Jackie Miley (USA) had 7,106 different teddy bears, as of 11 March 2011, which she has been collecting since 2002. When Jackie began the collection in 2002, she had no idea things would turn out as they have. When the collection grew, she thought she would like to collect as many teddy bears as Hill City’s population (780) for a goal. Since then her collection has grown to such an extent that she now has them in a little house of their own called Teddy
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The largest collection of teapots belongs to Tang Yu (China) who has amassed 30,000 different teapots dated from the Song Dynasty to modern times since 1955.
Mimi Wilfong (USA) has a collection of 116 different tea bag holders, as of June 2009, that she has amassed since 1992. Encouraged by her mother who is also an avid dinnerware collector, Mimi started her collection when she was seven years old. Most of the items are vintage and have been found in antique shops.
David Morgan (UK) has a collection of 137 different traffic cones. He owns a cone from about two thirds of all types ever made.
Sergey Valentinovich Spasov (Russia) has 661 different toy soldiers, as of 3 August 2010, that he has been collecting since 1990. All his 1:35 toy soldiers are displayed together with his collection of military models in his house.
The largest collection of tortoises and turtles is 3,456, which includes over 1,000 live specimens, all of which have been collected by Connie and Danny Tan (Singapore) and are housed in The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum, Singapore. Connie and Danny have been collecting turtles for over 36 years and the museum has been in operation since 2002.
The largest collection of toothpaste tubes is 2,037 and belongs to Val Kolpakov (USA), in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, on 15 June 2012. The collection consists of 2,037 different tubes of toothpaste from all over the world, including items from Japan, Korea, China, India and Russia.
Grigori Fleicher (Russia) has a collection of 1,320 different tooth brushes as of 5 November 2008.
Derryl Ogden (USA) has 16,055 neckties that he has amassed since 1934.
Gösta Adolfsson (Sweden) has a collection of 7,011 tie clips that he has amassed since 1988.