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154 Examples of Collectibles

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Collectibles are things that people collect. People commonly collect things they find interesting, inspiring or beautiful. This serves a function in preserving the past and cultivating an appreciation of things. It is also common for people to collect things out of a sense of nostalgia for the past whereby the past is gone but one almost feels as if we can reach out and touch it. The following are common examples of collectibles.
Action Figures
Animation Cel
Architectural Ornamentation (e.g. weathervanes)
Arrowheads
Art
Ashtrays
Autographs
Balls (e.g. golf balls)
Bells
Belt Buckles
Bicycles
Bookends
Bookmarks
Books
Bottle Caps
Bottles
Boxes
Brochures
Buttons
Cameras
Candlesticks
Canes
Cars
Carvings
Chandeliers
Clocks
Clothes Hangers
Coasters
Coins
Collectible Card Games
Comic Books
Commemorative Items
Compasses
Corkscrews
Crafts
Cultural Items
Decanters
Digital Collectibles
Dinosaur Bones
Dollhouses
Dolls
Doorstops
Electric Lights
Ephemera
Erasers
Fans
Figurines
Film Memorabilia
Fishing Lures
Folk Art
Fossils
Fountain Pens
Fridge Magnets
Furniture
Garden Statues
Glasses / Sunglasses
Glassware
Guitar Picks
Handbags
Hats
Helmets
Historical Documents
Household Silver
Humidors
Interior Decorations (e.g. wallpaper)
Jewelry
Jewels & Precious Stones
Key Chains
Kimono
Lanterns
Letter Openers
License Plates
Lighters
Lobby Cards
Magazines
Manga
Maps
Marbles
Masks
Match Books
Medals & Badges
Memorabilia
Meteorites
Minerals / Rocks
Mirrors
Models
Movie Props
Movie Tapes & Disks
Music Boxes
Music Memorabilia
Musical Instruments
Natural Artifacts
Nautical Antiques
Nutcrackers
Paintings
Paper Currency
Paperweights
Patches
Perfume / Perfume Bottles
Pins
Plates
Pocket Watches
Pocketknives
Porcelain & Ceramics
Postcards
Posters
Pottery
Prints
Promotional Items (e.g. cereal prizes)
Puppets
Puzzles
Quilts
Radios
Records, Tapes & CDs
Religious Items
Rugs & Carpets
Salt & Pepper Shakers
Scientific Instruments
Screens & Panels
Sculpture
Seashells
Shoes
Shot Glasses
Signs
Skateboards
Souvenirs
Spoons
Sports Cards
Sports Memorabilia
Stamps
Stationery
Steins
Stickers
Stock & Bond Certificates
Surfboards
T-shirts
Teapots
Textiles
Thimbles
Ticket Stubs
Ties
Tins (e.g. cookie tins)
Tools
Toys
Trading Cards
Typewriters
Video Games
Vintage Fashion
Vintage Tech
Wallets
Watches
Whistles
Wine
Wristbands
Commemorative items are produced at a point in time as a limited run in order to celebrate something.
Ephemera are disposable items that aren't meant to last. These can quickly become rare. For example, concert posters that promote an event and are then torn down.
Memorabilia are artifacts of history. For example, a baseball from a world series game.
It is common for collections to be themed such that they seek various items from a time, place, event, culture, tradition or aesthetic. For example, an art deco collection that includes a variety of items such as art, furniture, architectural ornaments, wallpaper, magazines and posters.

Collectible vs Collectable

Collectible and collectable are synonymous with both being correct spellings. American English tends towards collectible and British English towards collectable.

In Defense of Collecting

Collecting is often summarily written off as being materialistic or stuck in the past. It nevertheless serves a purpose in preserving the past and identifying value that may be lost in new products. It is sustainable where you use the things you are collecting or find value in saving things that might have become waste. Collectors also typically have a strong sense of mono no aware -- a Japanese term that can be translated a "feeling for things." Collectors see things as emotionally durable, as having value that doesn't fade. They may form deep appreciation for things that tends to reward talented artists, craftspeople and designers. Life would surely be less rich if nobody ever bothered to preserve things of value.

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