7 of the largest and most bizarre collections of all time
Some people like to collect things like stamps, beer cans, playing cards, coins and the like, but there are a lot of people out there who prefer slightly less common items like pepper sauces or inflatable dolls. These are some of the favorite items from the people you will see below:
1 - Navel lint
Yeah. A citizen named Graham Barker had the bizarre idea of ​​gathering all the material he could find in his belly button and storing it. The idea has been around for 26 years and he is currently the largest collector of this indigestible item - and probably the only one. After receiving the Guinness Book title, Barker sold his entire collection to a museum.
2 - Mermaid Tails
Eric Ducharme is fascinated by latex mermaid tails. The passion came after he used a fin during a swim in Florida, which he said made him a kind of "mermaid." He always tries to act like a mermaid, and tries to look like these creatures. The fascination with mermaids ensured the work of Ducharme, who works by making fantasies of these curious beings.
3 - Dresses
Paul Brockman is a man who, like many, wanted to pamper his wife, so he bought her, in 56 years of marriage, a total of 55, 000 dresses, all chosen by him. The tradition began a long time ago, when the two were still just boyfriends, as the couple used to go dancing once a week and Paul wanted his beloved to always have a new dress.
4 - Chewed Nicotine Gum
If you smoke and want to give up on addiction, there are some very interesting options that help curb your cravings, such as nicotine patches and gum. So far so good, this is information you probably already knew. The bizarre news here is from a guy named Barry Chappell, who started chewing nicotine gum during a flight. As he had nowhere to put the chewed gums, he began to accumulate them in his hand, gathering them all together in one ball.
Gradually, the chewing gum acorn got bigger and bigger and that's when Chappell got the idea never to stop gathering chewing gum. The upside of this challenge was that he quit smoking completely after six years of over 95, 000 chewed gum - don't panic, most people take a lot less time to quit. Maybe Chappell switched one addiction for another. The fact is that the huge acorn, considered the largest in the world, weighs almost 80 kg.
5 - Milk Bottles
Paul Luke, 33, built a kind of garage in the back of his house just to house his more than 10, 000 bottles of milk. The bizarre collection started when he was just nine years old, which means he has old, rare and therefore valuable packaging.
6 - Spicy Sauces
This guy spends a lot of his life looking for different types of spicy sauces for his collection of 6, 000. We are talking about Vic Clinco, which even has a package of Blair`s 16 Million Reserve, considered the most spicy sauce in the world.
The condiments he has been gathering for 17 years are all clustered in Clinco's dining room at his Arizona home. According to him, the most expensive bottle in his collection costs $ 900.
7 - Inflatable Dolls
This collection belongs to two people: Bob Gibbins, 60, and his wife Lizzie, 55. Both have 240 different types of inflatable dolls that are worn by the couple and gifted as well, as they usually take some of them for a walk and do shopping.
Bob's passion for dolls was old, and he decided to buy some for himself when he bought toys for his children. It all started with the purchase of mannequins, but the real collection only started when he discovered that there was a possibility of finding more realistic dolls made of silicone. His wife has always helped him with the purchase of items, with the most expensive doll costing over $ 11, 000. The couple estimates that they have already spent $ 160, 000 on the collection.
According to Bob, the dolls were never used for sexual purposes, although he finds them attractive. He explains that to him they are family members.
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