People collect the strangest things, but I have a penny worth $1,500.... another story...Nicole has a variety of shot glasses. I am not quite sure how I feel about that, but I have to admit, if your kids collect things, it does make shopping for souvenirs while on vacation, a tad easier.
Kate used to love all things...
frogs...
until her room began to resemble a lively Lilly pad.
Whenever we'd go anywhere, we'd be on a frog alert.
Our youngest has a frog night light from London, England,
a frog t shirt from Bar Harbor Maine,
a frog waste basket from Scottsdale, Arizona,
a frog bulletin board, from
Marco Island Florida, and a frog ornament from Palm Springs, California
to name just a few.
We used to collect pigs for Sam
until it occurred to us we might be damaging her self image.
Before we knew better,
we managed to put a dent in the pig paraphernalia business.
Sam has pigs from every port.
To say her room resembled a pig pen is an understatement,
but that's another story...
We quickly replaced those porky pigs with perky key chains.
Actually, at one time or another all 4 of my kids collected those easily acquired items
which was a God send when empty handed
and
feeling guilty searching for something, anything...at the airport on your way home
from a trip.
All sorts of wild and crazy collectable items tickle peoples fancy
for one reason or another..
from porcelain figurines,
or Waterford crystal
to Barbie dolls and marbles...
I think I might have lost a few of mine?.
Like I've mentioned before, I collect memeories, and a few other wierd things...see blog
I think my son had one of the most unusual collections I have ever encountered.
He actually accumulated,
or should I say, collected,
hundreds of orange Gatorade bottle caps?
Don't ask me why? That must be another story?
However, coin collections baffle me the most. I do not understand what motivates people to collect money (that they have no intension of spending)
It can not be compared to a saving account..
.because even though they have spare change, what good is it,
they are never going to put it in a parking meter
or throw a bunch in a toll booth
or a gum ball machine...
.I would have said a phone booth, but who uses those anymore...another story!
I know some collectors are very passionate about flipping through their heavy metal books
and discussing their latest acquisition of some rare Indian head nickel.
Someone tell me,
what is the pay off here?
I never understood who places the value on the coins
in a coin collection
and
who determines their worth?
That being said, to coin a phrase...
as I mentioned in the top of this post
I just so happen to have a 2004 penny worth $1,500.
This particular coin was not in the belly of a whale,
it was in the tummy of our poodle Max...
and
$1,500 was what it cost us to get it out....
would anyone like to give us an opening bid?
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