Some folks collect stamps and coins. Others go for vinyl records or vintage designer clothes. And then there are those who dedicate entire rooms or neatly arranged shelves to condiments, calculators, or even vacuum cleaners.
These are not the kinds of collector’s items you come across every day, which is exactly what makes them so interesting. Below, we’ve rounded up some of the most unusual and fascinating collections shared online. Scroll down to check them out and upvote your favorites.
#1 My Ceramic Fruit Collection
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#2 80’s Boombox Collection
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#3 Military/Industrial Gas Mask Collection
My collection of WWI, II/Post WWII/Industrial issued gas masks (masks issued between 1915-1988).
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#4 I Cleaned The Closet And Discovered My Roommate’s Strange Collection. You Wouldn’t Believe How Nervous The Dog Was
I’m not even sure I’ve ever seen my roommate vacuum before.
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#5 Sharing My Ankylosaurus Collection
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#6 My Typewriter Collection
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#7 My Collection Of Vintage Mobile Phones, Ongoing Since 2006
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#8 Amazing Sharpener Collection
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#9 If You Spend A Lot Of Time In The Great Outdoors, Why Not Collect Your Own Stone Alphabet
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#10 Every Single Nintendo Game From 1985-2000
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#11 My 0-99 Run Of Illinois License Plates
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#12 About Half Of My Collection Of Old Dishes With Recipes Printed On Them
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#13 I Added The 50th Anniversary Blu-Ray To My Jaws Collection Today
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#14 Dog And Wolf Themed Collection
My collection of dog and wolf items (not including all my figurines books and other little dog items). My favorite breeds to collect are Collies, Shibas, Akitas and rare spitz breeds.
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#15 I Have Had My Corn Collection Sitting In A Closet For 25 Years. I Bought A Cabinet And Finally Put It Out
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#16 Where Can I Find Rare And Unique Heinz Sauce Packets In California?
So recently I just started this new collection of trying to collect every Heinz Sauce Packet. I’m trying to find the more rare and unique ones such as Strawberry, Honey Mustard, Barbecue Packet, Hot Taco, Salad Dressing! My most recent finds are Italian Dressing and Ranch Dressing!
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#17 All The Pointe Shoes From My Ballet Dancer Days
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#18 My Collection Of Metal Precision Spinning Tops
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#19 Any Disney Doll Collectors Here?
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#20 My Kpop Sanctuary
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#21 A (Very) Brief Look At My Breadtab Collection. I Organize Them According To The Horg.com Taxonomic System
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#22 My Miniature Toilet Seat/Sink Collection
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#23 Radioactive Kitties
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#24 My Classic Mac Collection
I own one of each of the all-in-one designs of classic Macs – from the first one in 1984 to the G4 in the top right of the photo in 2002. (I have a 52xx Performa as well, it’s just currently in pieces).
Took 5 years of collecting, and I’m out of space to display any more, but I’m super proud of how my display turned out!
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#25 I Made Life-Sized Pokemon Out Of LEGO
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#26 20 Years Of Collecting
Jigglypuff has been my favourite right from the beginning, so a fair amount of these pieces have been with me since childhood.
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#27 I Think My Board And Shelf Are Full
Time for more storage! Collector since ’97.
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#28 My Hoard Of Buttons. They Stay In Containers Under My Bed. Occasionally I Take Them Out And Play With Them. The Only Thing I Collect With No Purpose
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#29 70’s Calculator Collection
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#30 My Indiana Glass Hen On Nest Collection
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#31 I’m Absolutely Obsessed With Thrifting Vintage Towels
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#32 My Landsnail Collection
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#33 My Collection Of Pencil Stubs From 2025
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#34 My Collection Of Skate Decks For Wall Art
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#35 Anyone Else Collect Sea Glass?
I find the process of looking for it very enjoyable and mindful. It’s less about the collection than the process, but I am always jazzed for find a really interesting new color!
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#36 One Of My Smaller Collections: Paint Brush Rests
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#37 My Flashlight Collection
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#38 My Collection Of Burger Shaped Items
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#39 My Collection Of Vintage Display Tubes
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#40 Dad’s (Now My) Collection Of Microphone Cozies
My dad was in broadcasting, through the 80s and 90s he was likely responsible for the satellite connections for a ton of the live news and sports you watched on TV. He had a very impressive collection of microphone cozies detailing his career displayed prominently in his office. When he moved to a retirement home he culled the collection, these are the ones he held onto. I got them after he passed earlier this year and I just put them up on the shelf.
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#41 Our Artificial Christmas Tree (Bought 1998) Was Shedding So Many Needles We Started Collecting
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#42 I Own The Largest Muppet Collection On The West Coast And Here’s Just One Wall Of My Collection (Yes, There’s More)
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#43 Zippos I’ve Found Over The Years Of Working At A Rubbish Dump In The UK
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#44 Here’s My Whisker Collection. 300 In The Green Jar, As Impossible As That Looks
Been saving them for nearly a decade for the craft project of a lifetime.
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#45 My Burt’s Bees Collection 4 Years In The Making
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#46 Ten Years Ago When I Was 22, I Bought A Pack Of Pokémon Cards And My Girlfriend Thought They Were Cute So We Started Collecting
Now she is my wife and we have over 7,000 out of the 10,000+ currently in print. We enjoy watching movies while we organize the new cards we get into their binders.
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#47 Cool Small Things I’ve Found At The Rubbish Dump
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#48 My Collection Of Guinness World Record Books
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#49 Vintage LEGO Collection From Childhood / 1990s
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#50 Clear Retro Consoles
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#51 I Collect Jokers
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#52 Polly Pocket Collection
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#53 Here’s My Pencil Collection, I Always Ask People To Bring A Pencil Back From Their Travels
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#54 My Hawaiian Shirt Collection
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#55 Movie Ticket Stubs From Over 20 Years
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#56 Mario 64 Remains The Only Game My Parents And I Played Through And Completed 100% Together As A Family
This is the toy line I used to dream for as a kid. And now I can collect it as an adult.
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#57 Some Of My Cameras
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#58 Four Leaf Clovers
At 605 now! I’ve found ones with leaves up to 7. The other day I found 19 fours and 4 fives. I started putting them in this book and dating them in 2021.
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#59 For Collectors, A Photo Of My Gaspar Noe Collection
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#60 Behold, My Stuff. Various Things I’ve Collected Over The Years
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#61 My Figurine Collection. I Receive Them As Gifts Every Year, I Was Born On May 4th
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#62 My Collection Of Glass 1963 Split Window Corvettes. I Have 50 Colors Produced. Some Glow Under Black Light
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#63 My Collection Of Color Test Strips From Packaging. Note Some Of The Unusual Shapes And Misprints
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#64 My Swizzle Stick Collection
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#65 My Taco Bell Hat Collection
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#66 My Pokémon Collection
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#67 Finally, A Proper Way To Display My Collection
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#68 Cool 80’s Toys I’ve Collected Over The Years Of Working At A Rubbish Dump In The UK
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#69 Almost My Entire Collection Of 50 Years Of Gaming In A Single Shot
Lifetime Gamer Here. I’m pretty excited that I can finally get all my great gaming goodness out of storage and start unpacking it. 5 Decades of my personal collection in a single shot. 50 Years Of Gaming, if anyone is interested.
Just more backstory. My kids have moved out and gone to college. I now have a spare room to make a gaming room. I moved everything out of storage and put it in my living room so I can sort it all out and get everything organized in my new gaming room. I even have a YouTube channel called “50 Years Of Gaming” if you want to see an up-close, quick video.
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