40 Craziest Things People Collect

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Rubber Duckies.

Valli Hammer’s rubber duck collection features 2,450 rubber duckies – no two of which are alike. Quacks me up.

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Joker Cards.

Tony De Santis is an Italian magician who owns the world’s largest collection of Joker playing cards. He has 8,520. That collection is no joke! He could be a fucking Batman villain.

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Banana Stickers.

Here’s an a-peel-ing collection: Becky Martz has accumulated over 7,000 unique banana stickers.

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Chicken Knick-Knacks.

Joann and Cecil Dixon of Elkhart County have spent forty years amassing 6,505 chicken-related items. These include chicken fridge magnets, ornaments and welcome mats. Clucking hardcore, these two.

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Milk Bottles.

Got milk? Thirty-three-year-old former milkman Paul Luke sure has! He’s been collecting milk bottles since he was nine and now has over 10,000 bottles. Wait, so this guy became a milkman after developing a childhood obsession with milk bottles? Someone needs to introduce this dude to beer.

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Love Dolls.

Bob Gibbons is one lucky dude. He shares his home with 241 women! Sure, 240 of them are love dolls, but his human partner Lizzie doesn’t seem to mind. This whacky couple say they like dressing the dolls up and even take them on shopping trips.

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‘Do Not Disturb’ Signs

Jean-François Vernetti’s collection of Do Not Disturb hotel signs is 11,111 strong. He’s an avid traveller and has pinched the signs from many different hotels around the world. In case you’re wondering, he really hates being disturbed.

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Genital Plaster Casts.

Making plaster casts of one’s genitals began in the 1960s. A woman named Cynthia Albritton boasts the largest collection of famous plaster dongs. She would travel to different hotel to make plaster casts of various rock stars’ erections. (I wonder if she has Bono’s boner?)

Her collection was so impressive that there was talk of having her inducted into the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame. KISS even wrote a song about her.

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Nazi Memorabilia.

Nazi Germany made an enormous amount of wartime paraphernalia. There’s all sorts of swastika-emblazoned crap out there, including armbands, pins and ceremonial daggers.

This stuff appeals to neo-Nazis, history buffs and antique collectors, and collecting it borders on fetishism in some circles. EBay prohibits users from selling Nazi memorabilia. However, for many, the taboo is part of the appeal.

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Celebrity Underwear

Having trouble finding that perfect Father’s Day gift? Why not spring for a pair of used panties from your dear old papa’s favourite celebrity? Just fire up EBay, where you’ll find underwear once belonging to almost any celebrity you can think of – from Katie Perry to, um, Betty White.

Unfortunately, you may be looking at laying down thousands of dollars if you hope to outbid some of the hardcore collectors out there, but, hey, the successful bidder gets a certificate of authentication. You’ll be the envy of all your weirdo friends.

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