Yesterday's MUG (Manhattan User's Guide) post included a link to a web site where collectors can "show off their stuff". What A Collection! allows anyone to create their own "collection website". Only one collector on the site claims to collect art, but the details reveal that she collects "dessert art plates". Even though there aren't any art collectors, I enjoyed checking out the weird and whacky stuff people spend their free time (or work time) searching for. As weird as thay all seemed at first, I quickly realized that their obsessions/addictions stem from the same nutty lobe in their brains as my obsession with art stems from. My favorites: bathtub postcards, condiment packets, Dew Drop Inn memorabilia, and scooters. Who knew that there are two people in the world collecting Diner Models?
PS - Ee gads! Sorry about the break in posts. I've been away for work and pleasure. Back now.
Welcome back!!
Posted by: elise | June 11, 2004 at 05:23 PM
It is cur-razy what people will invest so much time and money into. You should see my Mom and her lace. Tons and tons of lace, off of Ebay, out of antique shops, whatever. Makes my head spin, I try to put it in perspective and figure out what my "lace" is . . . still thinking about it. Maybe I just don't have a bathtub postcards or contemporary art in my life. ??? Anyway: Welcome Back.
Posted by: Michelle | June 13, 2004 at 01:24 AM
If you liked "What a Collection!" you may want to check out the Museum of Online Museums. Some highlights:
- Gallery of 70's Weight Watchers Recipe Cards
- The Gallery of Lunchbox Advertising
- The Arcadia Bell Collection of Cigarette Rolling Papers
- Treasury of Macrame Owls
Posted by: Todd W. | June 17, 2004 at 03:58 PM
Hey! What a good idea - perhaps refined to fine arts collectors? I'm going to think and see if we can kick start it here in DC
Posted by: Lennox | June 25, 2004 at 06:23 PM
here is my collection of found photos i started in 1998:
http://www.moderna.org/lookatme/
it has since been extended via submissions.
Posted by: Fred | August 06, 2004 at 11:40 AM
I just found your blog, and I am glad I did! I am an artist myself, and I enjoyed reading your tips on collecting art, as well as this link about collecting...a great way to procrastinate at work :) Thanks for your writings!
Posted by: Emily | October 27, 2005 at 10:31 AM