The tragic events were the impetus for collecting for this person. More than 10 years ago, the parents of John-Paul Annunziato died tragically. At that time, the guy decided to collect everything related to his childhood. It reminded him of his...
Collections and collectors
Collections and collectors
A collection from the 1980s forced an American to move from the bedroom to the living room
Collection of "obscene" books of the British Library
What do we know about the character of the English? One of the few national traits - Puritanism - extreme severity of views, self-restraint, including sexual. But, as is well known, many generalizations, although generally accepted, are often...
The collection of aircraft models, which was listed in the Ginness Book of Records
The 67-year-old resident of Ireland from childhood loved to watch the aircraft. Especially how they rise and fall. As a boy, he often traveled with his parents to the airport to look at it, as it seemed to him, an exciting sight.
Of course, he couldn’t...
Thousands of resident dolls collection of Singapore
Girls usually play with dolls. For boys, and even more so for men, this occupation is unusual. But no one has yet canceled exceptions from the rules. 39-year-old resident of Singapore Jiang Yang just to treat them. Perhaps this choice was partly related...
Nearly £ 135,000 for a collection of 500 deadly snakes
Sometimes people collect not quite familiar items. It seems to them that you will not surprise anyone with stamps and coins. Perhaps that is why they turn to more exotic exhibits. In this case, it all happened that way.
72-year-old resident of the UK...
A large collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures of the German psychiatrist
German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn assembled a collection of 5000 paintings, drawings and sculptures created by mentally ill patients. On the basis of many years of research related to the analysis of their work, he wrote the book "The Art of the...
Artist and collector, animating dolls
When Olga Kamenetskaya first took the brush to paint her first doll, her hands trembled non-stop. She did not even know if she could draw a straight line. The girl could spend the whole day drawing two lines of eyelash growth. But over time, everything...
Ex-military and his collection of 10,000 dolphins
Former British military after retirement turned his home into a real shrine for dolphins. He collected a collection of more than 10,000 items related to these mammals.
58-year-old Michael Kane lives in a small house with a minimal set of furniture. But...
10,000 little things from the collection of Siberian
In one of the villages on the shores of Lake Baikal, a collector lives, who got into the Book of Records of the Irkutsk Region three times. Nikolai Lupynin - the author of unusual products and collector of trifles.
In the collection of Nicholas handles...
Foxes, raccoons and crocodiles: a collection of stuffed enthusiastic Britons
The 50-year-old resident of the UK has an unusual hobby. Although Jim Carmichael himself believes that his passion is no different from others. A man collects stuffed animals and birds. His collection already has a stuffed crocodile, fox, raccoon, ermine...