Collectable invite

[Mattern]

I invite you to post your other collectables on my thread. Kim. It is human nature to collect things. My Father was an Auctioneer and Antique dealer. So I learned from an early age to collect things. And I have many collections. Of course Artifacts were first. I once asked my dad, "what are the best things to collect". He said "The ultimate throw away." Anything that people get but never save. I started saving TV guides, my early ones from the 50 and 60 are very valuable now. My 2nd collection were electric race cars. Dad bought me a HO race track in the Midd. 60s. I now have over 80 cars.

Geodes.

Red Cross pins.

Agate Ware

My 59 issues of the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology series books. Very valuable and what a great resource.
Please add you own Collectables. Thanks Kim

[Ron Kelley]

A Few of my Oil Lamps:







The one that I am burning is a reproduction lamp.

[Mattern]

Very nice Ron thanks for your addition. K

[Owen70]

Love the collections Mattern and Ron. Extraordinary!
I always been fascinated with why people collect and I understand there are a hundred opinions as to why they do.
I appreciate the discipline and determination it takes to put together a collection, over decades many times.
Im more on the order of a hoarder. Collect a little of a lot of things. Nothing of huge value.

[CMD]

I have the collector’s mentality. You collect something you like, buy a nice specimen, and sooner or later it’s time to feed the hunger for the next piece. I do believe every collector understands this, regardless of the object collected.


As a young child, I collected American coins(tried to fill that dime case!), ancient Roman coins(bought with my allowance money), and stamps. One day, needed a little cash, sold the entire ancient coin collection for a song and a dance. Dumb, dumb kid!

Fossils started early, no later than 10 years of age. First arrowhead about the same age. As an adult, the three main collectibles have been fossils, esp. trilobites, artifacts, esp. personal finds, and meteorites.

Now, as a retired adult, still curate collections of artifacts, meteorites, and trilobites. But, no collecting with the wallet anymore, lol. Well, once in a blue moon.

Now, here’s the thing where me and collectibles go. It’s all about deep time. Artifacts= deep time of man. Fossils=deep time of life on Earth. Meteorites=deep time of our solar system. Meteorites will always be the oldest matter we can ever hold.

Some trilobites from my collection…

Cambrian, Morocco:


Devonian, Oklahoma…


Cambrian, Nevada….







Head shield(cephalon) of Badulesia tenera, Middle Cambrian, RI. Personal find….



Some meteorites…..

Sikhote alin, the best known shower of a nickel-iron meteorite, fell in Siberia in 1947…..




Allende, a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell in Mexico in 1969. Note the small white patches. That is matter left over from a super nova, occurring before our solar system formed, and which became incorporated in the earliest forms of matter coalescing out of our solar nebula some 4.5+ billion years ago. They are known as CAI’s, Calcium-Aluminum Inclusions. This was the centerpiece of my meteorite collection. Sold to a close friend last year, after I owned it for 40 years. Truth is, if this were for sale today, I could never afford it. But my friend could!



Meteorites, three Sikhote-alin in foreground….




One can also own pieces of the moon and Mars, blasted off those planetary bodies by ancient impacts, and arriving on Earth as lunar and Martian meteorites…..

[JoshinMO]

Love The Cars, see a 50s gasser up front. Actually I like a few old Toys or new like old to remind Me of My Youth. On bottom is a RC like I started racing early 90s and My Dad would take Me to do stuff like that. Manchild I dont know, if The stuff was cool 30 something years ago It never had to stop ha. Also a Bike I did up last week or 2 which I also have few of.

[Mattern]

Great Joshin. Thank you. K

[LongStride]

VW stuff

[Mattern]

Big toys! I like the totem pole in the background. K

[LongStride]

Motorcycle things

[Mattern]

Thanks LS. Nice bikes. Pictures tell the story. K

[JoshinMO]

Those are some Great photos, especially The old ones.

[LongStride]

All of the bikes I have restored and own , all are 50 years old or older, except the white montesa that I've owned since new, 40 years old now and several restorations, I'm retired from competition and am enjoying being a spectacular now , the last pic of the red bike in the snow is my regular ride here at home, it's 52 years old and is still a great trail bike

[oldrocks2]

I collect way too many things. Just a brief view.
Trilobites 50+
Ammonites 30+
Shark Teeth 40+
Jasper Slabs 25+
Old Holsters 1800s
plus many other things, way too many.

[Mattern]

I too collect many things to numerous to mention Oldrocks.

[Tam]

This was wonderful . I have some very old books and collectibles at home . I just found a Vintage Orange Nehi etched pop bottle .
it’s all dirt now .
Waynes brother bought 5 acres down from our cabin . I found an entire jar of chips I gave him…it’s his place . But wow new hunting ground . Trying to post it .

[Mattern]

Great Tam, I hope you make a killing on the new turf. K

[Dmaver]

I love antiques, especially old west outlaws and lawmen. I was a Deputy Sheriff for years, so I think the old school lawmen intrigue me. I am a member of the Wild West History Association and have visited a ton of old west sites that I find historically significant.
I have a lot of original items relating to John Wesley Hardin that I spent WAY too much time (and money) searching for! I brought a few to Antiques Roadshow in Palm Springs and was on the show… I have a large collection, including old badges and ephemera that I’ll display proudly in my next house.

Finding Megalodon and great white, among a ton of others, sharks teeth is super fun and addictive, too. I love OLD stuff! This is a very small sampling (above) of what I’ve found.

But, there is something about finding these old stone tools that haven’t beet handled by humans in hundreds or thousands of years that is special, a feeling I can’t describe. I can’t wait to go out and search for more.

[LongStride]

The card shot and signed by Harding , bad ass !

[Dmaver]

I think it’s awesome! Thanks!

[Owen70]

Love the Hardin card!

[Mattern]

Great collections D. Thanks for posting. K

[LongStride]

Love seeing y'all's collections, what attracts us to certain things I s part of who we are, we all share the love of artifacts, and all have our story of what that means to us, thanks Kim for this thread, will post up some more of the odd things that make me me collection soon