World's most popular collecting hobbies 2011

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The World's most popular collecting hobbies 2011 is a list of the 75 most popular collecting hobbies.

Data is provided by www.wikicollecting.org and is based on the collecting interests of 150,000 collectors in 160 countries around the world.

The 75 most popular collecting areas of 2011 are listed as:

1. Postage stamps
2. Antiques
3. Autographs
4. Memorabilia*
5. Coins
6. Trading Cards
7. Art
8. Books
9. Classic Cars
10. Comic Books
11. Medals
12. Watches
13. Breweriana
14. Silver
15. Records
16. Photography
17. Figurines
18. Cigarette Cards
19. Toy Soldiers
20. Militaria
21. Phone-Cards
22. Toys
23. Dolls
24. Vintage Clothing
25. Jukeboxes
26. Jewellery
27. Banknotes
28. Dinosaurs and Fossils
29. Clocks
30. Beanie Babies
31. Board games
32. Bird Decoys
33. Teddy Bears
34. Wine
35. Bottles
36. Faberge Eggs
37. Glass
38. Bicycles
39. Posters
40. Guitars
41. Paperweights
42. Advertising Collectibles
43. Electrical Appliances
44. Cameras
45. Whisky
46. Magazines
47. Musical Instruments
48. Manuscripts
49. Pens
50. Ephemera
51. Collectible Hair
52. Porcelain
53. Postcards
54. Insects
55. Kitchen Collectibles
56. Sculptures
57. Batman Collectibles
58. Disney Collectibles
59. Gemstones
60. Maps
61. Music Boxes
62. Knives
63. Ceramics
64. Automobilia
65. Calculators
66. Seashells
67. Soda Collectibles
68. Concorde Collectibles
69. Antique Teapots
70. Newspapers
71. Mobile Phones
72. Flags
73. Pins
74. Needlework
75. Video games

* 4. Memorabilia - most popular categories of memorabilia are:
a. Sports memorabilia
b. Music memorabilia
c. Space memorabilia
d. Film memorabilia
e. Royal memorabilia

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