Yet the Fallon show has also made him wealthy, with as much to lose as anyone: houses in Philadelphia and a high-rise apartment overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge, warehouses full of records, and whole rooms devoted to his sneaker collection — enough to wear a different pair every day for seven years.
The figure of his father is dissipated in similar assorted strokes: self-pitying, passionately devoted to his classical record collection and insouciantly unfaithful.
Her second book, yet untitled, will be an illustrated work devoted to her collection of decorative pins.
The first two sales generated $25 million, he said, "so it's nice to see the market appreciate the time and the energy Debbie devoted to her collection".
Before that bug bit, Mistorni spent his free time welding the arresting metal sculptures that adorn his elegant, self-built home in Pound Ridge, New York, and making and refurbishing clocks (there's a large room in the house devoted entirely to his collection).
In honour of the centenary of his birth, the Tretyakov Gallery is now holding an exhibition entitled Georgy Costakis: departure from the USSR... devoted to Costakis and his collection.
The other half was spent profiling a couple who collect Cabbage Patch Kids -- and are so devoted to their collection that the structure where they house their 3,000-plus 3,000-plusore than twice as large as the trailer where they live.
