By Taylor Neumann, ReMIND Magazine
Sure, collecting is a pretty common hobby. Lots of people collect coins or stamps or even trading cards. But celebrities, with their inflated resources and money, can go above and beyond when accumulating their favorite things. We’ve found a few examples of stars’ interesting collections, from macabre to childlike to just plain weird.
Jay Leno – Cars
Leno is famous for his serious car collection and even has a popular CNBC show called Jay Leno’s Garage where he shows off some of his carefully handpicked cars. The collection (as of 2018) consists of around 169 automobiles and 117 motorcycles.
Rod Stewart – Trains
Almost the entire third floor of Stewart’s L.A. home is devoted to his 1,500-square-foot model train set, which features a big city of skyscrapers inspired by New York City in the 1940s. The set is said to have over 100 structures, some more than 5 feet tall.
Nicolas Cage – Comic Books
Cage is a giant comic book fan, taking his stage name from the Marvel superhero Luke Cage (he also named his son Kal-El after DC Comics’ Superman). He has been spotted at conventions adding more to his already impressive collection.
Penelope Cruz – Coat Hangers
Cruz is said to have over 500 hangers in her collection, with a notable exception — the actress hates wire hangers and refuses to keep them in her house! It’s unknown whether Cruz actually hangs her clothes on them, or if they’re in a special place of their own.
Elton John – Glasses
In 2010, John told BBC Radio, “I do have a quarter of a million pairs of glasses.” No image of Elton John is complete without him wearing one of his signature sets of shades — the more colorful, the better!
Johnny Depp – Insects
In an early interview, Depp claimed his interest in bugs started with him reading the Kafka classic The Metamorphosis and relating to the main character. Not only does Depp collect insects of all types, but he also collects limited-edition Barbies, rare books and animal skeletons!
Tom Hanks – Typewriters
Hanks owns a variety of vintage manual typewriters and is known to take one with him while traveling. He uses them to write letters, wrote a book of short stories that all feature typewriters (appropriately titled Uncommon Type) and even created an app, the Hanx Writer, which simulates writing on a typewriter. He also appears in the documentray California Typewriter (pictured below).
Jane Seymour – Costumes
“I’m the only actress that I can think of who had in her contract that she could keep the costume,” Seymour shared in an interview. “So, I have costumes from almost everything I’ve ever done. I have all the best Dr. Quinn costumes right here in my closet, including some of Sully’s pieces, and I have costumes going back to The Sun Also Rises, which I did way back. Karl Lagerfeld personally designed and created four dresses for that through the house of Chanel. I even have the waistcoat that Christopher Reeve gave me that had the penny in it in Somewhere in Time.”
Demi Moore – Dolls
Moore is said to have amassed thousands of vintage dolls, a collection that started with then-husband Bruce Willis gifting her the very first one. She reportedly keeps them in their very own full-size house.
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