I Have Collected A Lot of Things
Throughout my childhood and into my youth I collected many things. I think this started with my rock collection. I used egg cartons to keep them separate, and with my mom’s help, had each rock type labeled. As I got older I began collecting a variety of other things from stamps, coins, collecting cards, magic tricks, etc. My stamp collection is interesting because I don’t think I really had all that much interest in stamps. My grandparents, however, would save stamps from all of their world travels, some new and some used, and give them all to me. I actually have a large book full of various stamps. Hmmm, I wonder if I could get some good money on ebay.
Coin collecting was quite cool. My grandmother on the other side provided me with all sorts of coin collecting supplies that organized everything so I knew which coins I still needed. I still have a plaque that has all the coins from my birth year that she gave me when I was baptized.
Looking back, my collection of Garbage Pail Kids cards is a bit funny, but they are probably the most valuable collection I have. Go figure. My mom used pack of these cards as rewards for doing good or helping her around the house.
My sport card collection consists of basketball and football cards. By the time I began collecting these, the market was saturated with sports cards, so my collection doesn’t have much value.