Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus
Name: Tim Wan Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
What do you collect? I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. How big is your collection? So far, it have about 143 menus from 5 different countries. What’s your reason for this collection? I like to document the things I eat, instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the actual places to remind me of my experience in context. What do you like about your collection? The vast range of print and design qualities, the choice of food that there are on offer, that altogether reminds me of my experiences at these particular places. Having these menu’s also allows me to almost relive the frustration of making a decision on what to order at the time. What got you started? I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there was such a huge choice of food to eat there at pretty decent prices, so as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for a whole month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember each restaurant/cafe that I went to. It was very popular for the menu’s to contain the picture of the meals, I remember this well as I’d always check if they had pictures on the menus before I went in as I couldn’t read chinese very well!
As a result, I decided to take a menu, which started off this habit of hoarding menus and other print based materials.
that level, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first!
When did your collection start? It started roughly 2-3 years ago. What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I don’t intentionally go out to eat just for a menu, it’s more of a post visit thing so apart from just picking them up during a meal, I don’t really actively do much to build up the collection. What do you do with your collection? At the moment, it’s all stored away, I don’t really want it out incase the colours start fading away from sunlight, but in the next year when I move into my new house, I do intend to cover the walls entirely with the menus I’ve collected over the last few years! What have you got planned with your collection in the next few years? Refer to previous question. What else would you like to collect? I would like to collect all of Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the future, I’m just waiting for our technology to advance to
What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something! People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus
Name: Tim Wan Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
What do you collect? I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. How big is your collection? So far, it have about 143 menus from 5 different countries. What’s your reason for this collection? I like to document the things I eat, instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the actual places to remind me of my experience in context. What do you like about your collection? The vast range of print and design qualities, the choice of food that there are on offer, that altogether reminds me of my experiences at these particular places. Having these menu’s also allows me to almost relive the frustration of
making a decision on what to order at the time. What got you started? I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there was such a huge choice of food to eat there at pretty decent prices, so as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for a whole month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember each restaurant/cafe that I went to. It was very popular for the menu’s to contain the picture of the meals, I remember this well as I’d always check if they had pictures on the menus before I went in as I couldn’t read chinese very well! As a result, I decided to take a menu, which started off this habit of hoarding menus and other print based materials. When did your collection start? It started roughly 2-3 years ago.
What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I don’t intentionally go out to eat just for a menu, it’s more of a post visit thing so apart from just picking them up during a meal, I don’t really actively do much to build up the collection. What do you do with your collection? At the moment, it’s all stored away, I don’t really want it out incase the colours start fading away from sunlight, but in the next year when I move into my new house, I do intend to cover the walls entirely with the menus I’ve collected over the last few years! What have you got planned with your collection in the next few years? Refer to previous question.
What else would you like to collect? I would like to collect all of Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the future, I’m just waiting for our technology to advance to that level, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first! What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something! People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely
untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus
Name: Tim Wan
making a decision on what to order at the time.
Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
What do you collect? I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. How big is your collection? So far, it have about 143 menus from 5 different countries. What’s your reason for this collection? I like to document the things I eat, instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the actual places to remind me of my experience in context. What do you like about your collection? The vast range of print and design qualities, the choice of food that there are on offer, that altogether reminds me of my experiences at these particular places. Having these menu’s also allows me to almost relive the frustration of
What got you started? I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there was such a huge choice of food to eat there at pretty decent prices, so as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for a whole month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember each restaurant/cafe that I went to. It was very popular for the menu’s to contain the picture of the meals, I remember this well as I’d always check if they had pictures on the menus before I went in as I couldn’t read chinese very well! As a result, I decided to take a menu, which started off this habit of hoarding menus and other print based materials. When did your collection start? It started roughly 2-3 years ago. What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I don’t intentionally go out to eat just for a menu, it’s more of a post visit thing so apart from just picking them up during a meal, I don’t really actively do much to build up the collection. What do you do with your
collection? At the moment, it’s all stored away, I don’t really want it out incase the colours start fading away from sunlight, but in the next year when I move into my new house, I do intend to cover the walls entirely with the menus I’ve collected over the last few years! What have you got planned with your collection in the next few years? Refer to previous question. What else would you like to collect? I would like to collect all of Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the future, I’m just waiting for our technology to advance to that level, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first! What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something!
People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus
Name: Tim Wan Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
What do you collect? I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. How big is your collection? So far, it have about 143 menus from 5 different countries. What’s your reason for this collection? I like to document the things I eat, instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the actual places to remind me of my experience in context. What do you like about your collection? The vast range of print and design qualities, the choice of food that there are on offer, that altogether reminds me of my experiences at these particular places. Having these menu’s also allows me to almost relive the frustration of making a decision on what to order at the time. What got you started? I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there was such a huge choice of food to eat there at pretty decent prices, so as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for a whole
month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember each restaurant/cafe that I went to. It was very popular for the menu’s to contain the picture of the meals, I remember this well as I’d always check if they had pictures on the menus before I went in as I couldn’t read chinese very well! As a result, I decided to take a menu, which started off this habit of hoarding menus and other print based materials. When did your collection start? It started roughly 2-3 years ago. What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I don’t intentionally go out to eat just for a menu, it’s more of a post visit thing so apart from just picking them up during a meal, I don’t really actively do much to build up the collection. What do you do with your collection? At the moment, it’s all stored away, I don’t really want it out incase the colours start fading away from sunlight, but in the next year when I move into my new house, I do intend to cover the walls entirely with the menus I’ve collected over the last few years! What have you got planned with your collection in the next few
years? Refer to previous question. What else would you like to collect? I would like to collect all of Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the future, I’m just waiting for our technology to advance to that level, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first! What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something! People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for
example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus Name: Tim Wan Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
each restaurant/cafe that I went to. What do you collect? It was very popular for the menu’s I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. to contain the picture of the meals, I remember this well as I’d always check if they had pictures on the menus before I went in as I couldn’t How big is your collection? read chinese very well! As a result, So far, it have about 143 menus I decided to take a menu, which from 5 different countries. started off this habit of hoarding menus and other print based What’s your reason for this materials. collection? I like to document the things I eat, When did your collection start? instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the It started roughly 2-3 years ago. actual places to remind me of my experience in context. What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I don’t intentionally go out to eat What do you like about your just for a menu, it’s more of a post collection? visit thing so apart from just picking The vast range of print and design them up during a meal, I don’t really qualities, the choice of food that actively do much to build up the there are on offer, that altogether collection. reminds me of my experiences at What do you do with your these particular places. Having collection? these menu’s also allows me to At the moment, it’s all stored away, almost relive the frustration of making a decision on what to order I don’t really want it out incase the colours start fading away from at the time. sunlight, but in the next year when I move into my new house, I do intend to cover the walls entirely What got you started? with the menus I’ve collected over I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there the last few years! was such a huge choice of food to eat there at pretty decent prices, so What have you got planned with your collection in the next few as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for years? Refer to previous question. a whole month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember
What else would you like to collect? I would like to collect all of Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the future, I’m just waiting for our technology to advance to that level, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first! What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something! People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting
things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus Name: Tim Wan Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
each restaurant/cafe that I went to. What do you collect? It was very popular for the menu’s I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. to contain the picture of the meals, I remember this well as I’d always check if they had pictures on the menus before I went in as I couldn’t How big is your collection? read chinese very well! As a result, So far, it have about 143 menus I decided to take a menu, which from 5 different countries. started off this habit of hoarding menus and other print based What’s your reason for this materials. collection? I like to document the things I eat, When did your collection start? instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the It started roughly 2-3 years ago. actual places to remind me of my experience in context. What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I don’t intentionally go out to eat What do you like about your just for a menu, it’s more of a post collection? visit thing so apart from just picking The vast range of print and design them up during a meal, I don’t really qualities, the choice of food that actively do much to build up the there are on offer, that altogether collection. reminds me of my experiences at What do you do with your these particular places. Having collection? these menu’s also allows me to At the moment, it’s all stored away, almost relive the frustration of making a decision on what to order I don’t really want it out incase the colours start fading away from at the time. sunlight, but in the next year when I move into my new house, I do intend to cover the walls entirely What got you started? with the menus I’ve collected over I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there the last few years! was such a huge choice of food to eat there at pretty decent prices, so What have you got planned with your collection in the next few as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for years? Refer to previous question. a whole month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember
What else would you like to collect? I would like to collect all of Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the future, I’m just waiting for our technology to advance to that level, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first! What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something! People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting
things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus
Name: Tim Wan Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
menus before I went in as I couldn’t What do you collect? read chinese very well! As a result, I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. I decided to take a menu, which started off this habit of hoarding menus and other print based materials. How big is your collection? So far, it have about 143 menus When did your collection start? from 5 different countries. It started roughly 2-3 years ago. What’s your reason for this collection? What do you do and where do you I like to document the things I eat, go to build up your collection? instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the I don’t intentionally go out to eat just for a menu, it’s more of a post actual places to remind me of my visit thing so apart from just picking experience in context. them up during a meal, I don’t really actively do much to build up the collection. What do you like about your What do you do with your collection? collection? The vast range of print and design At the moment, it’s all stored away, qualities, the choice of food that I don’t really want it out incase there are on offer, that altogether the colours start fading away from reminds me of my experiences at sunlight, but in the next year when these particular places. Having I move into my new house, I do these menu’s also allows me to intend to cover the walls entirely almost relive the frustration of making a decision on what to order with the menus I’ve collected over the last few years! at the time. What got you started? I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there was such a huge choice of food to eat there at pretty decent prices, so as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for a whole month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember each restaurant/cafe that I went to. It was very popular for the menu’s to contain the picture of the meals, I remember this well as I’d always check if they had pictures on the
What have you got planned with your collection in the next few years? Refer to previous question. What else would you like to collect? I would like to collect all of Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the
future, I’m just waiting for our technology to advance to that level, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first! What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something! People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Menus
Name: Tim Wan Age: 21 Occupation: Graphic Design Student Home town: Peterborough Current City: Leeds
started off this habit of collecting What do you collect? menus & other print based work. I collect a vast range of printed menus from anywhere that has one. When did your collection start? It started roughly 2-3 years ago. How big is your collection? So far, it have about 143 menus What do you do and where do you from 5 different countries. go to build up your collection? I don’t intentionally go out to eat just for a menu, it’s more of a post What’s your reason for this visit thing so apart from just picking collection? them up during a meal, I don’t really I like to document the things I eat, actively do much to build up instead of photographing them, I prefer to collect the menu’s from the the collection. actual places to remind me of my experience in context. What do you do with your collection? At the moment, it’s all stored away, What do you like about your I don’t really want it out incase collection? the colours start fading away from The vast range of print and design sunlight, but in the next year when qualities, the choice of food that I move into my new house, I do there are on offer, that altogether intend to cover the walls entirely reminds me of my experiences at with the menus I’ve collected over these particular places. Having the last few years! these menu’s also allows me to almost relive the frustration of making a decision on what to What have you got planned with order at the time. your collection in the next few years? Refer to previous question. What got you started? I started a few years ago when I was on holiday in Hong Kong, there was such a huge choice of food to What else would you like to eat there at pretty decent prices, so collect? I would like to collect all of as a result I was literally eating out for every single meal of the day for Doraemon’s gadgets and design awards! Ha a whole month. I wanted to record this experience, and remember each restaurant/cafe that I went to. What’s preventing you from It was very popular for the menu’s to contain the picture of the meals, collecting this? I guess as Doraemon is from the I remember this well as I’d always future, I’m just waiting for our check if they had pictures on the menus before I went in as I couldn’t technology to advance to that level, read chinese very well! As a result, so that’s physically impossible at the moment. As for the design I decided to take a menu, which
awards....well first I need to do some amazing work first! What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? First of all, I’d highly recommend it and would really encourage people to start collecting something! People normally associate collecting things with collecting typical things like ornaments or coins, but this is completely untrue. What you collect is totally of your choice and you can make it completely random or extremely personal and specific to yourself. What you do with your collection is the intersting part; some people like to display them out, whereas collectors of trading cards for example regularly trade and are constantly looking for upgrades etc. Other’s prefer to store them away and only take them out for certain events. Also, collecting things is completely flexible and is an ongoing things, you can add as little as one piece to your collection once a year, it doesn’t take much effort to maintain and quite often, the things you collect would probably be free or very cheap!
Case Study 01: A Collector of Original Pokemon Cards Name Nathan Evans
Occupation: Administration/Accounts clerk
Age: 21
Home town: Whittlesey Current City: Peterborough
What do you collect? Original pokemon cards Base set , fossil set and jungle set. I can understand the idea of collecting them almost 10 years ago when they first came out, but what’s the reason for collecting them now? Originally started collecting as a child at primary school with a group of friends but when I started secondary school, I slowly lost interest. Over the past few weeks i’ve slowly but surely added to my collection which now includes over 300 cards. What is it that you like/enjoy about your collection? Reminds me of my youth. Looking back through the cards reminds me of being young and brings back memories. Pokemon cards are alot more valuable and the original cards seem to be alot more sort after now days to when thy were first realeased all those years ago. You could say thy have become quite a “collectors item” ;) What got you started? I guess when I first started collecting it was the “in” thing to do. Break times at primary school usually consisted of a group of people crowed round in a circle trading cards with eachother. Most if my mates had the sane hobbies as I did which mean they also collected them aswell. When did your collection start? I’d say I first started collecting in about year 5/6 at primary school which would of made me about 10 years old. This was when the original pokemon cards were released.
What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I used to just buy the single packs from local shops and newsagents which consisted of 11 cards and were a mixture of character cards, energy/ trainer cards and if you were lucky a holographic, but now the cards which I collect have been discontinued. the only place you can get hold of them now are websites such as eBay and amazon or specialist trading card sites but you have to be carefull of what you are buying. There are more and more fake cards circulating around these sites now. Most people see collecting as a waste of space, it takes time to maintain it, dust etc. What do you do with your collection? ATM my collection is displayed in a official pokemon folder. This helps keep the cards in mint condition. I do plan on selling my collection one day because they are slowly becoming harder and harder to get hold of. Base set cards such as mine can range from 99p ( for a common card ) right upo £25 per card. ( holographic/ rare card) What have you got planned with your collection? Just keep buying single cards to complete the set really. I’m only a handfull of cards away from doing that now so with anyluck It should be complete soon. After that I plan to keep them for a few more years, then maybe think about Selling them on for a good price. What else would you like to collect if there was nothing stopping you? If money was no issue i’d quite like my own garage full of expensive cars. Ferrari’s, bugatti’s lambo’s
etc. I’d also quite like framed and signed manchester united shirts of different players throughout the years. What’s preventing you from collecting these things? The obvious really. Money!!!! Seeing as the bottom of the range Ferrari is about £90,000, and a bugatti is anything upto £1,000,000, I can’t really afford it. I also have a terrible heroin addiction which is slowly killing me. What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? Never spend more than u can afford, you should set yourself a budget and stick to it as there’s always gonna be something else that’ll come along at a cheaper price. Don’t go spending money on something that u don’t really want. Before you start collecting, always research what you are planning on buying first. Also, be carefull your not buying any fakes, there’s a lot of them around with everything really ranging from phones to games consoles. Finally when you recieve your item, take care of it, 9 times out of 10 it’ll be worth more a few years down the line.
Case Study 01: A Collector of Original Pokemon Cards
Name: Nathan Evans Age: 21 Occupation: Administration/Accounts clerk Home town: Whittlesey Current City: Peterborough
What do you collect? Original pokemon cards Base set , fossil set and jungle set. I can understand the idea of collecting them almost 10 years ago when they first came out, but what’s the reason for collecting them now? Originally started collecting as a child at primary school with a group of friends but when I started secondary school, I slowly lost interest. Over the past few weeks i’ve slowly but surely added to my collection which now includes over 300 cards. What is it that you like/enjoy about your collection? Reminds me of my youth. Looking back through the cards reminds me of being young and brings back memories. Pokemon cards are alot more valuable and the original cards seem to be alot more sort after now days to when thy were first realeased all those years ago. You could say thy have become quite a “collectors item” ;) What got you started? I guess when I first started collecting it was the “in” thing to do. Break times at primary school usually consisted of a group of people crowed round in a circle trading cards with eachother. Most if my mates had the sane hobbies as I did which mean they also collected them aswell. When did your collection start? I’d say I first started collecting in about year 5/6 at primary school which would of made me about 10 years old. This was when the original pokemon cards were first released.
What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection of Pokemon cards? I used to just buy the single packs from local shops and newsagents which consisted of 11 cards and were a mixture of character cards, energy/ trainer cards and if you were lucky a holographic, but now the cards which I collect have been discontinued. the only place you can get hold of them now are websites such as eBay and amazon or specialist trading card sites but you have to be carefull of what you are buying. There are more and more fake cards circulating around these sites now.
What else would you like to collect if there was nothing stopping you? If money was no issue i’d quite like my own garage full of expensive cars. Ferrari’s, bugatti’s lambo’s etc. I’d also quite like framed and signed manchester united shirts of different players throughout the years.
Most people see collecting as a waste of space, it takes time to maintain it, dust etc. What do you do with your collection? ATM my collection is displayed in a official pokemon folder. This helps keep the cards in mint condition. I do plan on selling my collection one day because they are slowly becoming harder and harder to get hold of. Base set cards such as mine can range from 99p ( for a common card ) right upo £25 per card. ( holographic/ rare card)
What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting something? Never spend more than u can afford, you should set yourself a budget and stick to it as there’s always gonna be something else that’ll come along at a cheaper price. Don’t go spending money on something that u don’t really want. Before you start collecting, always research what you are planning on buying first. Also, be carefull your not buying any fakes, there’s a lot of them around with everything really ranging from phones to games consoles. Finally when you recieve your item, take care of it, 9 times out of 10 it’ll be worth more a few years down the line.
What have you got planned with your collection? Just keep buying single cards to complete the set really. I’m only a handfull of cards away from doing that now so with anyluck It should be complete soon. After that I plan to keep them for a few more years, then maybe think about Selling them on for a good price.
What’s preventing you from collecting these things? The obvious really. Money!!!! Seeing as the bottom of the range Ferrari is about £90,000, and a bugatti is anything upto £1,000,000, I can’t really afford it.
Case Study 01: A Collector of Original Pokemon Cards
Name: Nathan Evans Age: 21 Occupation: Administration/Accounts clerk Home town: Whittlesey Current City: Peterborough What do you collect? Original pokemon cards base set , fossil set and jungle set. I can understand the idea of collecting them almost 10 years ago when they first came out, but what’s the reason for collecting them now? Originally started collecting as a child at primary school with a group of friends but when I started secondary school, I slowly lost interest. Over the past few weeks i’ve slowly but surely added to my collection which now includes over 300 cards. What is it that you like/enjoy about your collection? Reminds me of my youth. Looking back through the cards reminds me of being young and brings back memories. Pokemon cards are alot more valuable and the original cards seem to be alot more sort after now days to when thy were first realeased all those years ago. You could say thy have become quite a “collectors item”
What got you started? I guess when I first started collecting it was the “in” thing to do. Break times at primary school usually consisted of a group of people crowed round in a circle trading cards with eachother. Most if my mates had the sane hobbies as I did which mean they also collected them aswell. When did your collection start? I’d say I first started collecting in about year 5/6 at primary school which would of made me about 10 years old. This was when the original pokemon cards were released. What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? I used to just buy the single packs from local shops and newsagents which consisted of 11 cards and were a mixture of character cards, energy/ trainer cards and if you were lucky a holographic, but now the cards which I collect have been discontinued. the only place you can get hold of them now are websites such as eBay and amazon or specialist trading card sites but you have to be carefull of what you are buying. There are more and more fake cards circulating around these sites now.
Most people see collecting as a waste of space, it takes time to maintain it, dust etc. What do you do with your collection? ATM my collection is displayed in a official pokemon folder. This helps keep the cards in mint condition. I do plan on selling my collection one day because they are slowly becoming harder and harder to get hold of. Base set cards such as mine can range from 99p ( for a common card ) right upo £25 per card. ( holographic/ rare card) What have you got planned with your collection? Just keep buying single cards to complete the set really. I’m only a handfull of cards away from doing that now so with anyluck It should be complete soon. After that I plan to keep them for a few more years, then maybe think about Selling them on for a good price. What else would you like to collect if there was nothing stopping you? If money was no issue i’d quite like my own garage full of expensive cars. Ferrari’s, bugatti’s lambo’s etc. I’d also quite like framed and signed manchester united shirts of different players throughout the years.
What’s preventing you from collecting these things? The obvious really. Money!!!! Seeing as the bottom of the range Ferrari is about £90,000, and a bugatti is anything upto £1,000,000, I can’t really afford it. I also have a terrible heroin addiction which is slowly killing me. What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting? Never spend more than u can afford, you should set yourself a budget and stick to it as there’s always gonna be something else that’ll come along at a cheaper price. Don’t go spending money on something that u don’t really want. Before you start collecting, always research what you are planning on buying first. Also, be carefull your not buying any fakes, there’s a lot of them around with everything really ranging from phones to games consoles. Finally when you recieve your item, take care of it, 9 times out of 10 it’ll be worth more a few years down the line.
Case Study 06: A Collector of BearBricks
Name: Alan Li Age: 21 Occupation: Industrial Designer Home town: Coventry Current City: Hong Kong
What do you collect? BearBricks How big is your collection? Around 50-60 indidual pieces. What’s your reason for BearBricks? Just a personal Interest. What is it that you like about collecting BearBricks? The different collaborations between designers and popular culture. Also the limited edition pieces and the blind boxes are always exciting to open as you dont know what you might get inside, a common one or a rare one. What got you started in the first place? I have been interested in it for quite a while but then managed to get hold of one when I was in Hong Kong and then I got hooked. When did your collection start? I’d say probably around 2005. What do you do and where do you go to build up your collection? Most often I go to Hong Kong to buy my BearBricks. But now and again if i get the urge I would take a look at forbidden planet in the uk to see what stuff they got.
What do you do with your collection of Vinyl toys? I have a shelving system for my 100% bearbricks which are about 2 inch's then I have a 400% bearbrick which is slightly bigger where i just place where ever and I’ve got a 1000% which is about half the size of me which i just place on the floor. What have you got planned with your collection in the next few years? I would probably get a new shelve made to accomodate the newer ones as it is starting to become quite crowded. What else would you like to collect? I’d probably still continued with my bearbrick collection because I tend to collect only one thing as I like the look of just one overall style, but I think tokidoki cactus pups are quite interesting to collect. aside from vinyle toys, I would like to collect from artists such as Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Roy Litchenstein if money wasnt an issue. What’s preventing you from collecting this? I guess I’ve never really had the urge to go out and source them.
What advice do you have for people who are thinking about collecting something? Start with something that you’re really interested in and not because everybody else is doing it at the time because in the end its just going to be a waste of time and money.