5. Medical and Surgical Antiques
Laurie Slater has spent years collecting Medical and Surgical antiques. Her collection started out as a handful of items which were used for display and teaching purposes in a London based general practice.. From ob-gyn equipment to surgery and bleeding tools Laurie Slater has a collection of medical and surgical supplies that covers the wide range of medical practices.
4. Food
Who hasn’t heard of the moldy cheese sandwich that sold on eBay for $28,000 because it appeared to have the Virgin Mary on it. Yes, $28,000. There are also other food item collections out there. One guy collects chicken bones, and another collects Kentucky Fried Chicken buckets and memorabilia. From antique Coca-Cola bottles to Popsicle sticks, collections about or of food have been a popular hit for quite a few generations. You knew that someone out there would see the value in Billy’s log cabin he built in kindergarten, didn’t you.
3. Band-aids
Well the band-aid craze begins with all the fun colors and designs. From Disney to polka-dots, I have to wonder if Band-aid could foresee that these things would be used for something other than first aid. Was it a marketing genius that suggested, “hey, if we make them cool enough, people will start collections!” Probably not. But, there is an online gallery of fantastic Band-aids: http://www.funbandaid.com/ There is another guy that has been saving and collecting 75 years worth of Band-aid boxes http://www.savetz.com/bandaid/ I stopped my searching before even looking to see if anyone sought to collect the used ones. I figure that some things I would rather just not know.
2. Toilet Paper
Well there are collectors of toilet paper holders. And, there are those that look for all the pretty patterns and colors. I guess there are stranger things that have been collected than toilet paper. There is the virtual online toilet paper museum, http://www.nobodys-perfect.com/vtpm/ExhibitHall/Vintage/VintageTP.html, and there is also http://www.papertoilet.com/ And to think, some places they don’t even use toilet paper. Who knew that they were passing up such a great collectors item? to Elana Hurwitz, collecting toilet paper is a very human — even logical — thing to do, according to an article found at recorder.com. She inherited the collection originally from her grandmother and now uses the internet to keep the collection available to the world and growing every day.
1. Celebrity Hair
Well, I guess there will always be people that strive to have some little piece of their favorite celebrity, no matter what it is. Even if its hair? On eBay there is a guy selling a collection of locks of hair from 31 different historical figures. Elvis Presley, Marilyn Manson, even Mother Theresa. I can’t help but think that there must be some sort of amazing DNA archive in the making her. Then there is John Reznikoff’s collection of celebrity hair. Reznikoff holds the Guinness World Record for the “largest and most valuable collection of celebrity hair. I guess some people really do find value in the little things we sometimes take for granted.
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