Largest collection of keychains
The largest collection of keychains belongs to Brent Dixon of Valdosta, Georgia, USA, with 41,418 non-duplicated key chains, which he has been collecting since 2001.
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Largest collection of jigsaw puzzles
The largest collection of jigsaw puzzles consists of 1,028 different sets and was achieved by Georgina Gil-Lacuna (Philippines), in Tagaytay City, Philippines, on 29 November 2012. Mrs. Lacuna has been collecting puzzles for 26 years. Her largest puzzle has 18,000 pieces.
Largest collection of interlocking plastic brick sets
The largest collection of complete LEGO® sets in a private collection is 1,091 and belongs to Kyle Ugone (USA) in Yuma, Arizona, USA, as of 23 July 2011 . Kyle Ugone is in the Marine Corps and started his collection in 1986.
Largest collection of instruments made from wooden matchsticks
The largest collection of playable musical instruments made entirely from matchsticks is 10, held by Tony Hall of Hove, East Sussex. The instruments, constructed from used wooden matchsticks by Tony’s deceased father Jack Hall include: violin, chin-rest and bow, Neopolitan mandolin, acoustic guitar, flat-back mandolin, tenor banjo, bones (percussion), castanets, descant recorder, drumsticks and ukulele. The construction of the first instrument was finished in 1936, and a total of 106,000 matches have been used in the collection. Jack passed away in 1993 at the age Continue reading →
Largest collection of ice lolly sticks
Poul Lykke Jepsen (Denmark) has 449 different ice lolly sticks that he has collected since 1988. Poul started collecting ice lolly sticks in 1988 when he ate two ice creams and realised that they had different sticks. When he got a job as a storage worker in 2001, his collection grew as a result of his company being manufacturers of ice lolly sticks. Since then, Poul has written to all of the ice lolly stick manufacturers he could find and has ones from as far a Continue reading →
Largest collection of masks
Gerold Weschenmoser (Germany) has 5,385 different masks, as of 31 March 2010, which he has collected since 1957.
Largest collection of Märklin waggons
The largest collection of Märklin wagons belongs to Gilles Monk (Belgium), with 1982 different pieces, which he has been collecting since 1980. See Märklin history attachment. CD with pictures of all trains provided. Mr Monk’s favourite train is the “Crocodile” which is an entirely gold plated train produced in only 50 pieces for a press conference held by Märklin in 1983, only given to journalists.
Largest collection of maps
The US Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C., USA has custody of the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world with collections numbering over 4.5 million maps including 60,000 atlases, 6,000 reference works, numerous globes and plastic relief models, and a large number of cartographic material in other formats, including electronic. These cartographic materials date from fourteenth century portolan charts through recent geographic information systems data sets.
Largest collection of magic artifacts
David Copperfield’s (USA) International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts, which was founded in 1991, contains over 150,000 props, books, posters and other historical ephemera related to conjuring,of which 90,000 items are on display, making it the largest private collection of magic artifacts. The collection is housed in a 2,601 m² (28,000 ft²) building in Nevada, USA. The oldest item in the collection is “Spiritalium Liber” Urbino, a book by Hero of Alexandria, published in 1575. Other treasures in the collection are: Houdini’s Water Continue reading →
Largest collection of lipstick prints
The largest collection of lipstick prints is 54, 949 and was achieved by 32 Pulmonary Hypertension patient groups across the world which was organised by Pulmonary Hypertension Association (UK) at Castlebrook High School, Parr lane, Bury in Lancashire, UK, on 18 February 2011. The lipstick prints were gathered from 32 PH patient groups across the world and this was organised by Pulmonary Hypertension Association (UK). The lipstick prints were gathered and counted at Castlebrook High School where the pupils of the school counted them throughout Continue reading →