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> A recent post by The Other Matthew mentions the crazy actions of a neighborhood family that get incensed over some misplaced Harry Potter trading cards as if they're something that matter. It sounds like a sitcom episode. We get stupid about our stuff, you know?
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> Anyway, i started wondering what the most collectible thing is. Of course, archaeology is a massive field devoted largely to collecting aged and ancient objects with the purpose of understanding our past.
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> Honus Wagner wasn't the greatest professional baseball player ever, but because he didn't like tobacco, he had the companies quit printed his card. 100+ years later, either 1 of the 2 known cards in existence is worth at least twice as much as the house i live in.
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> A couple questions:
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> 1) Can you think of a collecting fad more lasting than baseball cards (though i guess any sports or movie cards could be stuck into that same grouping, when compared with, say, postage stamps)?
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> 2) What's your most valued collection?
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> For me, it presently seems to be musical instruments (though i do have a drawer of old baseball cards and a stack of comic books, as well as nearly 300 CDs and countless shelves of books).
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> Mi *one Alvarez MD80 guitar, one toy guitar from a Monterrey market shop (it was a gift), one djembe, one C harmonica, one C Irish tin whistle, and one plastic soprano recorder (from my college music education class)* ke
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As bad as it may sound, I collect state quarters. It's the first thing I've ever collected in my life and I can't stop it. I now have about 20 dollars worth of state quarters. I have a can sitting next to my computer that contains just about every state quarter that I have ever laid my hand on. You think that's bad...my mom has about 50 dollars worth of state quarters.

~x~Band-"I need more quarters!!!"Aids~x~