Whatnots!

Thirty fascinating people share their extraordinary collections – meet collectors of 3,500 toys, 6,000 license plates, 50,000 pencils, 500,000 postcards plus jukeboxes, branding irons, decks of cards, swizzle sticks, even mice and old tins. And along the way discover the history of Juke Joints, Ribot cards, dippy eggs and soldiers, Doc Savage, African trade beads, graphite, the game of faro, and things called cumberlandite and maximartinezil, hear stories about a runaway quail, a mouse named Chester Thistlehorn, river lore, and so much more.

There’s also has an entire section on valuable references for collectors, getting started and how to display those precious treasures. Whatnots! will hold you captive from start to finish even if you don’t give a hoot about someone else’s stuff.