What else do we collect?

[nosebone]

Outside music (which I don't really consider a collection), which includes vinyls, books, DVDs and Cds (and the odd ticket concert)?? Not much...

If your music isn't a collection, then what is it?

[ronmac]

When I was in art school, we used to collect salt and pepper shakers from any eatery we could find.

Seems most of them had the same supplier.

[trurl]

I had a hell of a DVD collection back in the day. I already had about 300 titles when my local Blockbuster added their first 14- I offered to rent them some *lol* In 2005 I was at around 1,300 titles- good stuff too, tons of really obscure stuff; foreign, Criterion and exploitation, and that was after purging about 3 or 4 hundred. I got rid of almost everything when I got married, plus the theater I watched it in *lol* We never caught up on BluRay; we still own 30 or 40 disks but we stream or rent most things. My 10 year old daughter has more movies than we do.

[nosebone]

I had a hell of a DVD collection back in the day. I already had about 300 titles when my local Blockbuster added their first 14- I offered to rent them some *lol* In 2005 I was at around 1,300 titles- good stuff too, tons of really obscure stuff; foreign, Criterion and exploitation, and that was after purging about 3 or 4 hundred. I got rid of almost everything when I got married, plus the theater I watched it in *lol* We never caught up on BluRay; we still own 30 or 40 disks but we stream or rent most things. My 10 year old daughter has more movies than we do.

I hear ya...

I've been purging most of my DVD's , only holding on to the Blurays.

[Trane]

If your music isn't a collection, then what is it?

Well, I certainly don't amass piles of music in the view of building "a collection"... it's a passion, but not a collection, IMHO
(but I guess a bystander would consider my shelves of books and music as a collection)

Though there is no written rules to have a collection, one must try to have the widest and most numerous items... I only keep what I consider the essential

[ronmac]

Well, I certainly don't amass piles of music in the view of building "a collection"...

I certainly do. In fact, it's to the point where it sometimes takes years to get around to actually listening to it. I even have albums I forgot I had.

Yes, it's a sickness.

[Trane]

I certainly do. In fact, it's to the point where it sometimes takes years to get around to actually listening to it. I even have albums I forgot I had.

Yes, it's a sickness.

In french, we have a saying... on obsessive collectioner is having une collectionite aigüe (acute collectionitis)

[nosebone]

Well, I certainly don't amass piles of music in the view of building "a collection"... it's a passion, but not a collection, IMHO
(but I guess a bystander would consider my shelves of books and music as a collection)

Though there is no written rules to have a collection, one must try to have the widest and most numerous items... I only keep what I consider the essential

I get it, your passion is to collect music that you deem essential.

[Trane]

I get it, your passion is to collect music that you deem essential.

OK, touououchééééééé

(or I'll let you have the last word)

[Gruno]

I get it, your passion is to collect music that you deem essential.

Hah! I was just about to type "So you enjoy COLLECTING music."

[JKL2000]

Hah! I was just about to type "So you enjoy COLLECTING music."

Let's put it this way: do you guys "collect" clothing, or do you have a bunch of clothing that you wear? Do you "collect" dishes, glasses, mugs, utensils, etc. or do you have a load of them that you use? I think I get what Trane means. He's not collecting for the sake of having a collection.

[Adm.Kirk]

I collect dead people. I do genealogy when I have the time. I have close to 20,000 in my extended family tree. There are two things you don't want to discuss with me: Music and family history. I can go on for hours about either subject.

Bill

[Pr33t]

I've been purging most of my DVD's , only holding on to the Blurays.

I've been thinking about doing this lately. It seems that 90% of what I own can be streamed through something I'm already subscribed to. What's been the best way to actually make a profit? Some things (like series) I looked into listing on Amazon, and they were going for about $5 when they were $40+ new. I'm assuming I'll just have to take what I can get...

[Pr33t]

I certainly do. In fact, it's to the point where it sometimes takes years to get around to actually listening to it. I even have albums I forgot I had.

I've still got some CDs in shrinkwrap that have been sitting there for 10+ years One of these days I'll get around to listening to them. Maybe. I have a exponentially expanding vinyl collection now, so I'll probably force myself to purge things the next time I move (which I've been saying every time I move for the last 10 years), just to make it manageable.

[trurl]

I've been thinking about doing this lately. It seems that 90% of what I own can be streamed through something I'm already subscribed to. What's been the best way to actually make a profit? Some things (like series) I looked into listing on Amazon, and they were going for about $5 when they were $40+ new. I'm assuming I'll just have to take what I can get...

I took a huge hit on most of my stuff... it's the nature of the beast. Even some things I had that were highly collectable at one point- like, I could have asked $400 for my Criterion This Is Spinal Tap- were rendered basically worthless by reissues. I had a lot of numbered Anchor Bay sets that turned out to be not worth much. OTOH, 1,000 disks averaging out at 5 to 10 bucks a piece (which is what I got then) still adds up. It's more than they are worth on a shelf!

[Gruno]

Let's put it this way: do you guys "collect" clothing, or do you have a bunch of clothing that you wear? Do you "collect" dishes, glasses, mugs, utensils, etc. or do you have a load of them that you use? I think I get what Trane means. He's not collecting for the sake of having a collection.

I understood what he meant. Of the things you listed, those are loosely considered necessities. I use the term loosely because one can argue that you can eat with your hands and do not need utensils , etc.

One does not need music. Some people do not buy music; they are content with the car radio if they choose to listen to music. The fact is, Trane has a music collection. You can label it however you would like -- it is still a collection.

[Yanks2014]

I understood what he meant. Of the things you listed, those are loosely considered necessities. I use the term loosely because one can argue that you can eat with your hands and do not need utensils , etc.

One does not need music. Some people do not buy music; they are content with the car radio if they choose to listen to music. The fact is, Trane has a music collection. You can label it however you would like -- it is still a collection.

It totally is a collection. However many things people collect are just for the sake of having. Do I buy music just so I can complete an artist's catalog, or do I just buy what I want to listen to and enjoy? No. If I really don't like an album, I get rid of it. I had all of Genesis, but realized I got no enjoyment out of Calling All Stations, so I gave that one away. The Genesis catalog in my collection is incomplete, and it doesn't bother me a bit.

[Trane]

Let's put it this way: do you guys "collect" clothing, or do you have a bunch of clothing that you wear? Do you "collect" dishes, glasses, mugs, utensils, etc. or do you have a load of them that you use? I think I get what Trane means. He's not collecting for the sake of having a collection.

Thanks for the defence (the check's in the mail )

I'd even say that I'm not buying up lmusic to build a collection

Though some may see the results as a collection (and I suppose it is, in some ways)

[Progmatic]

I collect dead people. I do genealogy when I have the time. I have close to 20,000 in my extended family tree. There are two things you don't want to discuss with me: Music and family history. I can go on for hours about either subject.

Bill

I guess, by now we must be family

[JKL2000]

I understood what he meant. Of the things you listed, those are loosely considered necessities. I use the term loosely because one can argue that you can eat with your hands and do not need utensils , etc.

One does not need music. Some people do not buy music; they are content with the car radio if they choose to listen to music. The fact is, Trane has a music collection. You can label it however you would like -- it is still a collection.

What if it turns out that all he has is 1000 copies of the CD of "Monkey Business" by Black Eyed Peas. Is it still a "music collection?"

Another example: I have a lot of photos of my family, but I wouldn't say I'm a "collector" of photos of my family.

[trurl]

I felt like my DVD collection was a "collection" because I:

A) had more than most people felt was reasonable
B) spent money I didn't have on it
C) took pride in having titles no one had ever heard of, or cared about
D) had disks I had never actually got around to watching
E) had more disks than I could theoretically ever watch
F) enjoyed that people assumed it was all a symptom of a more serious mental problem

I think these are key ingredients of a collection (of course this is an interactive collection, for a typical passive collection like action figure substitute things like "are still in original packaging on a shelf where no one will try and look at it")

[Gruno]

What if it turns out that all he has is 1000 copies of the CD of "Monkey Business" by Black Eyed Peas. Is it still a "music collection?"

Of course it is.

Another example: I have a lot of photos of my family, but I wouldn't say I'm a "collector" of photos of my family.

Seriously?

A common term used is "collection of family photos".

[Trane]

I'll try this on my music and reading

I felt like my DVD collection was a "collection" because I:

A) had more than most people felt was reasonable
B) spent money I didn't have on it
C) took pride in having titles no one had ever heard of, or cared about
D) had disks I had never actually got around to watching
E) had more disks than I could theoretically ever watch
F) enjoyed that people assumed it was all a symptom of a more serious mental problem

I think these are key ingredients of a collection

I only checked C... though saying I'm proud of having all three NeBeLNeST albums or some Enfin Libre book for ex) might be over-stating it

Seriously?

A common term used is "collection of family photos".

That's preposterous

[Gruno]

That's preposterous

Do a Google search for "collection of family photos".

[nosebone]

This is getting crazy..,

col·lec·tion (k-lkshn)
n.
1. The act or process of collecting.
2. A group of objects or works to be seen, studied, or kept together.
3. A line of products produced for one season, as those developed by a designer: promoted the summer collection in the store window.
4. An accumulation; a deposit: a collection of dust on the piano.
5.