This is a just for fun question. I used to collect firearms. Now I generally just collect really good quotes (and secretly I collect good recipes too). I know some folks collect guitars, antique tools and even beer cans.
I KNOW anyone on the PB collects books.
Just wondering if any of you have unusual collections?

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Richard H. King
Providence PCA
Lubbock, Texas
You know what my main problem is? I start things but rarely finish anyth...

Sentimental trinkets that remind me of my wife.

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Adam B., Wine Country, California, PCA

"I fear not to hold with Junius, de Politia Mosis cap. 6, that he who was punishable by death under that Judicial law, is punishable by death still; and he who was not punished by death then, is not to be punished by death now."

Communion tokens

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Thomas Yeutter,
Mason, MI
Member St. Patrick's Anglican Church, Comstock, MI

Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach its statues in Isreal.

Books and tobacco pipes.

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Mike Mariotti
Husband and Father
Kaleo Fellowship
San Diego, Ca

www.kaleochurch.com

Plants that eat animals and SciFi novels.

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Tim Vaughan
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian, OPC,
Santa Maria
California

Books, especially Jewish Religious Texts(Seforim).

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Jacob Peters
Layman
URC
Toronto
Canada

Fossils and rocks. Almost anything to do with Dr Who (especially the classic series before its modern revival).

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Paul Garner
Member, Soham Baptist Church
Researcher and Lecturer, Biblical Creation Ministries
Author, The New Creationism (Evangelical Press, 2009)
Blogger, The New Creationism

I used to collect unusual musical instruments, but I'm having to sell them all off now!

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Bern
Evangelical
Kent UK

Will you tell us about some of these unusual instruments? We are all interested!

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Tim Lindsay
member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, Halifax, NS, Canada
Living in Cape Town, South Africa
"under the Southern Cross, at the foot of Table Mountain, not far from the Cape of Good Hope"

They might not be considered unusual to you guys... but in England not many people play them. I used to be a session guitarist a long time ago, so guitar is my primary instrument, but I've also owned mandolins, greek mandolini's, harmonica, theremin, various african and asian drums, irish whistles etc... my latest one was going to be a hurdy gurdy, but before I could do that I got marrieed... lol say no more! Now I'm in the process of selling them all off in order to be more financially secure

I collect old, now defunct electronic devices. Then I salvage components from them for my projects.

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

Fun queston. I collect anything Swedish and ruby red depression glass. Love the Ikea store.
Carol

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Carol
Plant City, Florida


That I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.
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Books by John Buchan. I have almost everything in a good readable, and a large collection of the various "Firsts" (i.e !st Canadian, Ist American, etc).

First editions of books by "intersting" political leaders. (everyone from JFK to Trotsky)

Signed editions of 19th & 20th century reformed authors. (have a couple of nice Spurgeons.)

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Kevin Rogers
Sovereign Community Church, PCA
Moncton NB

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Nathan Tyler
Reformed Baptist
University of Toronto (Student: Hons. B.A. in Philosophy)
Ontario, Canada

1689'er

http://nathantyler.wordpress.com

Theology books and an ol' U.S. Stamp collection that I haven't had out in years.

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Jim
1689 LBCF
Independent Bible Church
North Texas, USA

I collect moss.

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Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
Pastor - Providence Family Fellowship / Mobile, Alabama
1644/46 LBC
My Blog - Imprimis

Sports cars: Ferrari, Mcclaren, Porsche.... Just kidding.

I'm with brother Jim on theology books. And glass bottles, specifically Bundaburgs. Ginger beers, root beers, and lemon lime. It started because I wanted to set aside the glass bottles from regular trash for recycling. Never got to throwing them out. Haha!

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Ewen
1689 LBCF
Assemblies of God Bible College
Singapore

I like to collect Lake Superior Agates. Usually can find them taking a stroll down a dirt road or along Lake Superior.

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Steven J. Carr (Sven)
http://beholdingthebeauty.blogspot.com/
Eagan, MN
PCA
"Weak is the effort of my heart / And cold my warmest thought / But when I see thee as thou art / I'll praise thee as I ought."--John Newton
Trophy Wife/Arm Candy: Crystal Ann Children: Steven Jr. and Hannah Grace

Wow! I thought those were hard to identify? Do you polish them up? Do you have pictures? Please post some if you do!

I'd also like to see some agates and fossils. I found some fossil shark's teeth not far from my house, but they were on a commercial site and I was only invited there once. I'd love to find a place where I could do more hunting.

That is really great!

I collect post cards. My grandparents used to travel a lot so I have some of their post cards from the 30-60s. Of course, I have post cards from my own travels too.

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Patricia
Communicant Member
Westminster Presbyterian Church, PCA
College Station, TX

Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge.
David Brainerd

Pocket knives; made in the U.S.A. pre 1970.

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Alan Hughes
PCA
Lake Zurich, Illinois

If you think I'm a Hyper-Calvinist, God planned that thought before the foundation of the Earth. If you try to tell me that God only planned some things and not all things, then your problem is with God not me.

Used to collect antique woodworking tools, especially wooden hand planes. Sold about half of them off to pay for part of seminary back in the mid-90s. Might start collecting again as I'm finding time to get back into building stuff. Prices sure have risen though since I bought most of mine in the late 70's.

All my book buying is conveniently sublimated into purchases on behalf of the Historical Center--most any published work on most any aspect covering American Presbyterianism. Also have a sub-specialty on the Westminster Standards. See PCA Historical Center : Research Library holdings on the Westminster Confession & Catechisms for "da list" as it stands currently. Few additions over the last year due to curtailed contributions.

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Wayne Sparkman, Th.M.
Director, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO
Blogs: The Continuing Story and PCA History Blog

I collect theological works of the Puritans and Scottish Presbyterians, postage stamps of the 19th century, and southern postal history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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David Broyles
Greenville Presbyterian Church
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
Upstate SC

"That man hath perfect blessedness;
Who walketh not astray
In counsel of ungodly men
Nor stands in sinners' way."
Psalm 1:1,2 - The Scottish Psalmody

James Durham books as I need them for new editions, and editions of the Westminster Standards as I need them for critical text research (140 examples maybe? maybe not quite that; started collecting and working on the text in summer of 2002).

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Chris Coldwell, Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Dallas, Texas.
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Germs.

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John
Member
Christ Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.christpres.net

I informally collect Christian books and video games.

My book collection isn't very impressive right now, but one day I hope to have one of those fancy home libraries and a comfortable chair to read in. Having previously been an occultist, I did also have a number of occult books, but had them disposed of. Right now I am looking at getting some Puritan and Reformed works.

I'm also somewhat of a video game and computer addict, something which I really need to work on, much to my reluctance. I mostly collect older computer games, from the late 80s through to the late 90s, especially if I can find them in a full-size box with a printed manual. Nowadays you just get a DVD case and a manual on PDF, or even none at all.

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David
Assemblies of God
Mackay, Queensland, Australia

I have 4 of them. All from the 60's

Wifie has drawn the line in the sand at any more!

Figurines of turtles, especially hand-carved from natural materials.

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Anna
Wife of Tim/Marrow Man
Louisville, KY
Member of Midlane Park Presbyterian (Associate Reformed Presbyterian)

Where do you find books like that?

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Lee Dodd | Twitter: @LeeDodd
Layperson - FBC Daisetta
Dayton, TX

"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work." - John 9:4

I collect books, of course, and tea cups. You wanted unusual though. I have all my kids baby teeth in a jar, all that weren't lost or swallowed. I don't know why I keep them.

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Traci
Lynnwood OPC
"I have taken all my good deeds, and all my bad deeds, and cast them through each other in a heap before the Lord, and fled from both, and betaken myself to the Lord Jesus Christ, and in him I have sweet peace."--David Dickson

I used to collect comic books as a kid and even through my early adult years. I am not selling said collection on eBay.

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Carl Gobelman
Long Grove Community Church (Evangelical)
Vernon Hills, IL
Blog: http://newcreationperson.wordpress.com

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come."

Books that I never read, and classical music CDs, but only the good recordings. No "50 of Bach's greatest hits by random orchestra" ones...

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Megan Meisberger
River Hills Community Church - EFCA (yes... same as charliejunfan)
Janesville, WI

Wife of matt.meisberger

<---- Naming my first son after him. My husband was saved while reading Religious Affections.

I haunt (not a typo) used bookstores. I ask older ministers if they have "any old books that they would like to sell". A few on-line. Any living author I ask in person or by mail to sign one for me.

A cool one that I "held briefly" is now in the Haddington House collection is a collection of Spugeons sermons FROM HIS OWN library, that is inscribed by his wife to a Canadian minister with a personal note & "...I know that he wanted you to have this..."

That one came out of a collection of several books of books own by a retired minister, that saved them from being discarded by the Knox Theological Coll library in the late 50's!!

So just start asking.

!!!

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In Christ's love and service

Mr. Tim Cunningham,
BMus. (Trombone Performance), University of Toronto
Dip. CS, Regent College, Vancouver
Member, First Baptist Church
Vancouver, BC
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"I once sat in darkness, and waited for the moon to rise.
I once sat in darkness, and waited for the sun to shine.
I once sat in darkness, when all the light I'd waited for was gone.
Then Jesus came, and now the only true light, ever, shines in me."
– John Deacon -

I collect old video games and game systems. Atari, intellivision, colecovision, nintendo...

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David Morrow
Faith Community Church
Kansas City, MO
http://presupposetheism.blogspot.com

Anything Dallas Cowboys. my collection of Cowboys memorabilia runs the gamut.

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Andrew S.
Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Abilene,TX

I collected stamps years ago, only because my uncle would send me the collection sets..

He collected postmarks..and when he died all of his were donated here..

PMCC Museum

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Bobbi Clark
Covenant Member
Pinewood Pres. (PCA) Middleburg

When I kept Silent, My bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3

Dust.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Dad
Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCGA
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