Some Collectors & Their Collections

Collector.........Collects
antiquist.........antiques
arctophile........teddy bears
bibliophile.......books
broadsider........broadsides
chiffonier........scraps of fabric
conchologist......shells
copoclephile......key rings
crabologist.......crabs
deltiologist......postcards
discophile........grammophone records
incunabulist......early books
logophile.........words
notaphilic........bank notes
numismatist.......coins
pasquinader.......lamppoons, satires
philatelist.......stamps
phillumenist......matchbooks
preterist.........historical objects
rhapsodist........literary pieces
tatterer..........refuse, rags
tegestologist.....beer mats


This is all from Schott's Sporting Gaming & Idling Miscellany, a delight from first to last and an excellent way to idle away an hour. Or two. Where else could you learn that "Playing snooker gives you firm hands and helps to build up character. It is the ideal recreation for dedicated nuns." - Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus, 1989.

Now, I ask you.