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COLLECTORS

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and a quiz to see how many you know

Collecting is popular hobby (or in some cases obsession or addiction). Many people collect a variety of different things, the most popular of which are then given names but most of these are not recognised or authenticated by official sources as can be seen here.

Some of the terms for these collectors are quite well used and, therefore, widely known, however, others are more obscure.

How many do you think you know? Test your knowledge with this fun page -

What do you call a collector of:-

1: Beermats?

2: Cigarette cards?

3: Butterflies and moths?

4: Postage stamps?

5: Teddybears?

6: Porcelain

7: Banknotes?

8: Shells?

9: Books?

10: Matches, match boxes or match books?

11: Works of art or curios?

12: Records (i.e. Music)?

13: Book Illustrations/engravings?

14: Birds' eggs?

15: Proverbs?

16: Keyrings?

17: Bookplates?

18: Postcards

19: Coins?

20: Moneyboxes? *

* Kindly sent in by Rod Weir.

The following very comprehensive list has been supplied by Bill Turnbull with individual additions from other contributors.

Ambulist	Walking sticks
Brolliologist	Umbrellas
Cagophilist	Keys
Cartomaniac	Maps
Cochlearist	Spoons Andre Mirley
Comiconomenclaturist	Funny names such as Shanda Lear, Iris Chew, Nora Bone etc
Conchologist	Shells
Cumyxaphilist	Match boxes
Digitabulist	Thimbles
Discophilist	Gramophone records
Errinophilist	Collecting all kinds of stamps except postage stamps
Fromologist	Cheese labels
Fusilatelist	Phone cards
Gnomologist	Sayings, maxims
Grabatologist	Ties
Helixophilist	Corkscrews
Infulaphilist	Cigar bands
Labeorphilist	Beer bottles
Labologists	Beer bottle labels
Logogriphist Cruciverbalist	Crossword puzzles
Memomagnetist	Fridge Magnets Dan Bollinger
Notaphilist	Banknotes and cheques
Numismatist	Medals and coins
Oologist	Bird's eggs
Palaeontologist	Fossils
Pernalogist	Pearls
Philographist	Autographs
Plangonologist	Dolls
Pucillovist	Egg cups
Rhabdophilist	Walking Sticks Daniel Tracey contributed this very interesting term and was kind enough to provide some additional information - From the Greek "rhabdos" rod. The Concise English Dictionary (Hayward and Sparkes)gives "rhabdoid,rhabdoidal" rod like and "rhabdology" .
Rhykenologist	Planes (wood working tool) Jim Jakosh
Scripophilist	Bonds and Share certificates
Scutelliphilist	Badges and patches
Sphragistiphist	Seals and signet rings
Sucrologist	Sugar packets
Toxophilist	Bows and arrows Steve Philpott Although I could find one reference confirming this, I also found several others which seemed to indicate that a 'toxophilist' is, in fact, someone who is a devotee of archery.
Vecturist	Transport tokens
Velologist	Car Tax Discs
Vexillologist	Flags

Gricer	Train spotter
Pharologist	Light Houses

Susan Spicer-McGarry comments as follows:-

I am an passionate collector of sea glass and beach found pottery shards, and I maintain friendships with other collectors with the same passion all over the world. As collectors of sea glass and beach found pottery shards we lack a proper “ology”. After a little research, I thought these worked well.

Vitrumarisology – collector of sea glass.

(Vitrum – Latin for glass; Maris – Latin for sea translates to glass - sea)

Marisvitrumology (translates to sea – glass)?

Fractatestaology – Collector of pottery shards found on the beach

(Fracta – Latin for broken; testa – Latin for pot)

The Latin translation of militiludibriology (mil·i·til·u·di·bri·ol·o·gy) or the study of toy soldiers is the creation of Richard H. Carson, a doctoral student of organizational psychology at Washington State University and webmaster of http://www.carsoncollection.org/

The Latin for toy soldiers is militi ludibrio. The pronounciation of the study is militi - di-bri-ology or /miləˌteˌdeˌbiˌäləjē/.

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