Celebrities who have some rather odd but interesting collection

<![CDATA[Dozens of celebrities from around the world are known for collecting weird items, which at times we hardly think about. Although it is said, that a collection can never be complete but it surely does give a sense of satisfaction to the collector. At times, parting from them also means a lot of money coming in through auctions.

Johnny Depp

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Captain ‘Jack Sparrow’ the star of the Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp is found of collecting dolls. He has a huge collection of Barbie dolls, a number of them are limited edition ones. Johnny’s collection include dolls of Beyonce, Lindsay Lohan, Destiny’s child and Elvis, to name a few.

Nicholas Cage

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This award-winning actor collects Comic books since childhood. He was so moved by the comic book Heroes that he changed his last name from Coppola to Cage after the comic book star Luke Cage. It was reported that Nicholas Cage sold a part of his collection for a whopping $2.16 million at an auction in 2011.

Angelina Jolie

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Angelina was 12 when her mother gave her a knife and probably that inspired her to start a collection of these. She collects knifes from all the corners of the planet. Even her son Maddox has started his collection of knifes, though Jolie makes sure that the blades of those knifes are blunt.

Tom Hanks

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The star of ‘Cast Away’ has a fancy for typewriters. He loves to collect manual typewriters and has a collection of more than 200 of these. A typewriter is a reminiscent of the olden days when there were no computers. Tom Carries one or more of these machines along with him when he tours.

Mike Tyson

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According to USA today Mike had a collection of Bengali Tigers. After the end of his boxing career, he started collecting expensive items like fancy cars, jewelry apart from the rare Tigers. Mike had to part with these Tigers after he filed for bankruptcy, it is said that the maintenance cost of these wild predators had reached $4,000 a month. He had there Bengal Tigers, one of them even featured in the popular movie ‘Hangover’.

Claudia Schiffer

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The German Super model is fascinated by the creeping creatures, which many of are scared off. Yes, that is correct, Claudia Schiffer has a collection of insects. She says that even in her childhood, she was mesmerized by the sight of cobwebs with morning dew dangling from them.

So when are you starting your collection? Rather than the money, which is raised in auctions of the celebrity collectables, the celebrities are looking for contentment and delight in amassing the items of their interest. You just need to think over the item of your interest.]]>