Archive for the 'Collections' Category

Would you like to play a game?

November 6th, 2007

This guy puts all computer game geeks (myself included) to shame.
For a mere $10,000 you can now own every gaming system known to man, from the original Atari 2600 to the Sony Playstation II
Over 1,500 individual games, on around 50 different gaming systems weighing over 1,000 lbs.   Interested?   The Ebay Auction is still live,  catch […]

Cool Stuff: The Worlds Largest Model Train

March 23rd, 2007

 
As many of you may know, I’m a huge train nerd.  I love the real ones, and the model ones,  thus the Online Train and Railroad Museum that Aaron and I created which can be found here.
I stumbled upon this today,  the worlds largest model train set up in a warehouse in Germany (Why is […]

News: Presidential Coins on The Horizon

November 20th, 2006

From YahooNews: 
U.S. Mint to unveil presidential coins
WASHINGTON - Can George Washington and Thomas Jefferson succeed where Susan B. Anthony and Sacajawea failed? The U.S. Mint is hoping America’s presidents will win acceptance, finally, for the maligned dollar coin.
The public will get the chance to decide starting in February when the first of the new coins, […]

News: Former Nazi SS Officer Opens a “Hitler Memorial & Museum” In.. Wisconsin?

June 15th, 2006

From YahooNews: 
Officials seek to block Hitler memorial
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - A former Nazi officer living on a Wisconsin farm has built a memorial to Adolf Hitler in his bunker-like tractor storage shed, much to the chagrin of local officials.
A court order was being sought to stop Ted Junker, 87, from opening to visitors a 30- […]

News: Kansas Farmers Doing well with New Crop of Meteorites

April 19th, 2006

From MSNBC.COM: 
Kansas farmers harvest meteorites
Discovery last fall sparks new frenzy of hunting
HAVILAND, Kan. - Kiowa County farmers have found a new crop worth harvesting: meteorites.
But even though a 20-pound meteorite can go for up to $20,000, area farmers Don and Sheila Stimpson have another goal in mind. They want to open a meteorite museum and […]

News: Man has a Collection of Over 250,000 Used, Worthless Lottery Tickets

April 17th, 2006

 
From The LotteryPost.COM:
“Lotologist” has amassed 250,000 used lotto tickets 
You know the saying, “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” It’s an axiom that Dennis Morse and nearly 900 other people around the U.S. apparently take to heart.
Morse is a collector. He collects a lot of things but is most passionate about one thing in particular: […]