COLLECTOMANIA

A Striking Collection

This week Cobus Scholtz joins the team to talk about his matchbox collection. He started collecting from when he was 14 years old. He now has collections that run into the millions… from matchboxes to cigarette memorabilia. He admits it takes up space and all needs to be neatly packed,…

7 Jun 2021 14 min

Big Spoon, Little Spoon

This week the team is joined by Jasmine Mulholland, who is an eclectic collector of spoons, Christmas decorations, tea sets, gin and rocks. She’s even particular about which spoons she uses for which meals.

31 May 2021 20 min

The Real Mad Hatter

This week the team is joined by Jen Su, who is an avid hat collector. She will be the first one to admit that a hat completes an outfit. It’s clear why she is nicknamed ‘The Mad Hatter’ in Asia. Some of her hats are so big that she was…

24 May 2021 20 min

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, FLOOR!

This week Rob Cohen joins the team to talk about his whisky and tequila collection. He started his whisky collection about 15 years ago when he started going out with a girl whose father was a Scotsman. He got into tequila around seven years ago, after travelling to Mexico. Rob…

17 May 2021 23 min

Keeping Watches

The team is joined by Rael Demby from The SA Gold Coin Exchange and Scoin Shop, along with Adriaan Rootman. Both are watch collectors - Adriaan mainly collects Rolex watches. What was the first watch that got Rael hooked on collecting? Find out here…

10 May 2021 16 min

Spiders the Size of Dinner Plates

The team chats to Chase Kerwin, sales consultant at the SA Gold Coin Exchange, who is a spider collector. His obsession began early, when he started catching wild snakes and spiders with his uncle when he was 8 years old. He’d like to think of his collection as only the…

3 May 2021 10 min

Rob's Action Figures & Lego

Rob Cliff talks to the team about the action figures that he started collecting around 10 years ago - he has just under 1000 pieces. Lockdown also got him into collecting and building Lego with his kids.

26 Apr 2021 19 min

What do you like to Collect?

Gareth Cliff chats to Alan and Rael Demby from the SA Gold Coin Exchange and The Scoin Shop to find out more about the love of collecting, as we kickstart our new weekly feature.

19 Apr 2021 30 min

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Coming soon... COLLECTOMANIA

Do you suffer from collectivism? Collectivity? Collectionitis? Do you have an obsession with objects? Are you a fanatic? A devotee? An aficionado? Join Gareth Cliff every week as he talks to compulsive collectors. It’s sure to be fascinating, intriguing… and possibly a little weird.

16 Apr 2021 1 min