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For those of us who like to collect things, let's have a chat about what is going on in our hobby, our collections and maybe share some images if you feel comfortable with that.

I don't actually collect Marvel trading cards, but below is an interesting video about how they have risen in value substantially in the past few weeks. I think it really showcases the weird world of collecting and collectibles. I've always found it interesting how something can be worthless one minute and be valuable the next.

 
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Being a sci-fi geek I have a growing collection of action figures, props, models and various other stuff anywhere from almost worthless tchotchkes to items that might have netted me a decent retirement fund had I kept them in the fricking original box or packaging :(. The majority of them are Star Trek related, but I also have quite a few things from Star Wars (including the entire collection of original action figures...sans boxes :mad:), Alien and other sci-fi as well as some non-fiction related space stuff. I've been building my collection since I was a kid and it's a hobby many less nerdy family members and friends have never understood, calling it a waste of money (what do they know :rolleyes:). Less than half the stuff I actually use for display with the rest in boxes or storage, simply because I don't have the room.

Here's just a small sample where geekdom combines with the right to bear (intergalactic) arms.



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Being a sci-fi geek I have a growing collection of action figures, props, models and various other stuff anywhere from almost worthless tchotchkes to items that might have netted me a decent retirement fund had I kept them in the fricking original box or packaging :(. The majority of them are Star Trek related, but I also have quite a few things from Star Wars (including the entire collection of original action figures...sans boxes :mad:), Alien and other sci-fi as well as some non-fiction related space stuff. I've been building my collection since I was a kid and it's a hobby many less nerdy family members and friends have never understood, calling it a waste of money (what do they know :rolleyes:). Less than half the stuff I actually use for display with the rest in boxes or storage, simply because I don't have the room.

Here's just a small sample where geekdom combines with the right to bear (intergalactic) arms.



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That's awesome! Are those all phasers?

I collect commission art, statues and novelty cups. I can't show any pics because it will reveal my true identity.
 

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That's awesome! Are those all phasers?

I collect commission art, statues and novelty cups. I can't show any pics because it will reveal my true identity.

Yes, almost every phaser from the original series pilot onward to the Next Gen. I have enough firepower to vaporize even the most determined home invader :laughing:. And that's only the weapons props since I didn't show the communicators and tricorders, as well as ones from other sci-fi shows and movies including my lightsaber collection. Unfortunately like I said, I'd need a house at least three times bigger to display all my merch and a good portion of that already lost value the minute I removed them from the packaging. But to me what good is having stuff if you can't show it off or even hold it in your hands (or in the case of my action figures play with them when I was younger).
 
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Yes, almost every phaser from the original series pilot onward to the Next Gen. I have enough firepower to vaporize even the most determined home invader :laughing:. And that's only the weapons props since I didn't show the communicators and tricorders, as well as ones from other sci-fi shows and movies including my lightsaber collection. Unfortunately like I said, I'd need a house at least three times bigger to display all my merch and a good portion of that already lost value the minute I removed them from the packaging. But to me what good is having stuff if you can't show it off or even hold it in your hands (or in the case of my action figures play with them when I was younger).

Space is the biggest enemy of any collector.

You can probably resell everything even after they've been opened. Have you ever tried?
 

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Space is the biggest enemy of any collector.

You can probably resell everything even after they've been opened. Have you ever tried?

While I've causally looked into what some of the stuff was worth over the years, I have no need or intention to sell anything anytime soon. It will likely be passed down to family where knowing them, they will likely just throw it out :(.
 

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While I've causally looked into what some of the stuff was worth over the years, I have no need or intention to sell anything anytime soon. It will likely be passed down to family where knowing them, they will likely just throw it out :(.

Isn't that the way it is?

Ever hear hear of the Church collection? It was the comic collection of Edgar Church an illustrator who collected an insane number of comic books. After his death his family wanted to sell his house but had to get rid of his comic collection, among other things, to make the house sellable. To make a long story short, he had the most valuable comic collection of all time. In modern days It would be valued in the tens of millions of dollars. The family didn't see the value of the comics, at first they tried to just throw everything out, so they sold the whole collection for cheap. I think for around $1000.

Moral of the story? Never just throw out a loved one's collection!
 

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When I was living in London I once found a discarded playing card on the pavement and idly wondered how long it might take to find a whole pack of lost/found cards... 8 years, as it turned out. Tbf, I got lucky one afternoon and picked up a good half pack from the pavement but the 8 of clubs eluded me for years...

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...and then I collect money, it used to be spare bits of change from when I went on holiday which I keep in a mahogany box downstairs but what I'd like to share/show is the selection of funny money.

So, again some time ago when I was living in London, I spotted on Ebay some Zimbabwe dollars, in particular the $100 trillion bill. Zimbabwe had suffered an extraordinary bout of hyperinflation in the noughties and eventually the Zimbabwe dollar was abandoned as worthless... Anyway, I bought a bunch of them for £10 as novelty items and gave them away, used them for snorting nawties &c &c and a few years later went back to buy some more... and discovered that in the interim the price had skyrocketed and you can now buy them for £100-200 each.

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From there, I became interested in hyperinflation and bought examples of the worst hyperinfations of modern history. Heres you can see:

Top left 20,000 and 5million mark notes from Germany c.1922/23, a 10 million billion pengo note from Hungary (1945), a new $100 trillion Zimbabwe note and on the right is a selection of Yugoslav dinars from the early 90s.

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...and then I collect money, it used to be spare bits of change from when I went on holiday which I keep in a mahogany box downstairs but what I'd like to share/show is the selection of funny money.

So, again some time ago when I was living in London, I spotted on Ebay some Zimbabwe dollars, in particular the $100 trillion bill. Zimbabwe had suffered an extraordinary bout of hyperinflation in the noughties and eventually the Zimbabwe dollar was abandoned as worthless... Anyway, I bought a bunch of them for £10 as novelty items and gave them away, used them for snorting nawties &c &c and a few years later went back to buy some more... and discovered that in the interim the price had skyrocketed and you can now buy them for £100-200 each.

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From there, I became interested in hyperinflation and bought examples of the worst hyperinfations of modern history. Heres you can see:

Top left 20,000 and 5million mark notes from Germany c.1922/23, a 10 million billion pengo note from Hungary (1945), a new $100 trillion Zimbabwe note and on the right is a selection of Yugoslav dinars from the early 90s.

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...and then I got examples of banknotes from some of the dictators the 20th century threw up. From top left - Col. Gadhafi of Libya, Saddam Hussein, Sukarno of Indonesia, Mobuto Sese Seko of Congo, Idi Amin of Ugnada and Kim Il Sung of North Korea.

If you like that kinda thing...

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Coins. My dad got me into it.

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