Besides all things King!
- All the Dune Books - all the recent ones signed
- Other authors too - Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, Ursula K. Leguin, Joe Hill, J.K. Rowling, Christopher Paolini, Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson, Mitch Albom, Grisham, ...
- Comic Books - all the Dark Tower with variants, The Stand with Variants, Joe Hill's Locke & Key
- Audio Books
- Hess Trucks - you buy them annually at Hess Gas Stations - some are worth a pretty penny - all from 1989 through 2005 - my boys didn't want any more after that - they are sitting on a gold mine and do not even know it!
- Signed Baseballs - Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Mike Mussina, Robinson Canoe, Francisco Liriano, Yogi Berra, Pete Rose, Alphonso Soriano, Elrod Hendricks, Melky Cabrerra, Mariano Rivera, Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, Cal Ripken, Whitey Ford, Stan Musial, Don Mattingly, Mickey Mantle (well someday I hope)... - you may notice a theme surrounding The Big Apple!
- Team Pennants - Yankees (several), all local (to Wash, DC) professional teams (Skins, Wizards, DC United, Capitals, Prince William Cannons (Single A Yankee Affiliate); college pennants from CNU, GMU, Virginia Tech
- Baseball Caps - OMG too many to even think about from my HS in 1971 (Hudson falls Tigers) to my kids HS from last year (CD Hylton Bulldogs), to the Field of Screams in Bangor, Yankees, more Yankees, even more Yankees, FBI Academy, Boy Scouts, ... the list goes on and on and on!!!
- Uncirculated New State Quarters - so far 9 of 10 years collected. Thats uncirculated Philladelphia and Denver Mints for 45 of the 50 new state quarters produced thus far - will complete the collection this year when the last set of five becomes available!
- Other Coins/Money - Silver Dollars, Kennedy Halfs, Mercury Dimes, Buffalo Nickels, Wheat Pennies, Silver Certificants, Sacajawea Dollar coins, Susan B Anthony Dollar coins,
- I used to collect records - the old fashioned LPs; then 8-tracks, then Cassettes, now CDs and MP3s - Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Acid Rock, Heavy Metal - favs include Lez Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Uriah Heap, Bob Seger, John Cougar Mellancamp, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allmand Brothers, The Greatful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Who, Emerson Lake & Palmer, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Cars, The Police, Springsteen, George Thoroughgood & the Destroyers, Offspring, C, S, N & Y, ZZ Top, Tom Petty, REO Speedwagon, Yes, Mountain, ...
- Movies - first on Beta Max, then VHS, now DVDs - all King, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dune, Men In Black, all blockbusters, ...
- My daughter collects all things Lucille Ball - even has her autograph!
- T-Shirts - every place I go I gotta have a T-Shirt! My wife just cringes when we see the sales booths!
I guess you could say we collect too god dam much! :-)