Article: Our stuff burying us alive: The mountains of garbage we call "collections"

Worth a read! http://www.salon.com/2015/11/08/our_...l_collections/

That was good social commentary on American Pickers.

Collections can really take over a home. Some people have entire rooms devoted to them. When I was younger I got into collecting various things but they are all gone now except for my small hummel collection. They are in a small curio cabinet so I don't need to dust them often so really not taking up much space. I would gladly sell them if I could get a decent price. I still may if I ever decide to downsize once again as I age. I do like antique furniture not dining sets, end tables, hutches, etc because they were well made & will last for hundreds of years. I don't like the chairs/couches because they are uncomfortable.

The urge to collect is an interesting one.

When I was a little kid I collected stickers to fill up a book of dinosaur pictures. I got all but one sticker. After buying a dozen packs of stickers I realized that one sticker I needed was the rarest of all and probably all the other people collecting them were trying to get that one last sticker. So I gave up. Not worth my tiny allowance. haha

I think I tried to throw it away some time later. But I suspect my mom still has it somewhere in her hoard.

I found the passage about how we "non-hoarders" just don't see all our trash because we throw it away rather than collect it to be an insightful commentary.

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Originally Posted by pinkytoe

I found the passage about how we "non-hoarders" just don't see all our trash because we throw it away rather than collect it to be an insightful commentary.

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Yes, very good point. That really gets me thinking...

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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry

Collections can really take over a home. Some people have entire rooms devoted to them. When I was younger I got into collecting various things but they are all gone now except for my small hummel collection. They are in a small curio cabinet so I don't need to dust them often so really not taking up much space. I would gladly sell them if I could get a decent price. I still may if I ever decide to downsize once again as I age. I do like antique furniture not dining sets, end tables, hutches, etc because they were well made & will last for hundreds of years. I don't like the chairs/couches because they are uncomfortable.

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I went to college with a Hummel grand-daughter. She didn't own any of them. I always found that interesting.

I have a few small collections of different things. Each group gets displayed for awhile, then put away and replaced with something different so I can enjoy each on its own.

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Originally Posted by pony mom

I have a few small collections of different things. Each group gets displayed for awhile, then put away and replaced with something different so I can enjoy each on its own.

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Doesn't sound like hoarding to me.

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Originally Posted by Float On

I went to college with a Hummel grand-daughter. She didn't own any of them. I always found that interesting.

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I would think that would be similar to others I have known. For instance, the family that is connected to the creator of the Beverly Hillbillies and had them advertise for him, has the stuff they have in the family museum/historic home.
She probably can visit it anytime she wants, pretty easily. (seen it with Truman's, and others)