Collections
RECORDMANIA
LARGEST
COLLECTION OF
OWL-RELATED
ITEMS
As of 4 Aug 2016,
Yaakov Chai of
Tel Aviv, Israel, owned
19,100 owl-related
objects. Sadly,
Yaakov passed away
before the collection
was verified.
Friends and loved
ones subsequently
donated more owls,
bringing the total
to 2 0, 2 39.From Queen Elizabeth II to former US president Franklin D Roosevelt, so many world
leaders have been keen stamp collectors that it is known as the “hobby of kings”.Mickey Mouse memorabilia
By 29 Apr 2016, Janet Esteves (USA) had
collected 10,210 unique items of Mickey Mouse
memorabilia, as verified in Katy, Texas, USA.Winnie the Pooh memorabilia
Deb Hoffmann of Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA,
had accumulated 13,213 objects with a Winnie
the Pooh theme as of 18 Oct 2015.Cow-related items
By 9 Jun 2015, Ruth Klossner (USA) owned
15,144 items related to cows, as verified in
Lafayette, Minnesota, USA.Banana-related memorabilia
Ken Bannister (USA), owner of the International
Banana Club Museum in Altadena, California,
USA, has collected 17,000 banana-related articles
since 1972. They are all on display in his museum.Pokémon memorabilia
As verified on 10 Aug 2016, Lisa Courtney of
Welwyn Garden City, UK, has put together
17,127 items that relate to Pokémon.Paw prints
RedPepper Agency and Area Metropolitana del
Valle de Aburrá (both COL) took 22,429 prints
from various animals as part of the Huellatón
campaign, to raise awareness of the harmful
effects that fireworks have on animals. The count
took place in Medellín, Colombia, on 4 Oct 2015.Corkscrews
Romania’s Ion Chirescu has 23,965 corkscrews,
as confirmed in Bucharest on 18 Jun 2015.
Ion also owns the largest collection of
irons, from different countries and periods.
It comprised 30,071 items as of 3 Aug 2016.Model cars
By 9 Jun 2016, Nabil Karam (LBN) owned 37,777
model cars, as verified in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon.Coins from the same year
Samirbhai Patel (AUS) has 51,504 Australian five-
cent pieces, all from 2006. His collection was
confirmed on 22 Aug 2015 in Perth, Australia.Lip balms
As of 29 Nov 2015, Jace Hoffman of Marietta,
Georgia, USA, had 553 lip balms.The Little Mermaid memorabilia
Jacqueline Granda (ECU) had assembled
874 separate items related to the Disney
animation The Little Mermaid in Quito,
Ecuador, by 16 Jan 2016.Journey to the West memorabilia
There were 1,508 individual Journey to the
West-themed items in the collection of actor
Liu Xiao Ling Tong (CHN) as of 30 Jan 2016.
They are stored in Huai’an, Jiangsu, China.The Legend of Zelda memorabilia
As of 14 Jul 2016, Anne Martha Harnes (NOR)
owned 1,816 pieces of memorabilia relating
to videogame series The Legend of Zelda,
as verified in Molde, Norway.Police hats
Andreas Skala (DEU) had assembled a collection
of 2,534 unique police hats as of 31 Dec 2015.
The hoard of headwear was counted and
confirmed in Hennigsdorf, Germany.Tomb Raider memorabilia
Spain’s Rodrigo Martín Santos had amassed
3,050 distinct pieces of Tomb Raider
memorabilia as of 26 Sep 2016 in Madrid, Spain.Candy wrappers
As of 23 Dec 2015, the most extensive collection
of candy wrappers numbered 5,065 items. It
belongs to Milan Lukich Valdivia of Tacna, Peru.
He began collecting around 32 years ago.Crocodile-related items
By 2 Sep 2015, Andrew Gray (UK) had snapped
up 6,739 crocodile-themed objects in Burton
Latimer, Northamptonshire, UK.Espionage-related items
Author and military intelligence historian
H Keith Melton (USA) owns more than
7,000 spy-related objects, including
cameras, concealment devices and various
other items of espionage gadgetry. So
secret is the collection that
we cannot reveal its location!WOMBLES MEMORABILIA
Gill Seyfang (UK) had amassed 1,703 individual
items of Wombles memorabilia by 7 Aug
2016, as verified in Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
Gill is particularly fond of her original
Womble-themed 1970s bathroom toiletry
sets with shaped soaps, bubble bath and
talcum powder, which have survived intact
for more than 40 years.Q: US actor Nicolas Cage is
a big collector. Of what?
A: Comic books. He reportedly spent
$1 million on them at 2016’s Amazing
Las Vegas Comic Con.
- Human teeth:
2,000,744 –
Brother Giovanni
Battista Orsenigo
(ITA) - Matchbook
covers: 3,1 59,1 1 9
- Ed Brassard
(USA)
- Books:
1,500,000 –
John Q Benham
(USA) - Matchbox
labels:
1,054,221 –
Steven Smith (UK) - Beer labels:
548,567
- Hendrik
Thomann (DEU)
- Buttons:
439,900 – Dalton
Stevens (USA) - Scratchcards:
319,011 – Darren
Haake (AUS) - Ball-point
pens: 28 5,1 5 0
- Angelika
Unverhau (DEU)
- Cigar bands:
211,104 – Alfred
Manthe (DEU) - Bus tickets:
200,000 –
Ladislav Šejnoha
(CZE) - Racing pigeon
rings: 164,023 –
Christian Hennek
(DEU) - Train tickets:
163,235 – Frank
Helker (DEU) - Beer mats:
152,860 – Leo
Pisker (AUT)
14=. Magic
artefacts:
150,000 – David
Copperfield (USA)14=. Paper and
plastic bags:
150,000 – Heinz
Schmidt-Bachem
(DEU)- Cigarette
packets:
143,027 – Claudio
Rebecchi (ITA) - Napkins:
125,866 – Martina
Schellenberg
(DEU) - Nightclub
flyers: 113,012 –
Marco Brusadelli
(ITA) - Four-leaf
clovers: 111,060
- Edward Martin
Sr (USA)
- Bookmarks:
103,009 – Frank
Divendal (NLD)
First
screened in
1973, The^ Wombles
was a UK children’s
TV show that promoted
the idea of recycling.
Gill clearly got the
message: she is now
an environmental
scientist working
on sustainable
living.ALL-TIME
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