Kind of off topic - What else do you collect?

[Lorelai]

Posted: 11/14/03 at 9:57pm

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?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 11/14/03 at 9:57pm

Boys (MEN).

I keep them in a box under my bed Updated On: 11/14/03 at 09:57 PM

[dotmarie]

Posted: 11/14/03 at 10:08pm

Names. They are one of my biggest obsessions. I'm so weird, but I collect them. I have a long list on my computer.

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 11/14/03 at 11:00pm

I have a massave Barbra Streisand Collection. I also collect Biography's of famous people throughout history. I have around 70.

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 11/14/03 at 11:10pm

"Spores, molds, and fungus."

[BillFinn]

Posted: 11/14/03 at 11:23pm

Condoms

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:07am

used ones? lol

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.

Updated On: 11/15/03 at 12:07 AM

[BillFinn]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:10am

omg TBaby that's an adorable idea!!!

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!

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:17am

Glad I could inspire you.

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.

[Lorelai]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:25am

that's smart theatrebaby.....i wonder if i could do that with a quilt....i think that would look fun..what do u think?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:33am

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!

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:34am

postcards and pins

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 1:31am

Faerie figurines, Rainbow Brite dolls, and anything Audrey Hepburn related that I can get my hands on.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 6:47am

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.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:14pm

Christopher Radko Christmas ornaments (although I'd like to add Mr. Radko himself to the collection) and Fontanini Nativity figures.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 12:18pm

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.

[i luv stevo]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 2:04pm

SHOT GLASSES!

[Hank]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 5:27pm

Magnets.

Also, anything to do with Thoroughly Modern Millie, my lastest addition: a Millie mousepad and a poster signed by the cast from the BC/EFA fundraiser.

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 6:47pm

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.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 7:07pm

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

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 11/15/03 at 7:21pm

Cookie Jars and vintage Fiesta.
Yes, I'm a dish queen.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 8:43am

Hmm..Oh Gawd! I'm realizd that as a Gay man I am a walking cliche'

1.) Akro Agate Glass
2.) Rhinestone Brooches
3.) Pembroke Welsh Corgi Figurines (I have two (getting the third next year) real Corgis at home)
4.)

Thank goodness, I break the cliche' with my extensive collection of leather and fetish gear..

Oh, wait! Damn!

Michael

[aurora1958]

Posted: 11/16/03 at 3:57pm

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.