collecting & collectors

I'm still astounded that people are out there collecting used sneakers. For hundreds if not thousands of dollars! I mean, I buy old used comics, so I understand the collector's mentality, but shoes are merely means to an end to me... a fascinating fandom though, to be sure! A current shoe...

I don't usually collect children's books (you wouldn't believe some of the prices--children tend to shred and deface, and rarity equals value), but as an admirer of C. F. Tunnicliffe's stunning depictions of nature I had to pick this up when I saw a 1959 First Edition in near-mint condition (was...

I'm not sure if this is the right section, so move it if it's not. http://www.boredpanda.com/skulls-skeletons-thomas-theodore-merrylin-home-london/

A while ago, when a comic shop was going out of business, I got for a dollar a group of collectable cards. The deck is called R.I.P.: Real Monsters, Demons & Ghosts. Many of the regular types of cases are covered (Mad Gasser, vampires, mass murderers, even Charles Fort!) but there are a few...

Walker's Crisps I have recently heard of someone collecting Walker's Crisp packets so that a sick child can receive a kidney dialysis machine. This sounds to me a lot like previous sick child hoaxes. Can anyone confirm this story one way or the other?