~ The Most Bizarre and Fascinating Collections ~

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These people all hold a Guinness World Record for have gigantic collections of very unusual things.



Umbrella Cover Sleeves
Nancy Hoffman from Peaks Island, Maine owns the largest umbrella cover collection with 730 unique items. You can visit the museum she set up on the island and sing along to official song while she plays the accordion.



Troll Dolls
Sherry Groom from Ohio set the record of 2,990 unique troll dolls in 2012. Although, now it is over 3,500 dolls.

Airline Barf Bags
Niek Vermeulen of the Netherlands has 6,290 airsick bags from 1,191 different airlines and almost 200 countries.





Miniature Chairs
Barbara Hartsfield has a collection of 3,000 miniature chairs which she has been collecting for over 10 years. She opened a museum in Georgia after setting the record in 2008.


Winnie the Pooh Items
For even more bear items, Deb Hoffmann has a collection consisting of 10,002 items related to Winnie the Pooh and his friends.



Traffic Cones
David Morgan of the UK has the largest collection of traffic cones in the world. Although he only has 137 different cones, this is about two-thirds of all the types ever made.


Barbie Dolls
Bettina Dorfmann from Germany has 6025 Barbies worth over $150,000.


Toothbrushes
Grigori Fleicher from Russia has a collection of 1,320 different toothbrushes.


“Do Not Disturb” Hotel Signs
Since 1985, Jean-François Vernetti from Switzerland has collected 11,111 different 'Do Not Disturb' signs from hotels in 189 countries across the world.


Chicken-Related Items
If you thought that was a lot of bird items, meet Cecil and Joann Dixon who have a collection of 6,505 chicken-related items


Prepared Food-Related Items
Akiko Obata from Japan has 8,083 prepared food-related items. The collection includes magnets, stationery, toys, food replicas, keychains, etc.



Jordan Michael Geller hold the record for the largest sneaker collection at 2,388 pairs. His shoezeum in Las Vegas has around 2,500 pairs now.


Erasers
Petra Engels from Germany owns this huge collection of 19,571 non-duplicate erasers from 112 different countries.


Pokémon Memorabilia
Lisa Courtney from the UK has the official record with 14,410 different Pokémon items as of 2010, but now she has over 16,000.