I know a LOT of people on here collect Broadway things, signed playbills, window cards and whatever fun Broadway stuff you can find on your own or at the bc/efa flea market.... But does anyone on here collect anything else that isn't related to theatre? I know some people collect candles or stamps or anything? Me...I love movies ALMOST as much as I love theatre. I started collecting movie posters )that are autographed by the film's cast) like about a year ago. After bidding on a few on Ebay I got to know two poster dealers who now email me when they get new things in so I have a chance to buy them before they sell them on Ebay and usually at a lower price. So now they are hanging up all over my apartment. I think my favorites are Sleepless in Seattle, The Hours and Chicago (I also have a prop that was used in the movie, one of the newspapers that are shown near the end, one stack said GUILTY and the other INNOCENT). So...anyone else collect anything?
(formerly bronte604)
"You really just love money and power and capitalism? You know they're never going to love you back."
"Things happen for the best...I don't even believe that myself."
Anyway, I also collect Barbra related things, and I collect spoons. No, not spoons with which to eat things, spoons that I hang in a display case. It started when I was very little and my Dad would go away on business trips. He would always bring me back a spoon that represented the place he went. As I got older, and went to different states and countries (well, actually, the only other country I've ever been to was Italy), I would buy myself a spoon. I haven't actually bought any in a while, even though I've gone away. I've been a slacker
And although this is included in Broadway things that are collected, I always buy a t-shirt from every show I see. I never wear them...I plan to make them into pillows.
"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~
I went to BroadwayNewYork in July and found an XXL ITW shirt on sale for $15, and even though it's a nightgown on me, I had to buy it being the ITW enthusiast I am, but now I can make it into a pillow!
Not to insult anyone here, but I kind of find the t-shirts cheesy as far as wearing them (unless it's to bed or if you're actually in the show that the shirt represents); but I really like them. At first I was going to make a blanket with them. Then I figured, if I keep buying more, the blanket will never be finished. So pillows were the answer. I can continue to buy the shirts, and just add pillows to the collection. Plus, this way I can get the front and back logos on them.
"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~
that's smart theatrebaby.....i wonder if i could do that with a quilt....i think that would look fun..what do u think?
(formerly bronte604)
"You really just love money and power and capitalism? You know they're never going to love you back."
"Things happen for the best...I don't even believe that myself."
Shirts just are cool because they let everyone know you saw the show. If I lived in NYC and attend Bway shows all of the time, I would think differently. When you see a show on tour, it is just cool to buy a shirt for memories...I guess. I don't know!
Ohhh, I also collect Faerie Figurines I totally forgot to put that. I've become rather obsessed with them over the past year for some reason. And this goes back to when I was little....I have every doll from the Shera series, as well as every Rainbow Brite Doll.
I have some Barbie Dolls in the boxes, but not many. The only ones I have are: Cher-Bob Mackie, Elizabeth Taylor-Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor-in the lavender dress, Samantha-Bewitched, and the 2000 Holiday Barbie.
"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~
Wow, I'm impressed. I'm trying to get all the Rainbow Brite dolls because I never had any when I was little and it was my favorite show. Unfortunately I'm to the point where I'll have to fork over $50-200 a doll to finish my collection.
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Angels or anything else related. As gifts, I have received angel lamps, pillows, pins. etc. When I travel, I always buy one from the country I visit. This time, a Fontanini angel from Italy. It is absolutely gorgeous. This must be my ninth angel from Italy.
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of breaths we take, but by moments
that take our breath away."
"Life isn't about how to survive the storm,
but how to dance in the rain."
Moose. When I was first separated from my ex, a friend gave me a plastic moose head and said that now that I was the only adult in the house, I could do whatever the hell I wanted....even hang the moosehead in the living room. She was right...it was kind of liberating. It's been less fun since moose became a trendy motif. You know the uniqueness is gone when the local Kohls has a line of moose bathroom accessories. Sigh.
And no, for the record, my home is NOT decorated with moose...party lights, maybe....but not moose. Even so, there isn't a single room in my home of which Martha would approve...but then again, I don't really approve of Martha either...lol
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Oh man Broadwayguy I wasn't expecting that. I nearly choked on my wine. EXCELLENT answer...LOL LOL! I dare not say what I collect here, I'll be torn apart in different directions.