The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: BabiChuld on February 10, 2016, 02:41:54 PM
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I've been wondering about this for a while, I know that sooo many mlp collectors have got huge G1 collections with full USA, UK sets and herds of Nirvanas as well, and I wondered if there is or are there any known collectors with the most ponies in their collection? I really want to see pics of all of those together ponies haha, just a topic out of interest ^_^
Feel free to post up your own collection pics as well, love seeing them all! ^_^
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I think it would be tough to narrow down who has "the most". There are lots of collectors with well over 1,000 G1's, but then you get into the details of how to count. For example if someone has an army of a certain pony do each of those count or only ones that are truly different? Plus, if it becomes a contest of having more ponies than someone else it really takes a bit of the fun out of it. :P
Anyway, here are some panoramic pictures of my pony room (hopefully the upload alright)...
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Wow! What a fab collection! Wish I could come inspect all those ponies!
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Aadra also has a super huge collection.
Who else?
Ummmmm right! MLPWhitney
And I feel like there is a UK member who is super close to a "complete" collection aside from hathorcat
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I have mine limited to two full size hutches, an oversized bookshelf, and a two foot square box of the ones my daughter plays with.
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Not me ... :(
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I think it would be tough to narrow down who has "the most". There are lots of collectors with well over 1,000 G1's, but then you get into the details of how to count. For example if someone has an army of a certain pony do each of those count or only ones that are truly different? Plus, if it becomes a contest of having more ponies than someone else it really takes a bit of the fun out of it. :P
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I am not sure who has biggest... Lol....like KitKat says depends on what u count into collection... Like I don't count Ponies I have a zillion of like extra big bros or twinkle eyed...because I have a ton...never count customs or baits....I only count the Ponies who are you know the regulars and and variants that are different... Now that counts for me non Pat.pending and Pat. Pending ....and we all know there are tons of variation in u.s., Germany, Italy, Spain...I mean I think everywhere....lol...so I have so so many Ponies...lol
I have completed :
U.s.a.
Germany
UK
Peru
Mexico
Macua
Dutch
France
Very close on Spain ( not counting piggies)
Very close on Brazilian
Only need hard to find cp for Italy
Then there's some super rare I need in my complete sets...like I need those expensive almost ooak frenchies and what not...lol...I have a lot of ooaks and variants... Lol...so so many...I will have to get pics....I have well well over 2,000 different g1s
Farthest away from completing Greeks and I think I need like around 30 argies....plus Colombian....have only concentrated on my Colombian boys ...and have a few adults :)...oh yeah and Venezuela... Because so many weird ones keep popping up.. Lol
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Kitkat: WOW your pics are AMAZING!! It is like in a dream!! I nearly fall from my chair!! SO CUTE!!!! ;) ;)
I personally think (but I is JUST my point of view) : yes maybe there is someone who have really more ponies than all others persons. However to my mind a collection is really big when you love it really really (I am crazy from my greeks and frenchies lol) Well in fact it depends on how you see what you call a collection ^.^ ^.^
( :blush: I really do hope that my english can be understand lol )
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Wow nice pictures kitkatvintage.
I think its also depends what standard you take as the most because its so diverse.
Mine is one of the largest one in The Netherlands (pictures are in the bragforum put recently) but it doesn't top those who have like all the G1 and no other gens.
And I feel that it doesn't have to be a contest, it's about enjoying the collection.
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I know there are some very impressive collections out there! I have seen them time to time over the years!
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If you'd asked me this fifteen years ago I would've said pinkember, without hesitation (Helen), because then it absolutely without doubt would have been - even though she never bragged about it in the way others did.
Now, it's hard to say. Depends, too, on lots of criteria and what you collect.
I don't think it's a competition, though. So I'm not sure if it really matters?
I haven't counted ponies in probably about 10 years, so I have no clue how many. Probably in the 1000+ range, but I don't collect Nirvana except the odd ones I like. I'm more concerned about the UK history-ish-ness of my collection than the number of ponies.
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MustBeJewel has an enormous collection too.
Aadra's collection is pretty spectacular though, I must say. It's getting harder and harder for me to find stuff off her wishlist for birthdays and Christmas!
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If you'd asked me this fifteen years ago I would've said pinkember, without hesitation (Helen), because then it absolutely without doubt would have been - even though she never bragged about it in the way others did.
Having visited Helen a few months before she passed, I would honestly agree that she may have had the most ponies in one collection ever in the history of collectors. This was after a good amount had been sold. She was very private about the extent of her collection, but it was truly amazing.
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I am not sure who has biggest... Lol....like KitKat says depends on what u count into collection... Like I don't count Ponies I have a zillion of like extra big bros or twinkle eyed...because I have a ton...never count customs or baits....I only count the Ponies who are you know the regulars and and variants that are different... Now that counts for me non Pat.pending and Pat. Pending ....and we all know there are tons of variation in u.s., Germany, Italy, Spain...I mean I think everywhere....lol...so I have so so many Ponies...lol
I have completed :
U.s.a.
Germany
UK
Peru
Mexico
Macua
Dutch
France
Very close on Spain ( not counting piggies)
Very close on Brazilian
Only need hard to find cp for Italy
Then there's some super rare I need in my complete sets...like I need those expensive almost ooak frenchies and what not...lol...I have a lot of ooaks and variants... Lol...so so many...I will have to get pics....I have well well over 2,000 different g1s
Farthest away from completing Greeks and I think I need like around 30 argies....plus Colombian....have only concentrated on my Colombian boys ...and have a few adults :)...oh yeah and Venezuela... Because so many weird ones keep popping up.. Lol
I seriously need to make a trip up north to see your collection, since I missed the MN pony meet you hosted. ^.^
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I would say Lancer in the UK is doing pretty well too
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I don't think there is a one person and like others have described, some can have multiples of the same pony or even plastic totes full of extra ponies.
And at some point, once you get past 1000, nobody wants to count them anymore. I think I stopped counting at 1017 and that was before G4, and it didn't include all the extras.
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And at some point, once you get past 1000, nobody wants to count them anymore.
Quoted for truth ;)
*gives Uni cookies*
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I am completely with Taffetta when she says it Is not the number of ponies that interests her. For me would be more interesting to know who has the rarest ponies? One of my Friends at the nirvana Forum has the most amazing collection i know of. I believe she has less than 100 ponies all in all, but the ones she has are All very hard to find!
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I collected alone for many years and knew of the forums but didn't join or participate for MANY years so I don't know how it used to be like ten+ years ago but it's interesting reading about. I'd have liked to see Helen's collection. I know I was buying ponies the year they sold off her collection, would have been amazing (although it is really sad) to see all of those MOCs for sale at once. Also it makes me wonder if any of the MOCs I have now originally came from her collection, to be sold to a collector who in turn sold it to me. I have like over 50 now so perhaps.
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I hope you guys don't misunderstand me, like I'm not asking about it in a competitive way just out of interest, like say if the Guinness world record people were to give out their record for the largest collection (however they would decide that I dunno but I'm just talking in terms of sheer scale of ponies) then what on earth would that collection look like? You know when you see for example Barbie collector videos and their entire home is completely over-run with dolls and still bursting at the seams , that's what I'm talking about like I wanna see that with G1s haha XD
I'm not a competitive type at all, that doesn't interest me- but boy oh buy huge collections are just the stuff of dreams to have a nose through, right? ^_^
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I am completely with Taffetta when she says it Is not the number of ponies that interests her. For me would be more interesting to know who has the rarest ponies? One of my Friends at the nirvana Forum has the most amazing collection i know of. I believe she has less than 100 ponies all in all, but the ones she has are All very hard to find!
Would it be possible to see pictures?
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Not I! Nothing amazing over here... :haha:
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I don't think there is a one person and like others have described, some can have multiples of the same pony or even plastic totes full of extra ponies.
And at some point, once you get past 1000, nobody wants to count them anymore. I think I stopped counting at 1017 and that was before G4, and it didn't include all the extras.
Ditto! For the last year or so I've been trying to put all of my ponies on a spreadsheet, and I'm still in the hundreds (I know I have well over 1000) and tired! Counting is hard!
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I don't think there is a one person and like others have described, some can have multiples of the same pony or even plastic totes full of extra ponies.
And at some point, once you get past 1000, nobody wants to count them anymore. I think I stopped counting at 1017 and that was before G4, and it didn't include all the extras.
Ditto! For the last year or so I've been trying to put all of my ponies on a spreadsheet, and I'm still in the hundreds (I know I have well over 1000) and tired! Counting is hard!
This is me, too. I also have the complication of having to catalogue my sister's 350 or so ponies as well. Thus far I'm stalled on 1988. I blame academia ;)
I really wish more and more that I could have a proper pony room, though. With all the packages and such I think I could make it really pretty, now...
@Ponycake - it's more than possible, although she had both loose and MOC ponies and a lot of both.
It's entirely thanks to her I have Rapunzel, albeit with a tail trim, because she went and found me one. But then this is the person who sent me Mimic knowing that it would be 6 months before I could get any ponies to her (I was 15/16 and at the time we agreed to trade when she was in the UK visiting family and could come meet my family and such). She really trusted me and I've never forgotten that she did. It's one of those nice pony community memories I have from way back when.
Changing the subject, really, a little bit, but I often wonder what happened to ponies I picked up here and traded across the sea. There were so many of them in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and most of those collectors are no longer here trading or collecting. I do wonder if they still have them, in secret hordes they enjoy privately, or whether they are in circulation once again.
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I think about this all of the time too Taffeta! I'm sure there are ponies that have made multiple trips back and forth across the oceans as they pass from one collection to the next. If only they could tell us their stories.....
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I would have said Helen. I own one or two ponies she sold long ago. precious and will always be in my collection.
But I don't think of it as a contest. The interesting thing to me about the hobby is how different each collection is. someone loves windy and has 45 US issues which are each slightly different due to factory variations. Someone has only commons, but they are beautifully perfect with every accessory and it's a time-warp to see such a spectacular display. Another collector has nearly every puzzle, bed set, purse etc. Another only collects non US ponies so I can to see stuff together I simply won't ever see anywhere else. There's so many possibilities since our line was so huge and I haven't even left G1 yet! and really fun to see all the different collections. sort of lets you see your hobby with new eyes.
Other then that, someone out there does have the most ponies (simply counting heads, doubles or not). which is how I assume a world record would be done.
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Changing the subject, really, a little bit, but I often wonder what happened to ponies I picked up here and traded across the sea. There were so many of them in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and most of those collectors are no longer here trading or collecting. I do wonder if they still have them, in secret hordes they enjoy privately, or whether they are in circulation once again.
I can't remember what ponies I bought or traded from you at this point but I'm pretty sure I still have them since it would have been ponies I couldn't buy in the USA at the time. I do remember getting a package from you the next day after you sent it out. I think both of us were marveled at how the heck that could possibly happen.
I also wonder where all of my cousins ponies went to that I sold for her, but a lot of them I sold on ebay so I never knew who or if the buyers were members here etc. It's kinda funny to think of the trips these ponies have taken across the world :p
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Changing the subject, really, a little bit, but I often wonder what happened to ponies I picked up here and traded across the sea. There were so many of them in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and most of those collectors are no longer here trading or collecting. I do wonder if they still have them, in secret hordes they enjoy privately, or whether they are in circulation once again.
I can't remember what ponies I bought or traded from you at this point but I'm pretty sure I still have them since it would have been ponies I couldn't buy in the USA at the time. I do remember getting a package from you the next day after you sent it out. I think both of us were marveled at how the heck that could possibly happen.
I also wonder where all of my cousins ponies went to that I sold for her, but a lot of them I sold on ebay so I never knew who or if the buyers were members here etc. It's kinda funny to think of the trips these ponies have taken across the world :p
Ah yes. The time travel miracles of post between the UK and the US.
I still have some of your cousin's ponies :) I know which ones they are because I have them with the cards and combs, ribbons etc. I'm pretty certain I have her Bright Eyes and I KNOW I have her Sweet Scoops and charm xD. I think my sister has her ChaCha Llama and maybe her Braided Beauty as well, actually, as Naynie's Braided Beauty still has a name tag around her neck xD.
So some of them are here :D.
There was a local collector here where I lived who sold up her ponies, and some of them had the names of the pony written on the hoof in small black block capitals. My sister has her Macau Cotton Candy, who has Cotton Candy written on the hoof, but the Cotton bit crossed out (of course, Candy is the right name xD) and a couple of others. I know I traded some with that kind of marking on the hoof as well, but I also know a lot of her ponies went to Helen.
So then I think, where are those ponies now, and it's amazing to think how much ponies travel.
Totally off topic, but maybe the answer to this question is not really any one collector, but the collective pony trading world through which some ponies travel multiple times. It means ponies from one person's collection become part of someone else's, then someone else's...and onwards to the next stage. If that makes sense?
The ponies all belong to all of us. They just change homes occasionally looking for new pasture ;)
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Who's Helen? :tellme:
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Changing the subject, really, a little bit, but I often wonder what happened to ponies I picked up here and traded across the sea. There were so many of them in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and most of those collectors are no longer here trading or collecting. I do wonder if they still have them, in secret hordes they enjoy privately, or whether they are in circulation once again.
I still have the Kitchen I bought from you in a damaged box in the late 90's. I kept it unassembled for years in the box you shipped it in. When we bought our house in 2011, I was finally about to set up my pony room... and I FINALLY put together that beautiful Kitchen set. :heart: I purchased collector pose Applejack & Surf Rider from you at the same time, and both are still in my collection as well. ;)
Edit: now that I think about it, I don't remember which baby sea pony I got from you. I will have to pull out my old notebook, lol.
Who's Helen? :tellme:
Helen was a collector from back in the early days of the community. She was very private about the extent of her collection, but it was amazing. She was the first person to discover many of the international ponies (Nirvanas) that we know today. She passed away in 2012. :( I visited her twice a few months prior, and per her request helped her family sell off a good chunk of her collection after she passed.
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I am not sure who has biggest... Lol....like KitKat says depends on what u count into collection... Like I don't count Ponies I have a zillion of like extra big bros or twinkle eyed...because I have a ton...never count customs or baits....I only count the Ponies who are you know the regulars and and variants that are different... Now that counts for me non Pat.pending and Pat. Pending ....and we all know there are tons of variation in u.s., Germany, Italy, Spain...I mean I think everywhere....lol...so I have so so many Ponies...lol
I have completed :
U.s.a.
Germany
UK
Peru
Mexico
Macua
Dutch
France
Very close on Spain ( not counting piggies)
Very close on Brazilian
Only need hard to find cp for Italy
Then there's some super rare I need in my complete sets...like I need those expensive almost ooak frenchies and what not...lol...I have a lot of ooaks and variants... Lol...so so many...I will have to get pics....I have well well over 2,000 different g1s
Farthest away from completing Greeks and I think I need like around 30 argies....plus Colombian....have only concentrated on my Colombian boys ...and have a few adults :)...oh yeah and Venezuela... Because so many weird ones keep popping up.. Lol
I seriously need to make a trip up north to see your collection, since I missed the MN pony meet you hosted. ^.^
Yes....it would be so much fun :)
I agree with everyone.... It's not a competition to me ...I just love my Ponies and only reason I even have any idea how many I have is just for fun once and a while I will attempt to count my herd...and mostly because I always get asked how many I have...lol
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Kitkat- thanks for the info.
It would have been amazing to have beheld, I'm sure. Too bad it wasn't the foundation of a My Little Pony museum. ^.^
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I absolutely LOVE seeing the collections by some of the collectors that have the huge huge collections/pony rooms-
I wish they would brag a lot more- I never get tired of looking at those photos- the more and larger the photos, the better !!!!
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I absolutely LOVE seeing the collections by some of the collectors that have the huge huge collections/pony rooms-
I wish they would brag a lot more- I never get tired of looking at those photos- the more and larger the photos, the better !!!!
This ^ It doesn't matter to me who has the biggest collection, but I would love to know how many collectors have 1,000 plus pony collections. And I love love love seeing the pics. I can also understand wanting to keep it low key, though.
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I absolutely LOVE seeing the collections by some of the collectors that have the huge huge collections/pony rooms-
I wish they would brag a lot more- I never get tired of looking at those photos- the more and larger the photos, the better !!!!
This ^ It doesn't matter to me who has the biggest collection, but I would love to know how many collectors have 1,000 plus pony collections. And I love love love seeing the pics. I can also understand wanting to keep it low key, though.
I am sure a lot of people. depending on when one started collecting, it was easy to get ponies at $1-2. If you love ponies, they'll have added up at those prices.
I don't care about being low key. I'm a little uncomfortable being praised for buying stuff. I do enjoy being complimented on my cleaning skills though. :) Occasionally when I've shared something special (I only have a few truly special ones. as I enjoy the US line) I'd end up with a PM where I was respectfully asked if I were ever to sell to keep that persons name in mind (I do keep those names). Or more details on how I found an item, or additional info on accessories. Rarely is someone a little too eager. General net, I can understand not wanting photographs of your collection out for all to see and contact you. I am however horrifically lazy with photographs and each time I sell stuff to put in a shelving order so I can actually have a real pony room I can photograph..... I invariably spend it on ponies. :( No one would have fun looking at storage totes.
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I like seeing the photos because it is definitely the closest I will ever come to visiting a MLP museum, which is basically what these are-
I can imagine keeping them tidy and clean can be a challenge at times.
Also, for those of you with huge collections, make sure you have photos of everything at least somewhere just in case you ever have a fire and have to make an insurance claim (sorry, couldn't help mentioning it, it's what I do for a living)
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I know I don't really post about my collection. I have all US ponies and most of all of the mainstream nirvanas so my collection must be well over 1000 now. I haven't ever been able to keep count in the nearly 9 years since I started collecting from my mere childhood herd of 5 to what it is now. I do wish I had been collecting some in the late 90's early 00's when it seemed cool to find new discoveries. I wonder if the Peru baby Cotton Candy I bought from the Delaney's in 2011 was once in Helen's collection? It would be neat to back track where my ponies originated. I mostly bought my US collection from ebay in lots, but some of the nirvanas and a few US ponies came from members or other collectors.
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Changing the subject, really, a little bit, but I often wonder what happened to ponies I picked up here and traded across the sea. There were so many of them in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and most of those collectors are no longer here trading or collecting. I do wonder if they still have them, in secret hordes they enjoy privately, or whether they are in circulation once again.
I still have the Kitchen I bought from you in a damaged box in the late 90's. I kept it unassembled for years in the box you shipped it in. When we bought our house in 2011, I was finally about to set up my pony room... and I FINALLY put together that beautiful Kitchen set. :heart: I purchased collector pose Applejack & Surf Rider from you at the same time, and both are still in my collection as well. ;)
Edit: now that I think about it, I don't remember which baby sea pony I got from you. I will have to pull out my old notebook, lol.
Could be any of them o.O Maybe a UK pearly. I don't remember that specifically, but I DO remember that kitchen, and the damaged box xD. I'm so glad you got to do something with it in the end :D
Helen was a collector from back in the early days of the community. She was very private about the extent of her collection, but it was amazing. She was the first person to discover many of the international ponies (Nirvanas) that we know today.
I always consider it a privilege to have known her and met her and that she gave me her trust.
She sent me my Baby Shady for my 16th birthday, I just remembered that now talking about all of this. That was about 2 months before I was properly online, when we were still communicating via phone (her bill xD) and library PC. I'm 34 on Tuesday, so that was 18 years ago. It was that April or May that she came over, and brought those Nirvana babies with her (Peru, Brazil, Argentina). So Nirvana pre Nirvana is probably around 20 years old now.
I began the Italian stuff around 98-99, but that was after, and Helen was collecting long before I was online, so yeah. I'd say at least 20 years of variants in the collecting community thanks to her.
I still think that the most valuable thing in my collection is knowledge about the history and details and info. I'm a supergeek, so my Nirvana is pony packages and inserts and bits of pony history from the UK. Though they don't count as ponies, to me they're almost equal...so it really does depend on how you count and what you value, I think.
Seeing Wondermint's collection in the museum really made me dream about being able to display mine like that though...
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Wow, you guys have been really good at keeping track of who you bought which pony from. I have not been that good! I know who I've bought ponies from, but I totally don't remember which ponies came from whom.
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Oh man... I've been doing a collection count, and I'm not even up to G3 yet and I'm at 1,020!! AAA!! :yikes:
I love reading through this thread and hearing about everyone's friendships that grew through ponies!! Aww!! :heart:
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If you'd asked me this fifteen years ago I would've said pinkember, without hesitation (Helen), because then it absolutely without doubt would have been - even though she never bragged about it in the way others did.
Having visited Helen a few months before she passed, I would honestly agree that she may have had the most ponies in one collection ever in the history of collectors. This was after a good amount had been sold. She was very private about the extent of her collection, but it was truly amazing.
Sad to hear she passed away. What happened to her collection after that?
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Totally off topic, but maybe the answer to this question is not really any one collector, but the collective pony trading world through which some ponies travel multiple times. It means ponies from one person's collection become part of someone else's, then someone else's...and onwards to the next stage. If that makes sense?
The ponies all belong to all of us. They just change homes occasionally looking for new pasture ;)
I love this!! It's true-- eventually, all of us will pass our ponies onto other collectors, whether they be others in the community or our kids / grandkids / nieces and nephews in the future. I think ponies are one o those things that will never die out. They're too beloved and too special to be forgotten.
I feel unexpectedly sad to hear of Helen, who I never knew. It's somehow awful to think of a peer, a collector not being with us anymore. I'm tearing up a little hearing of all the lives she touched and the legacy she gave to the pony community.
Taffeta I love your take on the most valuable part of your collection being the information and history you've found. It's always possible to eventually get that rare pony, but what you have is way harder to come by. I love hearing your stories. There should be an archived thread or something with them all :)
I have no idea how many ponies I have. At least half of them are doubles or big boxes from the old days of fleamarketing that I've dug out and have yet to go through and clean (a daunting task!)
I'll add my name to the list of those who would LOOVE to see photos of fabulous collections! :heart:
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I'll be posting some pics soon of my pony room, but as I am one of the oldies the name Helen rings a bell, the only one I knew was Kiker, was that the same one??
I love seeing photos of everyone's collection.
I'm currently cataloging my collecting but last count was over 1000 odd :)