Unofficial Colllector Names - By: Collectibles-Articles.com

This is a list of terms that collectors use for themselves, but the words have not yet made it into a dictionary, so they are Unofficial. An Official Collector Name list is at Collectibles-Museums.com

•  Collector Name
-- Items Collected or Studied

• Argyrotheocologist
-- moneyboxes
• Bestiarist
-- medieval books on animals
• Brandophilist
-- cigar bands
• Cameist
-- cameos
• Cartophilist
-- cigarette cards
• Conchologist
-- shells
• Copoclephilist
-- keyrings
• Discophile
-- records
• Errinophilist
-- revenue or tax stamps
• Etsenephilist, etsenephile
-- etchings
• Fusilatelist
-- telephone calling cards
• Helixophile
-- corkscrews
• Heortologist
-- religious calendars
• Lotologist
-- lottery tickets
• Notaphilist
-- banknotes
• Philographist
-- autographs
• Phonophile
-- phonograph records
• Plangonologist
-- dolls
• Porcelainist
-- porcelain
• Receptarist
-- recipes
• Succrologist
-- sugar packets
• Tegestologist
-- beer mats
• Telegerist
-- telephone calling cards
• Virtuoso
-- art or curios


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This is a list of terms that collectors use for themselves, but the words have not yet made it into a dictionary, so they are Unofficial. An Official Collector Name list is at www.Collectibles-Museums.com

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