What non paper items do you collect

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Posted By: Mike

I'm a vintage card collector who began with a passion in the late seventies. Like a lot of us I always collected vintage, but was suckered in my the lure of making a fortune from Mike Greenwell, Don Mattingly, and Greg Jeffries rookie cards. In fact I traded a NM Nolan Ryan Rookie for a Don Mattingly and Tony Gwynn rookie back in 1987 (Yes...I was an idiot...but at the time it looked like a good deal). Fortunately I didn't have any similar lapses in judgement and continued to collect the old with the new. In the early 90s however I lost a great deal of interest in cards (if you can call refractors, double inverted sumo duck squat idols, and triple platinum dog turds cards)and began collecting gloves, bats, pennants, old photos and anything oddball. I really enjoy the display possibities and variety available. I still purchase cards from time to time, but prefer memorabilia (only vintage). I'm curious what you all like to collect other than baseball cards.