A collection is any set of items or objects that has one or more properties in common and is procured by an individual.

magazine: My Grandmother's Elephant. My grandmother had a beautiful elephant carved out of sandalwood on her dressing table which I secretly used to covet. Read article

word game: Who collects what? Work out which people in this reading puzzle collect which type of objects. Play  game

story: A Perfectly Fair Business Deal. Hobbes-Smith collects antique musical instruments. At a music festival in Italy, he sees a valuable violin which he wants to add to his collection. Is the owner prepared to sell it? Read story

cartoon: "What did the envelope say to the stamp?" See cartoon

poll: "Which is the best thing to collect?" See results

trivia: Quote: "Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories". (Walter Benjamin), See more collecting things trivia

links: Wikipedia: collecting See more links

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