If there is one thing we humans love doing, it’s collecting. Coins, seashells, stamps, baseball cards, vintage artwork — you name it, we hoard it. Some people see it as a hobby, while others build rooms or create special places in their homes to showcase their fascination with accumulating objects they’re interested in. But there’s a whole other category of people who undertake the challenge of finding the rarest and most extraordinary items from every corner of the world.
Collectors of the most random objects have stockpiled impressive quantities of things they’re obsessed with and shared pictures of their discoveries with everyone on the internet. We at Bored Panda have scoured the web to bring you a list of sometimes whimsical, sometimes slightly creepy, but nonetheless captivating collections that might inspire you to start one of your own.
From shark teeth to four-leaf clovers to tiny balls from pen ink cartridges, continue scrolling to check out these interesting displays. Be sure to hit upvote on your favorite ones and let us know about the things you love to collect in the comment section below! Keep reading to also find our interview with professor and an avid collector Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. After you’re done admiring this list, take a look at Part 1 of this feature right over here.
#1 One Cup Of Sand From Every Beach And Desert I Visited Over The Past 3 Years
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#2 I Am Nearly 14 Years Old, And Have Been Collecting Succulents And Houseplants For Nearly 3 Years. Here Are My Succulents
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#3 Bentley Likes To Hide His Toy Mice Under One Specific Sofa. Here He Is With The 13 I Pulled Out Today
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#4 My Grandma Kept And Framed Her Valentine’s Cards She Got In Second Grade, Around 1924
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#5 Here Is My Vinyl Record Collection
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#6 Weird Christmas Tradition: Parents Buy Me These Bird Pens Every Year Without Fail. Here’s My Collection After About 10 Years. I’m A 26-Year-Old Male By The Way
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#7 My Collection Of More Than 200 Four Leaf Clovers
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#8 I’m A Hardcore Collector Of 70s Space Age Mod, And Pick Up Every Single Piece I Find Thrifting. Here Is My Upstairs Living Room With Some Of My Finds Over The Years
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#9 I Recently Helped My Father-In-Law Pick Out A New Telescope. Today, He Said Thanks By Gifting Me His Collection Of NASA Mission Patches He’s Been Collecting For Over 40 Years
Every manned mission from Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. I’m speechless.
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#10 Hello There, Here’s My Collection. It’s Pretty Much Finished And I’m Super Proud Of It. Hope You Like It
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#11 My Father’s Collection Of Concert Tickets
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#12 This Book Collection Sorted By Color
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#13 My Local Liquor Store Keeps A “Wall Of Shame” Of Fake Driver’s Licenses They’ve Accumulated Over The Years
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#14 Slowly Finding More Beatrix Potter 50p Coins. Found The Flopsy Bunny Coin Tonight
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#15 My Collection Of Uranium Glass That Glows Under UV Light
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#16 My Parents Have A Map Of Bills From Around The World
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#17 Everyone Who Leaves The Hospital I Was At, Leaves Their Covid Temp Check Sticker In The Same Spot
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#18 My Hometown’s Museum Has A Collection Of Objects Doctors Have Removed From Patients’ Throats And Lungs
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#19 I Collect Antique Pencil Sharpeners So My Kids Will Have Something To Throw Away When I’m Gone
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#20 I Want To Share My Nintendo Gaming Cabinet With You All
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#21 All The Shark Teeth My Grandma Found When She Was Younger That I Now Own
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#22 I’ve Been Thrifting Vintage Pyrex For The Last 10 Years. 95% Of My Collection Was $10 And Under
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#23 Started Collecting 1oz Bars Of Pure Metals: Aluminum, Titanium, Copper, Nickel, Silver, Gold
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#24 My Pen Collection 2021
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#25 My 20+ Year Collection Of Art Deco And Commemorative Cameras. Mostly Between 1930 And 1950
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#26 My Grandfather Next To His LEGO Collection He Did During The Pandemic
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#27 I Collect Old Drinking Glasses And Came Across This Beautiful Cabinet Last Week At Salvation Army. It’s Perfect
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#28 Any Love Here For Retro Collections?
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#29 My Grandma’s Collection Of 544 Different Cookie Cutters That She Has Been Expanding For 50+ Years
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#30 I Have Autism And Have Very Weird Interests. One Of My Favorite Hobbies Is Collecting Old Security Alarms
A couple of months ago a local company started saving the stuff they take out instead of throwing it away they then dropped it off for me to play with
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#31 My Little Collection Of LEGO Flowers
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#32 I Kept All Of My Old Cell Phones Throughout The Years. Decided To Display Them For Some Reason
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#33 Some Dice Appreciation After Reorganizing My Collection. I Only Want More
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#34 My Uncle Just Showed Me His Old School Star Wars Collection
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#35 Found This Vintage Powder Pigment Collection At A Thrift Store. Something About Tiny Glass Vials Are So Satisfying
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#36 I Found A Bunch Of Rocks On A Beach And Organized Them By Color
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#37 My Sister Is Collecting Banana Stickers
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#38 Here Is My Guitar/Bass Collection
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#39 Every $1 Bill I’ve Collected From Tips Over 2 Years (Roughly 1600)
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#40 7 Years Worth Of Bugs. Should Be Full By 2030. Will Update
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#41 My Fiancée Took Me To IKEA So I Would Have A Place To Display My Collection
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#42 My Completely Obsolete DVD Collection
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#43 My Aunt’s Perfume Collection
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#44 A Few Shark Teeth I Found While Diving In A River
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#45 My Typewriter Collection
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#46 My Grandparents Had The Full Coke Bottle Collection From Different Years
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#47 My Dad Kept All Glasses He’s Ever Worn Since 1964
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#48 I Have Been Keeping A Collection Of The Tiny Balls In Pen Ink Cartridges Since Middle School
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#49 Back In ‘99 I Told My Mom We Couldn’t Throw These Away. She Still Has Them 23 Years Later
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#50 My Dad’s Salt And Pepper Shaker Collection
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