As Tea Stubs