Almost all do something for the soul in my spare time.Today, we can safely say that collecting is the most popular hobbies in the world.More than 20% of the world population that gathers a collection.
Psychologists believe that a person begins to gather a collection after it could not carry out his wishes in real life.
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collectors in Russia - 37%.As the long-term studies - women are less prone to collecting.Therefore male collectors are much more than women.Most collectors of 50. In Russia this age group are 40% of collectors.
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most popular type of collectibles in the world is collecting coins - numismatics.At the same time, in Russia every fifth collector - numismatist.
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But once popular stamp collecting attracted only 4% of collectors.Initially, stamp collecting hobby was called philately not and Marcomanni.
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very first collection described in the scientific work, belonged to Aristotle.Aristotle was an avid collector, collected and described a large number of plants from many countries.The main supplier of its collection was Alexander the Great.
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first lot sold at the auction site eBay, has become a broken laser pointer.Its price was $ 14.83.To the surprise of the creator of the auction, the buyer of this thing became a collector of broken laser pointers.
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Experts believe that a full collection can be named: stamp collection - no less than 10,000 pieces;collection of books - not less than 1,000 copies;Coin collection - not less than 1,000.In addition, the collection must contain at least 1-2% of rarities.
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most expensive and valuable collection - a collection of patents, it costs simply can not be estimated even approximately.The collection consists of four thousand patents.It belonged to Thomas Edison - the world-famous American inventor and entrepreneur.And interestingly, all his inventions.
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most expensive private collection sold at auction, was worth 207.4 million. Dollars.It was collected works of art.
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biggest in size collection - a collection of trams, this collection is as Leningrad and Moscow trams.The owner is a resident of Philadelphia, but his name no one knows.With this collection related a story ...
In the 60s the collector wanted to fill up the collection and sent a letter to the USSR of the request to send him Russian tram.According to some reports, in this letter even stated that the collector has a Russian tram in 1911, but like the modern collector at the time model.After the meeting, a decision was made and sent to a collector ... 2 tram: Moscow and Leningrad ยป
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largest collection of miniature things in the former Soviet Union and belongs to Yerevan master Eduard Ghazarian.This is a huge set of thumbnails, to look at that is possible only through a special magnifying glass strong.His collection, he began with a miniature violin size of 15 millimeters, which has made itself.Then fashioned locomotive composition which passes freely through the eye of a needle ....
With one of his masterpieces wonderful story: "In human hair, the usual, the master piece of diamond wrote," Workers of all countries, unite! ".But the Germans, who consider themselves the recognized masters for the production of small things, of course did not believe.And in the German newspapers published a refutation of this fact.And then the master pulled out of your head of hair, wrote on it, "Hello German people" and sent to Berlin. "
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One of the most complete and expensive is considered to be a collection of playing cards collected D.P.Ivkovym General (1849-1912).It has more than 2000 decks!Currently, the collection is stored in the Hermitage.
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most unique of its kind is a collection of white elephants.It is known that in 1767 the King of Burma was begun a war against Siam only because His Majesty the priceless collection of white elephants and the King of Siam wanted to get her personal use.
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world's largest collection of coasters for beer mugs belong to residents of Vienna Piskeru Leo, in his collection of 140 thousand. Stands from 155 countries of the world.It should be noted that Leo does not like beer or drink.
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American John Reznikov for decades gathered the largest collection of hair in the world.Thousands of locks and curls are on his shelves.At an auction in London, he bought a lock of King Charles I of 9000 marks a piece of beard Henry IV 2800 brands and a lock of Napoleon for 750 marks.Also in his collection includes hair Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe.
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American collector Stuart Himmelfarb celebrates birthday of its exhibits.On this occasion, the guests come in all white, and the owner takes the only white dishes: rice, cheese, potatoes, pasta, ice cream and coconut juice.Why does everything have to be so?Because American collects ... snowballs.
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collector from San Francisco to collect items whose form or shape like a smile.He had 600 all kinds of buttons, pens, watches, cups, balloons made of different materials, etc.These things make his life better and more fun.
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One Brazilian captain collects all the noise waves of oceans and seas, where he had visited.He writes and noise passing ships operating ports, etc.
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President Putin collects stamps with images of outstanding people.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a fan of all-terrain vehicles "Hammer" in his collection of about 90 cars and a tank.
John Travolta collects planes.He has even the Boeing 707, which John manages himself.
Elizabeth Taylor collecting jewelry with precious stones - diamonds, rubies and emeralds.Just a collection of over 300 items, the total amount of which is estimated at $ 30 million.
Madonna collect Picasso.
Barbra Streisand collects furniture 30s.
Demi Moore collects dolls.Her collection consists of more than a thousand copies
Sir Elton John - keen collector.He collects paintings, old photographs, but the most famous without doubt, is its collection points.It has more than two thousand copies, as the classic models, and very extravagant.
Tom Hanks collects antique typewriters.
Sean Connor gathered a huge collection of kilts - Scottish fighting skirts.
Liv Tyler - a magnificent collection of underwear.
Rod Stewart collects model trains
Quentin Tarantino - is interested in collecting board games.Very nice hobby and even to the same his whole collection organized by genre.His favorite games are the Dawn of the Dead and the universe.
Reese Witherspoon collecting antique linens.
Nicole Kidman collects ancient Jewish coins.
Angelina Jolie 12 years old collects knives.Her son Maddox, also became interested in my mother's hobby.
Composer Vladimir Shainskiy collects turtles, seashells, starfish and other inhabitants of the deep sea.Moreover, all these trophies composer himself had procured from the seabed, where he was able to visit.
many years does not change his passion Valdis Pelsh.His collection of military helmets (among which there is even a leather helmet of the German 19th-century ceremonial helmet officer in Napoleon's army) would be the envy of any museum.
famous for its collection of weapons, Valery Meladze.In his office more than a dozen daggers.
Thanks to the fans there a collection of swords and sabers Oleg Gazmanov.
Alexander Rosenbaum weapons is not limited.In his home arsenal not only daggers and swords, and other military equipment.
Singer Irina Otieva collects figurines of pigs.Asked why pigs, Irina jokingly replies that if gather "disgusting" at home, in the world it will be less.
Alexander Shirvindt heavy smoker for many years collecting pipes
Tatyana Bulanov was burning collector hippos.Her passion has gone so far that Tatiana has scared the living hippo get a gift and decided to quit.
Writer Alexandra Marinina collecting rare Christmas bells - clay, crystal, porcelain, metal.
Dibrov collects guitars.
Leonid Agutin collects the package from the brandy
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