Featured Just a small side collection I have: pens & pencils

What a lovely comment. Thank you so much x x x

 

Here it is. It looks huge, but the front of the plinth is shorter than a regular paperclip:

 

Hi,
Only had one collection that I seriously regret selling. When I was moving from my brownstone in Brooklyn to the tiny Co-Op. I had 37 Vaseline water pitchers. They took up so much room. 25 of them went to one collector, the rest sold within 3 days. Even today the cost of replacing them would bankrupt anyone. The most I paid for one was 15 dollars, the cheapest one was 25 cents. My favorite was one I found in Canada and was never able to ID. It was 3 bucks and absolutely drop dead gorgeous.
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Thank you so much for showing me. I love it.

So much detail,in something so small! It looks really tactile. Imagine all the hands that have held it!

 

I might have a few (hundred) perfume bottles hunkered down in 4 cabinets around the house.

 

Hehehehe....I have so many stash places, I forget them all xx

And still I go to booties every weekend and add to my stuffs :O

 

They are not stashed really but in plain & beautiful view. I get to look at them every day & they never fail to make me smile.

As far as hiding them from the DH that would be hopelessly futile as he has been an eyewitness as the collection grew from a few scattered bottles to its present state. I often hear "that is just what we need another damn perfume bottle" always said with a smile. I just reply that yes as a matter of fact I did need another one.

 

I have stashed,and I also have *on display* which is a rather grand way of saying my stuff is everywhere.
I have Sindy collector friends natch, and their stuff is lovely & tidy. One dolly on a mantel..one or two delicately displayed with stands...a free standing glassed cabinet maybe with one year per shelf. Then you get Me.


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The above pic is actually one of my tidiest I have worse that are too bad to take pics of.
They prop each other up and if one moves then there is a domino effect.


I don't *hide* anything per se, I just feel a bit sorry for the man sometimes and make an effort to tidy away bit but alas! My stash places have stash in them already

 

Thanks! I have saved the link, and also Davey’s suggestion as there are always wood pencils around!

 

A look through this thread will give you some idea of the company your are in on this forum.

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/hoarder-or-storer.1284/



I am happy to say my office is in a much better state than is shown in my photos. The garage while better still has a long way to go.

 

I spent the last few weeks(!) clearing the top of my desk. I wish I had taken a picture before I started. Full of jewellery, beads and findings, snuff bottles, silver trinket/pill boxes, Sumatran silver betel boxes, Zuni fetishes. Anyway, all of the stuff one can't do without. And the things I found!
Somewhere in between is just enough space for my laptop.

 

I don't collect any one thing. I just collect whatever strikes my fancy. The closest to my type of collecting I've seen is the Edward Gorey house. Funky stuff on windowsills and bureau tops.

 

I have never heard of that so I'm going to take a look!

 

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Somewhere in between is just enough space for my laptop.[/QUOTE]

hahah my laptop situation is a delicate balancing act and I understand completely

 

Now that was a revelation! I have floor in various parts poking through soooo...I am not a Hoarder but a Storer!

 

I think I am safe as well.
The things we say to fool ourselves.

 

heheh am giggling here...I love stuff. I cannot help it.
I blame my father, he also has a house full of stuff. However,none of my kids seem to have inherited my compulsion...maybe I put them off