KilroyCD
One Too Many
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- Lancaster County, PA
Where do I begin?
You might say I'm an eclectic serial collector. It all started in 5th grade when I started collecting coins, which ultimately led to collecting stamps. Then, in high school I stopped collecting for a while, only to start collecting books on WWII shortly after graduation. The books on WWII (and I have several hundred) led to collecting WWII paraphenalia. At first I would buy anything I found from the era, but then I started rationalizing things and started collecting USAAF and RAF items. Then I became involved in WWII living history, primarily Homefront and Civilian Defense, so my collecting habits shifted to those categories. I bought a house five years ago and made one of the spare bedrooms into a dedicated "War Room". Unfortunately, I'm only able to display a portion of what I have as far as WWII items are concerned. This doesn't include the framed WWII posters lining the walls of the hallway upstairs. My involvement with living history led me to acquire a vintage bicycle for getting around at events. Needless to say, vintage bikes became one of the things I collect, and has actually grown to be a category I'm quite passionate about. Look at the "Show us your Balloon-Tire Bikes" thread in the Display Case section in case you have any question of that. I presently have 25 vintage bikes filling my garage (not to mention two more that are in my dining room). All the while, I had (and still have) an interest in photography, which has led to a collection of vintage cameras and ultimately to a sideline business. I have a small antiques business called "Firkin Antiques" (why by something new when you can buy a Firkin Antique?), the name of which came about while I was gazing at an antique Firkin. My antiques business specializes in (but is not at all limited to) vintage cameras. Now I go to auctions, estate sales, yard / garage sales and the like to "collect" items to resell. Talk about my collecting mania getting out of hand!
You might say I'm an eclectic serial collector. It all started in 5th grade when I started collecting coins, which ultimately led to collecting stamps. Then, in high school I stopped collecting for a while, only to start collecting books on WWII shortly after graduation. The books on WWII (and I have several hundred) led to collecting WWII paraphenalia. At first I would buy anything I found from the era, but then I started rationalizing things and started collecting USAAF and RAF items. Then I became involved in WWII living history, primarily Homefront and Civilian Defense, so my collecting habits shifted to those categories. I bought a house five years ago and made one of the spare bedrooms into a dedicated "War Room". Unfortunately, I'm only able to display a portion of what I have as far as WWII items are concerned. This doesn't include the framed WWII posters lining the walls of the hallway upstairs. My involvement with living history led me to acquire a vintage bicycle for getting around at events. Needless to say, vintage bikes became one of the things I collect, and has actually grown to be a category I'm quite passionate about. Look at the "Show us your Balloon-Tire Bikes" thread in the Display Case section in case you have any question of that. I presently have 25 vintage bikes filling my garage (not to mention two more that are in my dining room). All the while, I had (and still have) an interest in photography, which has led to a collection of vintage cameras and ultimately to a sideline business. I have a small antiques business called "Firkin Antiques" (why by something new when you can buy a Firkin Antique?), the name of which came about while I was gazing at an antique Firkin. My antiques business specializes in (but is not at all limited to) vintage cameras. Now I go to auctions, estate sales, yard / garage sales and the like to "collect" items to resell. Talk about my collecting mania getting out of hand!
