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Besides Firearms, What Else...
...do you collect? I like inexpensive watches and fountain pens. I do have a few rather nice watches and pens, but I really enjoy the less expensive ones more because I can use them all I want without consideration for their value. Unfortunately, being a senior citizen, I have also inadvertently collected quite an assortment of prescription meds. Oh well.
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Jerry
I do collect books and underground comics (plus some classic comics, too). I've got a first edition of James Joyce's "Ulysses" which is easily the most valuable thing I own. I also have a signed first edition of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian".
As for comics, my P&J (pride and joy) is a Marvel "Amazing Fantasy 15" which is the introduction of Spider-Man. I also have all the original Marvel "Silver Age" of Fantastic Four w. Galactus and other series, such as the introduction of Silver Surfer.
For underground comix, I've got all the original Zap Comix from #0 to #20, an original series of autographed S. Clay Wilson drawings (Pirates and Bikers and Demons -- you hadda be there), and a bunch of original comix by Gilbert Shelton (Wonder Wart-Hog, Fabulous Furry Freak Bros, etc) and others.
Worth a bit of dough, i suppose, particularly the 1st edition "Ulysses" and the Amazing Fantasy 15.
:tooth:
And I wonder where my free time goes.
ETA: I forgot the snowblower!
Adam J. McCleod
I could "collect" all kinds of stuff if I allowed myself to, I have a number of antique sewing machines for instance - and could go nuts collecting chess sets.
As it is, aside from firearms, I tend to collect dance veils - but they're more 'tools of the trade' than a collection per se.
Nice collection! I'm not a comic collector, but I inherited a couple hundred from an uncle years ago. There is a Sub-Mariner #1 and a half dozen semi-early Batman and Superman comics. Included was a complete set (#1-59) of Kamandi Last Boy on Earth. Jack Kirby did the writing and pencilling. They are not worth much, so I thumb through them on occasion.
Adam J. McCleod
My kid collects them. He has bear, coyote, ****, skunk, and a couple mink he made into earrings for his mother. I don't recall her ever wearing them!
Adam J. McCleod
From B.C. (before compounds)
when was the last time you saw one of these bad boys?
'68 Bear Tartar
You are one of them.
You are one of them.
I have about 130 pairs...
You are one of them.
Denny
I'm relatively sure you don't have a pair of "those" however...
NRA Endowment Member
Now that you mention it, I do have quite a few knives. But, I've never thought of them as a "collection". More like tools in a toolbox.
Thanks for that. Now I have clean the monitor!
Adam J. McCleod
I had a pretty good collection of Bear recurves/quivers/arrows. Sold most of it to make house payments when i was laid off........
I still have some old arrow boxes to go in my (next) shop......
That's too cool.
let's dance..
'64 Shakespeare Golden Eagle Proline
pictures do NOT do this bow justice.. it is just flat GORGEOUS!
This model was the first bow to shoot a perfect score at Vegas.
I have three Bear Minutemen, two Kodiak Cubs (dual shelfs), a '57 Grizzly, a basketweave Kodiak, '67 Kodiak Mag.. '69 Super Kodiak, a Wilson Brothers Black Widow.. more shtuff than I can think of right now..
Last time I counted, I have like thirty bows, ten or so more Oneida compounds..
You are one of them.
"You believe there is one God, that is good, even the demons believe and shudder in fear" James 2:19
67 1/2 Super Kodiak (sold)
65 Kodiak (sold)
65 Kodiak Magnum (sold)
68 Browning Cobra (sold)
And I shot them all. Using Grizzly on a 3D course..........
You are one of them.
Yep... but it made 1 1/2 house payments on it's own.
My oldest brother has over 20 recurves. Bears, Brownings, Damon Howatts, Shakespeares, Wings, Herters, and Ben Pearson