The largest collection of mugs belongs to Bob Thomson (USA), with 6,352 different mugs; which he has been collecting since 1995. Several newspaper clippings provided.
The largest collection of Pokémon memorabilia belongs to Lisa Courtney (UK), with 14,410 different items as of 14 October 2010, which she has been collecting for over 14 years. Her collection includes items from the UK, USA, France and of course Japan. She has made several trips to Japan for the specific purpose of collecting Pokemon merchandise, each time sending between 8-12 boxes full back to the UK. Part of the collection (including her GWR certificate) has been displayed at the Museum of Hertford as
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The record for the largest collection of playing cards belongs to Liu Fuchang (China), with 11,087 different sets of playing cards, as of 1 November 2007.
The largest collection of playable video gaming systems belongs to Richard Lecce (US), and numbers 483 unique items, including home consoles, portable games and LCD mini-systems, as of August 2008. Richard also has a number of complete game collections, including every game ever released for the NES (including the incredibly rare gold ‘Nintendo Championship’ cart). His collection also includes a large amount of original box art from a work shop that produced art for western games releases. Street Fighter II, Ecco the Dolphin and Acro
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The largest collection of pizza-related items belongs to Brian Dwyer (USA) with 561 different items from all over the world, as of 31 July 2011, which he has been collecting since 2010. Brian set up his entire collection in a temporary art space in a neighborhood called Fishtown, in Philadelphia, PA, USA, that was open to the public. His favourite item is the first item he purchased to start his collection, an LP record, titled, Fat Boys, that features the legendary hip-hop group photographed with
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Anne Langton (UK) has a collection of 16,779 pig items which she has been collecting for over 40 years. Ms Langton’s collection started when her then boyfriend, now husband, John bought her a pig-themed pot when they were 17 years old. Her collection includes pig figurines, stuffed toys and piggy banks.
Lara Khoury (UAE) has 2,214 different picture frames, as of 6 October 2010, which she has been collecting since 1992. Lara Khoury brought her first frame while studying in Boston, MA, USA.
The largest collection of phonecards belongs to Sunil Joseph (India) and consists of 5,986 different phonecards as of 28 January 2013, in Peermade, Kerala, India. Sunil Joseph has been collecting telephone cards since 1997 and has a collection from 245 countries.
The largest collection of Winnie the Pooh memorabilia belongs to Deb Hoffmann (USA), consisting of 10,002 items as of 14 September 2013, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA.
The largest collection of rainbow-related items consists of 1,133 stamps and was achieved by Stamp Camp USA in Elkland, Pennsylvania, USA, on 3 June 2011.