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Whether you actively pursue a certain type of item or have just managed to accumulate a lot of something, what is it, how active are you in collecting it, what do you plan on doing with it, etc? Also, at what point does an "accumulation" become a "collection"?
As a kid I collected baseball cards. I'd go to shows, trade and salivate over certain items. When I discovered women and beer that lust for baseball cards waned but I hung on to my collection anyway. Later, when in college, I ran across a guy who was an avid collector. He went through my stuff and pulled out some fairly valuable cards which I dutifully booked up and put aside. A decade or so after that I pulled the book out to show a guy I worked with but left it in the car when I got home that night. Naturally, that night someone broke into my car, stole my stereo, my fishing gear and my baseball card book.
Since that time I haven't actively collected but do buy a box of cards from time to time and have picked up some other memorabilia.
Aside from that, I still hunt down LP records from time to time and have around 500 albums. My gun accumulation is also slowly turning into a collection instead of just stuff I shoot from time to time.
As a kid I collected baseball cards. I'd go to shows, trade and salivate over certain items. When I discovered women and beer that lust for baseball cards waned but I hung on to my collection anyway. Later, when in college, I ran across a guy who was an avid collector. He went through my stuff and pulled out some fairly valuable cards which I dutifully booked up and put aside. A decade or so after that I pulled the book out to show a guy I worked with but left it in the car when I got home that night. Naturally, that night someone broke into my car, stole my stereo, my fishing gear and my baseball card book.
Since that time I haven't actively collected but do buy a box of cards from time to time and have picked up some other memorabilia.
Aside from that, I still hunt down LP records from time to time and have around 500 albums. My gun accumulation is also slowly turning into a collection instead of just stuff I shoot from time to time.