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Message:: [QUOTE="Chinoiserie, post: 10237502, member: 79460"]I have collected things since early childhood. I think the first collection was keys. My gran had hoards of things stored in jars and old boxes in her house and she used to let me sort through them. This is where the collection started. It then built through childhood and snow balled to around several hundred. It was an obsession until I was around 15 and then one day I just threw them all in the bin ceremoniously. I still regret this as there were a lot if small, probably antique keys in the collection from cabinets, clocks and all sorts. I did however keep a set of five large keys on a key ring which look like they should fit a church or chateau perhaps. Along the way I have also collected coins and stamps. I think maybe it's bourne from an obsession with things that come in sets that you can categorise and index. Put in order. An outlet for underlying OCD perhaps. About 20 years ago I decided to start collecting silver snuff boxes and gave up after buying one, on the grounds of expense. Nowadays I have a few mini collections on the go. I have a cloisonne shelf and some oriental items on the chest of drawers in my bedroom. I have to tell myself off for daring to consider starting any other collections though.[/QUOTE]