Sheila Crown of Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK has a collection of 10,502 frog items that she has been collecting since 1979. The frogs were put on display at the FrogsGalore Museum, Marlborough, UK on 12 May 2002. Sheila began her collection in 1979, when she bought a frog for her green-painted study. Since then, the collection grew so large that she was forced to move to a bigger house. It consequently took removal men seven days to pack the collection. The pinnacle of her hobby is
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The record for the largest collection of four-leaf clovers belongs to Edward Martin Sr. from Cooper Landing, Alaska, USA, with 111,060 four-leaf clovers, as of May 2007, which he has been collecting since 1999.
Roberto. A. Fuglini (Argentina) has 861 different soccer balls that he has collected since 1995. Roberto began collecting soccer balls in 1965 when he opened Dalemas, a soccer ball museum. In 1995, Dalemas was destroyed by a fire and all the balls were lost. Since 1995, he has rebuilt some of his collection.
The largest collection of official fireman’s patches consists of 8,158 and belongs to Bob Brooks (USA), who has been collecting the patches since 1985. The entire collection of patches was displayed at the Albany Fire Department, Albany, Oregon, USA, on 22 June 2011. Bob Brooks served in the fire service for 35 years. A museum is currently being built by the Oregon Fire Service Museum and Learning Center to display the entire collection. All the patches come from the USA.
The largest collection of horse-related items belongs to Edgar Rugeles (Colombia), with 2,762 items as of 26 August 2013, in Bogotá, Colombia.
Bengt W Johansson (Sweden) has 495 hedgehog-related items, as of March 2011, which he has been collecting for over 15 years. His favourite items include a hedgehog clock that his wife bought for him from London.
Diana Reser (Switzerland) has a collection of 775 heart shaped motifs and items as of 4 January 2010 that she has amassed since 2006. Dr Diana Reser started collecting heart related items since she became a cardiac surgeon in 2006.
Roger Buckey Legried (USA) has a collection of 100,336 different hats from all over the world, as of 2 March 2010, that he has amassed since 1970. His collection has become so popular that he has had bus tours to his home. All his hats are cap shapes.
The largest collection of lenticular images is 2,919 different images and belongs to Edo and Iva Rajh (Croatia). The collection was measured in Zagreb, Croatia on 10 September 2010. The father-daughter pair began collecting lenticular images in 2006.
Carine Roosen (Belgium) has the largest collection of ladybird items having amassed 3,531 for over 10 years. Her favourite items include a ladybird toilet seat and her jewelleries. In March 2009, she had an exhibition of her collection at the school she teaches.